SENATE President, Senator David Mark, said yesterday, that he would use every available means to ensure that more states were created to correct the imbalance in the polity.

YOBE—Taraba State Executive Council yesterday directed the State House of Assembly to raise a medical panel to ascertain the health status of its ailing governor, Danbaba Suntai.

The Senior Staff Association of Nigeria Universities, SSANU, Lagos State University, LASU, Ojo chapter, yesterday, said it would ground activities in the institution if the management failed to pay withheld salaries of its members.

The Rector, Yaba College of Technology (YABATECH), Lagos, Dr. Kudi Ladipo has urged new students of the college to embrace the compulsory Entrepreneurial Studies, as well as the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) studies offered by all students during their study year

May and Baker Nigeria Plc has called on the Federal Government to ensure protection of local manufacturers in areas such as patronage and importation of drugs.

Worried by the proliferation of swindlers who pose as recruitment agents to international schools, the Principal, Babcock University Schools, Ogba, Lagos, Elder Gabriel Fasanu,has urged parents seeking admission for their children abroad to be wary of people who often promise scholarships and other educational facilities, abroad.

Christian Atsu scored a late winner as Ghana claimed a dramatic first victory of Africa Cup of Nations qualification, beating Togo 3-2.

SOUTHERN leaders, yesterday, asked the National Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Attahiru Jega to resign, accusing him of plotting to thwart the 2015 general elections by creating additional 30,000 polling units. Jega was accused of allocating 70 per cent of the additional polling units to the North.

Delta State House of Assembly, yesterday, ordered the Clerk of the House to return back the bill from the state governor seeking to regulate the tenure and retirement age of Professors and other staff of state Universities.

ABIA State Governor, Chief Theodore Orji has re-jigged his media team ahead of 2015 to fight the barrage of media attacks on his administration by the opposition.

AHEAD of the general elections, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Edo State, Mr Mika Amanokha has said Governor Adams Oshiomhole’s aides are vying for elective positions because they have gone through the necessary training that can take Edo State to the next level.

THE Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers, NUPENG, has expressed grave concern over worsening insecurity in the North-Eastern part of the country, as Boko Haram insurgents are over-running towns and villages in the area

President Goodluck Jonathan, on Wednesday in Abuja, inaugurated a Presidential Jobs Board of Nigeria to create jobs for unemployed Nigerians.

Former Delta State governor, Chief James Ibori has described the death of Dimgba Igwe, as a terrible blow to both Nigerian journalism and the country

The Chairman of the National Sports Commission (NSC), Tammy Danagogo, has said the commission has settled all Super Eagles’ allowances pertaining to their African Cup of Nations (AFCON) qualifiers.