Victorious Flying Eagles who won their seventh African Youth title are in no mood to fear any team at the bigger stage during the World Youth Championship in New Zealand. As African Champions, the Manu Garba-tutored champions would have ain the same vein that the Flying Eagles would be going to New Zealand as a Champion of Africa. ‘’We’re Champions already and will continue in that line. There is nothing to be afraid of’’.

ABUJA — A Chinese firm, Tongyi Allied Mining Limited, said it planned to set up a $50 million steel smelting plant in Nasarawa State.

LAGOS—The Federal Government, has filed a criminal charge against Emirates Airlines and five officials of the company before a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos over alleged theft of $1.6 million belonging to one Prince Chu Ikem Orji.

PORT HARCOURT— House of Representatives member and Director, Finance and Administration of General Muhammadu Buhari Campaign Organisation, Dr Sokonte Davies, has decried the killings in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, saying that they were political rather than cult related as being portrayed by the Police in the state.

WARRI—ITSEKIRI leader, Chief Ayiri Emami, yesterday, said the Itsekiri in Delta State were prepared for the ground-breaking of the $16 Export Processing Zone, EPZ, in Ogidigben, Warri South-West Local Government Area of the state by President Goodluck Jonathan, on March 26.

IF Hon. James Manager wins in the forthcoming general elections to represent the people of Delta South Senatorial district in the ‘Green chamber’, equity, justice and fairness would have lost their true meaning to the aggrieved Itsekiris and Isokos of the same senatorial district. Amidst deafened protest in 2013 against Manager’s second term in the place of an Itsekiri candidate whose turn it was to represent the district at the senate, Manager was imposed on the people.

Microsoft on Monday unveiled partnerships with Samsung and other manufacturers to install its services including Word and Skype on devices powered by the rival Google Android system.

A traditional ruler, Igwe Spencer Ugwuoke, Enyi Duru 1 of Obimo, Nsukka Local Government Area of Enugu State, has joined the agitation by his subjects to ensure that the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, candidate, Mr. Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, who hails from his domain, emerged as the next governor of the state.

The people of Oruku in Nkanu East local government area of Enugu State have threatened to boycott the 2015 general election commencing on Saturday, following the relocation of two polling units to neighbouring Umuode.

The Kwara State government has called on the opposition party in the state, Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to stop blackmailing it over false allegations of misappropriation of local governments funds in the state, but to appeal to the Federal Government to summon the political will to tackle the protracted problem of oil theft, pipeline vandalisation in Nigeria, “which have been responsible for gross reduction in federal allocations to the state since August, last year.”