LAGOS—Peoples Democratic Party gubernatorial candidate in Lagos State, Mr. Jimi Agbaje, has promised to pull down the Lekki/Epe toll gates, if elected next governor of the state.

Justice Benedict Kanyip of the National Industrial Court has lamented the low rate at which legal practitioners in the country utilise the Nigeria Labour Law Reports (NLLR) in court as references.

Political campaigns for the various elective posts at Federal and State levels have put the National Sports Festival in a deep freeze.

Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Presidential Campaign Organization, yesterday, claimed that President Goodluck Jonathan did not influence the shift in election, affirming that poor preparation by Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, was the major reason for the shift.

LET’S start by congratulating the two major political parties – the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the All Progressives Congress (APC), especially the latter, in the matured and nationalistic way they absorbed the shift of election date from February 14th/28th to March 28th/April 11th 2015. It would have complicated matters if the APC had made good the threat by Governor Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers State, to “take to the streets”. It would have served no useful purpose.

Rep. Suleiman Kwande, member representing Jos North/Bassa federal constituency in the House of Representatives has described the action as a slap on the country democracy.

CHIEF David Edebiri, the Esogban of Benin Kingdom and chairman Benin Forum, an umbrella body of all Binis in Nigeria and the Diaspora, has said that the poll shift will not dissuade the people of Bini kingdom in paying a just comeuppance to President Goodluck Jonathan.

FORMER Minister of Information and Nasarawa State governorship candidate of All Progressive Grand Alliance, APGA, Labaran Maku has denied media reports in which he was quoted as accusing his former party, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, of sponsoring Boko Haram

Nigeria Football Federation officials say the national Under-17 team, chasing the African title and the FIFA Under-17 World Cup ticket in Niamey, Niger Republic will receive their full cooperation to enable t hem achieve their goals.

A 54-year-old man, Obi Johnson, has been arraigned before an Ikeja Magistrate’s Court in Lagos over allegation of fraudulently obtaining over N6.5 million from five persons, with the pretence of securing Kuwait and Europe visas for them.

MAKURDI—The ongoing bloody clashes between farmers and suspected Fulani herdsmen in Benue State escalated Tuesday night, following a fresh attack at Vaase in Ukum Local Government Area, which left no fewer than six persons dead.

Ivory Coast’s football team has been rewarded with millions of dollars in prizes by the country’s government for winning the Africa Cup of Nations.

By Ben Efe Reigning African youth champion, Divine Oduduru one of the 34 athletes invited to camp for the African Junior Championships March 3-7 in Addis Ababa Ethiopia said his target, is to dominate Africa in the sprints. Oduduru won a sprint double in the maiden African youth championship in Warri Delta State 2013. He […]

The frosty relationship between Shell Petroleum Development Company, SPDC and its sub-contractors-Morpol and Daewoo and impacted communities along the EPU cluster I, II and III in Kolokuma-Opokuma Local Government Area of Bayelsa State, has deepened.

The Sports Writers Ass ociation of Nigeria (SWAN) has frowned at the decision of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) to transport members of the national U-17 team, the Golden Eaglets to Niamey the capital of Niger Republic by road.