TENSION is mounting in Anambra State following an attempt by agents of the state government to force a chairmanship candidate in the state council election of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ, Mr. Abuchi Nwozo, to step down for a favoured government candidate, or be prepared to lose his job.

THE Nigeria Union of Local Government Employees, NULGE, in the South East geo-political zone has called on the governors in the area to mobilize funds and repair the dilapidated federal roads in the zone, rather than waiting indefinitely for the federal government.

MY people have a proverb which says: a person who was not present when a corpse was buried runs the risk of exhuming it from the foot end rather than the head.

The Governorship candidate of the Labour Party for the November 21 governorship election, Dr. Philip Salawu, has alleged that one of the two leading parties for the election has stock piled arms and ammunition it intends to use to manipulate the election.

President Muhammadu Buhari, yesterday, assigned portfolios to the 36 new ministers with former Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, SAN, and former Governor of Rivers State Rotimi Amaechi emerging as the administration’s point men in the drive to improve the country’s infrastructure and transportation system.

AS the governorship election campaign in Bayelsa State gathers momentum ahead of December 5, 2015 polls in the state, Coordinator, Bayelsa Youth Leaders Forum, BYLF, Hon Ben Bara Ogidi, has expressed optimism that with Governor Seriake Dickson’s re-election the state will be safe.

Tecno Mobile in a bid to drive online awareness for its Photo focus smart phone, CAMON C8 has sponsored Huseina Mohammed, winner of TECNO Mobile online campaign CaptureLifeFive13 to the UEA, on a six-day expense paid trip.

Nigeria U23 coach Samson Siasia is considering drafting U-17 World Cup hotshot Victor Osimhen and MVP Kelechi Nwakali for the African U23 Nations Cup in Senegal, officials said. Osimhen set up a new goals record at the U17 World Cup in Chile, where he scored 10 goals, netting in all seven games as Nigeria won a fifth global crown.

Kids under 10 are to be banned from heading the ball with restrictions in place up to the age of 13

Microsoft has once again earned recognition as a leader in the Magic Quadrant for Operational Database Management Systems (ODBMS) for the 3rd time, based on a Gartner Inc. assessment.

Seattle Sounders striker Obafemi Martins has vowed to score goals for a new Super Eagles of Nigeria.

There is indeed truism in the assertion that ‘everyone loves a winner’ as the triumphant Golden Eaglets were treated to a standing ovation aboard Emirates Airlines on their return trip to Nigeria after Chile 2015 conquest.

Nigerian sports officials searched yesterday for the antecedents of newly appointed sports minister, Solomon Dalong in the industry, but the man who will oversee the country’s sports has scanty involvement in the business.

President Muhamadu Buhari has been commended for appointing Pastor Usani Uguru as the Minister of Niger Delta Ministry as he is the most suitable person to address youth restiveness and move the zone into mainstream politics.

Former governor of Lagos State and leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu has eulogised Governor Nasir El Rufai of Kaduna state for what he said were the great things he was doing for Kaduna state, and joked that El Rufai was no longer, “an accidental public servant”