What are you looking forward to in Egypt?
As a member of Nigerian team, I am looking forward to a good outing in Cairo. Egypt has been ruling Africa for years now and our men and women teams are looking forward to stopping Egypt’s dominance. I never won the African championships individual event in my career and winning it will make me happy in January and I seriously believe it’s possible and God will help me as am working hard for the war in Cairo.

OWERRI — Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Chief Emeka Ihedioha, has expressed satisfaction over “the peaceful, credible and transparent conduct” of the state Assembly primaries of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Imo State.

Rivers State Chairman of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Mr. Felix Obuah, has urged the people of Ogoni to beware of Governor Rotimi Amaechi’s clever ploy to trick them to support the All Progressives Congress, APC, and his failed governorship candidate.

Revelers ringing in of the new year this week need to watch out for the next day’s hangover. And investors may experience a similar feeling early in 2015 after a two-year run that has propelled U.S. stocks up by nearly 50 percent.

WARRI—PEOPLES Democratic Party, PDP, candidate for Udu Constituency of Delta State House of Assembly in this year’s elections, Elegbete Moses Odibo, is to host a town-hall meeting to negotiate the resuscitation of Delta Steel Company, DSC, Ovwian Aladja, Delta State.

GOVERNOR Willie Obiano of Anambra State, yesterday, expressed optimism that the current dwindling price of oil in the international market would not affect the progress of the state in 2015.

WARRI—PRESIDENT, Federated Niger Delta Ijaw Communities, FNDIC, Dr. Bello Oboko, yesterday, threw his weight behind the Senator Ifeanyi Okowa/Mr. Kingsley Otuaro Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Delta State governorship ticket, saying it was capable of ensuring PDP’s re-election in the state.

Ado Ekiti—Teachers operating under the umbrella of Nigeria Union of Teachers in Ekiti State has cautioned the immediate past governor of the state, Dr Kayode Fayemi, to desist from dragging them into politics, saying they have no regret in voting massively against his government during the June 21, 2014 governorship election in the state.

ABEOKUTA—Forty eight hours after three groups within the Peoples Democratic Party in Ogun State were reportedly planning to dump the party, another strong group has indicated its readiness to quit the umbrella party.

Twenty-three years old Fatima Oyia Ademoh was one of the 35 finalists selected from over 800 young African drawn from 18 countries that submitted business ideas via the online platform for a youth competition dubbed Agribiz4Africa organized by Syngenta.

ABEOKUTA—League of Registered Political Parties, LRPP, Ogun State chapter has warned against violence and thuggery ahead of this year general elections.

AKURE—ONDO State Governor, Dr Olusegun Mimiko has granted amnesty to eight prisoners serving different jail terms in the state in the spirit of the Yuletide.

Operators in the Nigerian capital market have said that synergy among the various arms of the financial markets and industry regulators, including the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, the Securities and Exchange Commission, SEC, the Nigerian Stock Exchange, NSE, and the Pension Commission (Pencom) is required to sustain growth recovery in the market.

FEDERAL Government has called on Nigerians to change their perception about the issue of adoption, saying there is nothing strange or negative in adopting a child from an orphanage home, as they also deserve to have a better life.

ONE of the frontline governorship aspirants on the platform of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Abia State and immediate past Minister of Labour and Productivity, Chief Emeka Wogu, has promised to build a power plant in Owaza, Ukwa West council area.