WARRI—ITSEKIRI leader, Chief Ayiri Emami, yesterday, said the Itsekiri in Delta State were prepared for the ground-breaking of the $16 Export Processing Zone, EPZ, in Ogidigben, Warri South-West Local Government Area of the state by President Goodluck Jonathan, on March 26.

IF Hon. James Manager wins in the forthcoming general elections to represent the people of Delta South Senatorial district in the ‘Green chamber’, equity, justice and fairness would have lost their true meaning to the aggrieved Itsekiris and Isokos of the same senatorial district. Amidst deafened protest in 2013 against Manager’s second term in the place of an Itsekiri candidate whose turn it was to represent the district at the senate, Manager was imposed on the people.

Microsoft on Monday unveiled partnerships with Samsung and other manufacturers to install its services including Word and Skype on devices powered by the rival Google Android system.

A traditional ruler, Igwe Spencer Ugwuoke, Enyi Duru 1 of Obimo, Nsukka Local Government Area of Enugu State, has joined the agitation by his subjects to ensure that the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, candidate, Mr. Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, who hails from his domain, emerged as the next governor of the state.

The people of Oruku in Nkanu East local government area of Enugu State have threatened to boycott the 2015 general election commencing on Saturday, following the relocation of two polling units to neighbouring Umuode.

The Kwara State government has called on the opposition party in the state, Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to stop blackmailing it over false allegations of misappropriation of local governments funds in the state, but to appeal to the Federal Government to summon the political will to tackle the protracted problem of oil theft, pipeline vandalisation in Nigeria, “which have been responsible for gross reduction in federal allocations to the state since August, last year.”

Ikechukwu Uche was a 71st minute substitute for Villarreal in their 2-0 loss at home to Sevilla. Having been knocked out of the Europa League last week, Unai Emery’s men repeated the trick to expand their lead over the Yellow Submarine to six points. Uche’s cameo came too late to impact the result, as goals in the 49th and 65th minutes decided the tie.

Worried by the perceived marginalisation of Itsekiri professionals and graduates in the on-going recruitment of graduates into the Delta State Civil Service Commission, the National Association of Itsekiri Graduates, NAIG, has called on Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan to intervene, describing the development as evil and wicked, alleging that it has continued unabated even under the present administration in the state.

The re-election bid of Senator Andy Uba for the Anambra South senatorial seat on the platform of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has got a major boost as a socio-cultural group, Anambra South Citizens United for Good Representation, ASCUFGR, yesterday, backed his candidature.

Thousands of artisans in Edo State have endorsed President Goodluck Jonathan’s re-election bid on March 28.

Barely five days to the conduct of the rescheduled general election on March 28 and April 11, Diocesan Bishop of Methodist Church, Rt. Rev. Oluyemisi Ogunleye, has enjoined Nigerians to go to the polls in a peaceful and orderly manner.

Engineer Matthew Tsekiri, Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, candidate for Uvwie Constituency in Delta State House Assembly, has canvassed support for all the party candidates in the coming general elections.

President Goodluck Jonathan has congratulated the Flying Eagles on their victory against hosts Senegal in the final match of the 2015 African Youth Championship (AYC) on Sunday in Dakar.

Nigerian has donated food items and commodities worth millions of naira to the victims of drought that ravaged Namibia in year 2013-2014.

Alhaji Bala Hassan, Assistant Inspector-General of Police (AIG) in charge of Zone 10, said on Monday that the police were ready to provide security during Saturday’s presidential election in the zone.