The announcement of results of elections had for long been a persistent sore in the country. Election management bodies preoccupied with keeping their turfs had sought to constrain journalists and in some cases prescribed sanctions for journalists who cross the border in announcing election results.

Director, Department of Petroleum Resources, DPR, Mr. George Osahon, last week took a swipe at the operators and managers of petroleum tank farms and depots in Akwa-Ibom and Cross River states for allegedly compromising prescribed standards in their operations.

The best attributes of nature are coming together in Canalily Place, an exclusive apartment development being berthed on the fascinating stable of Canalily Place Limited with design conceived by sister outfit, Design Union , winner of the International Property Award for Africa Region in 2011. The estate is located on a water-bathed track of land measuring 4,000 square metres within a walking distance of the Atlantic Ocean in Alma Beach adjacent to Lekki Phase I.

Work was temporarily halted when unemployed graduates from Asaba, Delta State, besieged the premises of Julius Berger Plc, the company handling the construction of the on-going second Niger Bridge, demanding for employment slots in the company.

ONITSHA—The Coordinator of President Goodluck Jonathan campaign organization in Anambra State, Chief Ugochukwu Okeke, yesterday called on the electorate to shun the campaigns of calumny against President Jonathan by the opposition.

A coalition of youth groups in the country has demanded immediate stop to the coroner enquiry into the collapse of a six-storey building at the Synagogue Church of All Nations, SCOAN, owned by Prophet Temitope Joshua.

AKENPIA—AKENPIA community in Yenagoa Local Government Area, Bayelsa State has written-off the Bayelsa State Government for allegedly neglecting the town, promising that the people would demonstrate their anger at the polls. Acting paramount ruler of Akenpia, Chief Saviour Obi, who spoke to Niger Delta Voice, lamented the total lack of government infrastructure in the community, saying parents have withdrawn their children from the only primary school in the town because there was no road and teachers.

A 35-year-old unemployed, Sunday Awoyemi, and a businessman, Rokeeb Eniafe, 30, were, yesterday, docked before a Tinubu Chief Magistrates Court on Lagos Island for allegedly stealing a bag containing valuables worth N1.3million.

With the unveiling of the new 911 GT3 RS, Porsche is once again breaking down the boundaries of possibility, redefining what it means to create a car at the cutting edge of motorsport technology, which is suitable for everyday driving.

Dream Team VI manager, Samson Siasia, wants to take a healthy advantage to the second leg of the All Africa Games qualifier against Zambia. The Nigeria Under 23s will confront their Zambian counterparts on Sunday in Abuja, and Siasia knows his squad will have a foot in Congo-Brazzaville, where the 11th All-Africa Games is scheduled to take place if they thrash their opponents.