Nigeria won its first gold medal in the men’s double event of the Africa Senior Table Tennis Championship. The duo of Aruna Quadri and Kazeem Makanjuola defeated their compatriot Onaolapo Ojo and Jide Ogidiolu on Wednesday at the ongoing ITTF 2015 Africa Senior Table Tennis Championships in Cairo, Egypt.

ITSEKIRI and Ijaw riverine dwellers affected by the 2011 Bonga oil spill by Shell Petroleum Development Company, SPDC, Thursday morning, besieged the National Oil Spill and Detection Response Agency, NOSDRA,in Warri, Delta state.

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) says it has procured gadgets to facilitate the participation of the visually impaired candidates in its Computer Based Test (CBT) in March.

Most residents of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) say they will spend the 2015 Valentine’s Day celebration without the usual outdoor events due to the election holding on that day.

The governorship candidate of the opposition, Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Mr. Jimi Agbaje, has replied to the allegation by Lagos state governor, Babatunde Fashola, that he (Agbaje) is owing the state N1.6 million as unpaid land use charges.

Itsekiri and Ijaw riverine dwellers affected by the 2011 Bonga oil spill by Shell Petroleum Development Company, SPDC, Thursday morning, besieged the National Spill Response and Detection Response Agency, NOSDRA,in Warri, Delta state.

Dr Dlamini Zuma, the Chairperson, African Union Commission (AUC), has appointed former Mozambique President, Joaquim Alberto-Chissano, to lead a 50-member election observers to Nigeria’s general elections in February.

The 82-year-old actor, who is the father of actress Jennifer Grey and also has a son, told People magazine that his family and friends had known about his sexuality.

Abubakar Isa, the Youth Leader of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Wurno Local Government area of Sokoto State on Thursday urged youths in the country to vote for President Goodluck Jonathan in February’s general election.

Gov. Aliyu Wamakko of Sokoto State says the All Progressives Congress (APC) gubernatorial candidate in the state, Alhaji Aminu Tambuwal, is a ”patriot who is religiously committed to the even socioeconomic development of the state.

Vice President Namadi Sambo on Wednesday insisted that Nigeria had the capacity to transmit additional power being generated by the 10 new power plants built across the country.

The PDP Presidential Campaign Organisation has challenged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to address the issues surrounding the certificate of APC Presidential Candidate, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari, or face a vote of no-confidence from the party.

Mr Simon Lalong, the Governorship Candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Plateau, said on Wednesday that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) was jittery over the INEC’s insistence on the use of the Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) for the February general elections.

Former Benue Commissioner for Transport, Mr Joseph Orkar, who was detained for eighteen months by the then military regime of Gen. Muhammadu Buhari, said that the APC presidential candidate sent corrupt politicials to jail to demonstrate his high sense of moral discipline.

Enyimba International Football Club of Aba on Wednesday defeated Dolphins FC of Port Harcourt 1-0 at the ongoing 2014/2015 Glo Premier League Super 4 Invitational Tournament in Abuja.