Chairman of the NFF Technical and Development Committee, Chief Felix Anyansi-Agwu has praised the Golden Eaglets for a brilliant start to the defence of their FIFA U-17 World Cup with a 2-0 defeat of USA in Santiago on Saturday.

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Sunday reacted to the ongoing investigation of former Akwa Ibom State governor and Senate minority leader, Godswill Akpabio, by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), saying the presidency is only using its anti-corruption posture as a tool to witch-hunt PDP members and perceived political opponents of APC government.

The Attah of Aiyede Kingdom, in Ekiti State, Oba Abdul-Mumini Adebayo Orisagbemi paid a courtesy visit to the corporate head office of Vanguard Media Limited, penultimate Monday, where he revealed his latest campaign for unity of Ekiti with main goal of getting prominent sons and daughters of the state together regardless of political differences. Orisagbemi, who is one of 16 paramount rulers of Ekiti State. He also hinted of his community’s capacity to boost the Nigerian economy but expressed dismay that despite the large deposit of mineral resources in Ekiti particularly Aiyede, no investor wants to come to the state.

THE rejection of the appointment as a Senior Special Assistant, SSA, to Governor Segun Mimiko, by the former Ondo State chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Hon Ebenezer Alabi is causing ripples within the party and the state in general.

Former Governor of Bayelsa State and standard-bearer of the All Progressives Congress (APC), in the December 5, governorship election in Bayelsa, Timpire Sylva, has accused his main contender, Governor Seriake Dickson of spreading falsehood against him, adding that such strategy adopted by Dickson would fail him just like it did to former President, Goodluck Jonathan during the last Presidential election.