AHEAD of the December 5, governorship election in Bayelsa State, Governor Seriake Dickson and candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and former governor Timipre Sylva of the All Progressives Congress, APC, yesterday, committed themselves to ensuring a peaceful and violence free governorship election with the signing of a peace accord at the Creek Motel in Yenagoa.

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, yesterday charged the former governor of Benue State, Gabriel Suswam, before the Federal High Court in Abuja over a nine-count criminal charge bordering on alleged money laundering.

The Broadcasting Organisation of Nigeria, BON, has urged its members to sharpen their new technologies and computer skills as the compulsory switch to digital broadcasting is around the corner.

The National Rice Millers Association of Nigeria, NRMAN, has expressed worry over smuggling of rice from across the Nigerian borders which it said has reached prohibitive levels, with hundreds of trailers plying back and forth from neighbouring countries carrying illegal shipments of the staple food.

Perturbed by Federal Government’s delay in the release of N14.2 billion bail-out funds to the Enugu State,Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi,yesterday, disclosed that the construction of eight roads embarked upon by his administration will proceed smoothly even though the state is yet to receive the funds.

I had my bee-keeping training at the Bee-craft Vocational Institute, Abeokuta, and my entrepreneurial training with the National Directorate of Employment. I was also on scholarship from the Goldman Sach Corporations in the USA to study Entrepreneurship at the Enterprise Development Centre of Pan-Atlantic University, Lagos.

Any pain in the head is…er ….a headache. The WHO says nearly half of the world’s population would have had a headache in the last year. Headaches can be totally unrelated to anything, symptomatic of something else, or announcing the onset of something else.

THE leadership of oil rich Deghele, in Warri South-West Local Government Area of Delta State, has said that it would not tolerate any act capable of causing a breach of the peace and disregard for constituted authority in the area.

TWO new suspects were, yesterday, arraigned before an Akure High Court over the kidnap of former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, SGF, Chief Olu Falae. They are Abdulkadir Umar and Babawuro Kato

DEPOSED Deji of Akureland, Prince Adesina Adepoju, yesterday, caused a stir in Akure, Ondo State capital, when he danced publicly through the streets five years after he was banished.

No fewer than 30 people sustained injuries yesterday, while goods worth about ten million naira and ten vehicles were destroyed, when traders opposed to imposition of Caretaker Committee at the New Auto Spare Parts market Nkpor clashed with government officials who were said to have been sent by the Anambra State government to inaugurate a Caretaker Committee appointed to run the market.

The matter on who represents Bende Northeast State Constituency in the Abia State House of Assembly is set to turn into a protracted battle between two men with similar surnames. The two men in dispute over the seat are the current Deputy Speaker, Ndukwe Cosmos Chukwu who flew the flag of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP in the election and Mr. Chijoke Chukwu, who flew the flag of the Progressive Peoples Alliance, PPA in the election in the April 11, 2015 election.

THE Federal Government has said it is determined to address the challenges bedeviling the construction industry to ensure the sector improves on its contributions to the economic development of the country.

The House of Representatives yesterday urged the Federal Government to bestow national award on the victorious Golden Eaglets for winning the U-17 world champions for the fifth time.

Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN) has released entry standards for athletes intending to represent Nigeria at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio, Brazil.