Former Nigeria star Etim Esin has slammed John Obi Mikel for his performances at the World Cup in the iconic number 10 jersey.

You have to create your own happiness and that is exactly what commuters in the Oshodi-bound commuter bus decided to do. Seems they were tired of all the bad news – from Boko Haram and all their atrocities, to bickering between the ruling PDP and opposition APC.

ABUJA- Supervising Minister of Aviation, Mr. Samuel Ortom, yesterday, said his ministry had not returned the BMW bullet-proof cars as due process needed to be properly followed.

THE common refrain from the Prof. Attahiru Jega-led Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, is that it is doing all within the confines of its powers to conduct a credible governorship election in Osun State on August 9. Certainly, a majority of the electorate expect nothing below the bar of excellent performance from INEC.

Lagos-based lawyer, Mr. Festus Keyamo, yesterday, persuaded the Abuja Division of the Federal High Court to adjourn the trial of alleged mastermind of the 2010 Independence Day bomb blast that killed twelve persons at Eagle Square in Abuja, Mr. Charles Okah, till October 7.

THE Senate yesterday called on the Federal Government to mobilise and ensure that Chevron Nigeria Limited paid adequate compensation to communities within the coastal areas to mitigate the impact of its oil rig explosion and fire.

The Police in Nsukka, Enugu State, recently, arrested a 53-year-old man who claims to be the Pastor of Ministry of the Holy Trinity in Umudikwere community whom they alleged specializes in impregnating married women and young girls in his ministry.

LAGOS—THE Lagos State Oluremi Tinubu over perceived unsatisfactory manner she is conducting legislative functions.

THE Army authorities, yesterday, in Lagos, said the Lance Corporal who was knocked down and killed by a BRT bus along Ikorodu Road last Friday, was not riding motorbike on the BRT lane as widely reported.

Rather, the deceased, according to the Army, was crushed to death on the normal lane plied by other motorists, maintaining also that soldiers were not responsible for the damage done to BRT buses but hoodlums who hijacked the situation.

The World Bank Group has launched the new Country Partnership Strategy, CPS, aimed at helping the Federal and State Governments boost development and reduce poverty.