IBADAN—All Progressives Congress, APC, in Oyo State, has accused some influential opposition party members of allegedly compromising some officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to divert permanent voter cards, PVCs, belonging to some registered voters in the state.

lagos—24 years after its demolition, Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, yesterday commissioned and handed over the rebuilt Oyingbo market urging Lagosians to vote for a party that has a record of keeping its promises, like the All Progressives Congress (APC), in the coming general elections.

Wilmar Africa, producers of Frytol vegetable oil has entered the Nigerian market with a fully integrated consumer activation. The campaign was to further establish the Frytol product to resonate amongst consumers. The last quarter of 2014 saw producers of the product deliver an unforgettable experience to market women, with their world class Edwomhemaa activation.

Asaba, the Delta State capital is agog as the Governor of Delta State, Dr Emmanuel Uduaghan will host the first Delta State Reverend Fathers Tennis tournament beginning 4 pm today at the Government House Tennis Courts, Asaba.

Research suggests that flooding poses a threat to roughly 21 million people across the world every year, costing the global economy roughly $90.65 billion, with the potential for an estimated six-fold increase over the next 15 years. Data provided in connection with the launch of a new flood mitigation platform, the Aqueduct Global Flood Analyzer tool, co-developed by the World Resource Institute (WRI), Deltares, the Institute for Environmental Studies of the VU University Amsterdam, Utrecht University and PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency, highlights the economic severity of global flooding and its potential rise.

The yields on Nigerian bonds are seen rising next week on uncertainty over a delayed presidential election, while Kenyan Treasury bill yields will ease further on increased liquidity. Nigerian bonds yields will rise as Africa’s biggest economy prepares to hold presidential elections on March 28, while a planned Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meeting to set rates on March 24 would also unnerve investors, traders added.

Scorer of Warri Wolves second goal against Dedebit FC, Gbolahan Salami has restated his belief in the ability of his teammates to go to Ethiopia and come out victorious.

WITH the support of the multinational force drawn from neighbouring countries the Nigerian armed forces have carried out successful operations against the satanic Boko Haram sect in the last couple of weeks.

Governorship candidate of All Progressives Congress, APC, in Rivers State, Dr. Dakuku Peterside, has assured lawyers that the issue of who becomes the substantive Chief Judge of the state will be resolved before May 29.

Two persons, Wasiu Adebayo, 41, and Rasheed Alamu, 40, have been charged before an Ikeja magistrate’s court in Lagos for allegedly setting on fire cars valued at N14.4m, property of one Alhaji Aliu Sulaimon.

British pop legend Elton John called for a boycott of Dolce and Gabbana on Sunday after one of the designers behind the Italian fashion label condemned IVF babies as “synthetic”.

President Goodluck Jonathan’s bid for a second term in office got a big boost on Saturday when sportsmen and women from various disciplines threw their support behind him in Lagos.

THE Technical Director of the Athletic Federation of Nigeria, Navy Commodore Omatseye Nesiama, has poured encomium on the organisers of the annual
Okpekpe 10km Road Race.

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged “the presidential candidates of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), President Goodluck Jonathan and All Progressives Congress (APC), General Muhammadu Buhari to publicly endorse the global initiative for an International Anticorruption Court (IACC) to demonstrate their expressed commitment to satisfactorily address corruption and impunity of perpetrators if voted into power.”

One of the lines of the Nigeria National anthem reads, “ The labours of our heroes past shall never be in vain.” It was in realisation of this important statement, that the family of Late doyen of Nigeria theatre, Hubert Ogunde after many years of neglect and abandonment occasioned by many factors rose up to immortalize him with the opening of a museum in his country home, Ososa in Ogun State.