STRONG indications emerged yesterday that smooth considerations of reports of the 20 Committees may be affected following threats by some personal aides attached to delegates to disrupt proceedings over issues relating to their welfare.

A magistrate’s court sitting in Isabo, Abeokuta, yesterday, sentenced 32-year-old Kolade Adelakun to four years imprisonment over theft of a motorcycle.

The father of Hon. Samson Osagie, Minority Whip of the House of Representatives has been kidnapped again.

NO fewer than 200 workers of Europeans Soaps and Detergents Limited, for a third day running, have been protesting the alleged termination of their employment without due process and non-payment of their benefits.

Jordan holds different experience for different tourists. The country has long been a destination not only for religious pilgrims, but also those interested in biblical and Middle Eastern history.

Chelsea defender Kenneth Omeruo has predicted Nigeria will reach the semi-finals of the World Cup in Brazil.
Omeruo also said Nigeria have what it takes to brush aside Argentina in the first round of the tournament.

THE FEDERAL Government yesterday extended the National Conference by four weeks to make up for lost time occasioned by many public holidays and the hosting of the World Economic Forum on Africa (WEFA).

Controversial light-skinned Yoruba actress, who became popular for her outstanding role in a movie flick Bisi Omo Logbalogba and as a result of her celebrated romance with Hon. Dino Melaye, has been resting for a while.

ASABA—DELTA State governor, Dr Emmanuel Uduaghan, has called on the Nigeria Union of Teachers, NUT, not to shut down schools nationwide in protest over the abduction of students of Government Secondary School, Chibok, Borno State.

The Ogun State Police Command, yesterday, said it had arrested two suspected motor car engine thieves at a mechanic workshop along Abiola Way, Abeokuta.

South African Gay and Lesbian Film Festival, Out in Africa (OIA), returns this year after it was closed down last year due to financial woes. It will hold from Wednesday, May 28 through Sunday, June 1, at Cinema Nouveau in Rosebank, Johannesburg and The V&A Waterfront in Cape Town.

While debates were raging about whether President Goodluck Jonathan should or should not invite the American Government to help him rescue the abducted Chibok school girls, Senator John McCain – the Republican Party candidate who was electorally defeated by Barack Obama in 2008 – expressed the view that the US should intervene in the crisis without prior approval from our Government.

Team Nigeria footballers sent out a warning signal to other contenders in the African Youth Games which started yesterday in Gabrone, Botswana by forcing two bitter goals down the throat of the hosts.

Curtain will fall on the maiden edition of South-West Secondary Schools Games tagged DAWN Games 2014 today at the Teslim Balogun Stadium, Surulere, Lagos.

Gov. Olusegun Mimiko of Ondo State has re-iterated his administration’s commitment to youth empowerment through agriculture.