Lagos—24 hours after Lagos State Deputy Governor, Adejoke Orelope-Adefulire announced her withdrawal from the Lagos West Senatorial District race on the platform of the All Progressives Congress, APC, another aspirant, Kamal Bayewu has also withdrawn from the race.

Newcastle United legend Alan Shearer has blamed Nigeria international Mikel Obi for Chelsea’s 2-1 loss at Newcastle on Saturday to end their unbeaten run.

FORMER Minister for Works, Senator Adeseye Ogunlewe yesterday said that the Peoples Democratic Party in Lagos had no option than to field a candidate that could compete with the opposition party.

WARRI — SUBSTITUTED candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the October 25, 2014 local government polls in Delta State, Mr Weyinmi Omadeli, has asked the election tribunal sitting in Warri, Delta State, to order the removal of Mr George Ekpemupolo as the elected Chairman of Warri South-West Local Government Area, insisting that he (Omadeli) was the validly nominated candidate of the part for the polls.

The Ajaokuta Steel Company Ltd. (ASCL), in Kogi, is not moribund, the Sole Administrator of the firm, Mr Joseph Isah, has said.

ABUJA — The Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Justice Mahmud Mohammed, has alleged that some senior lawyers are behind the increased level of corruption bedevilling the judiciary.

Creative Focus Africa (CFA) initiative, aimed at promoting business intelligence has identified business education as a key to sustaining micro and small businesses in Nigeria.

Guaranty Trust Bank Plc, has continued to consolidate its position as a foremost African brand through outstanding financial performance and product/service innovation.

Governorship candidate of All Progressives Congress, APC, in Lagos State, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode at the weekend extended hand of fellowship to all aspirants he defeated in a landslide victory during the party’s primaries conducted at Onikan Stadium last Thursday, saying, “the victory is for all the aspirants”.

Meanwhile, APC chieftain in Lagos, Cardinal James Odunmbaku, yesterday, congratulated the former Accountant General of Lagos, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode for his landslide victory at the primaries of the party, saying it was a well-deserved victory.

As the global oil prices slid further downward, Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State, yesterday, asked the Federal Government to review downward the pump prices of Premium Motor Spirit, PMS, from N97 per litre in the country in tandem with the slump in world oil price.

The Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries, OPEC, had last Friday, on its website pegged the oil price at $66.27 per barrel.

It would be in keeping with the spirit of the times to join our cheerful voices with the rising chorus of congratulations to Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke, the Minister of Mineral Resources, on her appointment as the President of OPEC. We live at a time when congratulations swamp the advertisement areas of newspapers, which a media animal like us would be the last to complain about.

A tenth doctor has died after contracting Ebola in Sierra Leone, the government said on Sunday, increasing alarm over the safety of medics battling the deadly epidemic.

Managing Director of Custodian & Allied Insurance Plc, Mr. Wole Oshin has charged insurance operators to change the stereotype ways with which they run the insurance business and embrace innovation.

THE former Governor of Ebonyi State, Dr. Sam Egwu weekend emerged winner of Ebonyi North Senatorial District primary election conducted by the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP across the state.

The Nigerian authorities on Sunday said they had detained a Russian cargo plane carrying military equipment in the north Nigerian city of Kano.