AFTER delivering the fifth inaugural lecture of the National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN) at its headquarters in Victoria Island, Lagos recently, Olurotimi Akeusola has been confirmed Professor.

The Group managing Director of Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, Dr. Joseph Dawah, has appealed to the Nigerian Police High Command to deploy more personnel to secure pipelines and check crude oil theft.

The Guild Of Sports Editors,the umbrella body for Sports Editors in Nigeria met in Lagos on Wednesday to review recent happenings in Nigerian football and resolved that there was need for government, at the highest level, to take action on the ‘shameful happenings’ in football management in the country.

EMINENT Nigerians have called on other state governors in Nigeria to emulate the recently re-elected governor of Osun State, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola in the area of infrastructural development, noting that Aregbosala has transformed ideas to reality in Osun.

The people of Sagamu in Sagamu Local Government area of Ogun State have been advised to shun the campaign for “stomach infrastructure” being peddled around to deceive them from embracing the progressive ideology of the present administration.

A socio-political group in Abia State, Old Bende Patriots, has endorsed Friday Nwosu and resolved to support him as its candidate for the 2015 governorship election, describing him as best suited to succeed Governor Theodore Orji as next governor of the state.

TWO-TIME Deputy Governor of Abia State, Elder Eric Nwakanma, has officially declared his intention to run for the governorship seat under the platform of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, saying he was the most qualified for the job.

THE immediate past Consul-General of Nigeria in South Africa, Ambassador Okey Emuchay, has joined the race for Abia State governorship in 2015, with a promise to consolidate on what Governor Theodore Orji had done in the state.

RIVERS State Commissioner of Health, Dr Sampson Parker has dismissed as untrue, allegation that the state had recorded its first case of Ebola victim.

MINISTER of Transport, Senator Idris Umar, has said that the dredging of Calabar ports was part of Federal Government efforts to boost economic activities of the South-South and South-East geo-political zones of the country.

Governor Idris Wada of Kogi State, has vowed to stamp out political thuggery in the State.

Arewa Youths for Goodluck, has commended the Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke for the recent shake-up in the Nigeria National Petroleum Company, NNPC.

Cameroon’s four-time African player of the year Samuel Eto’o confirmed on Wednesday that he was calling time on his international career.

Alexis Sanchez’s first Arsenal goal earned his side a nervy 1-0 victory over Besiktas on Wednesday that saw them squeeze into the Champions League for the 17th consecutive season.