It was a moment of high hopes as the Nigeria League Management Company (LMC) organized the 2014/15 Glo sponsored Nigeria Professional Premier League draws at the prestigious Transcorp Hilton in Abuja, the nation’s capital. The event which attracted the who is who in Nigerian league started by 7.30 pm. Banters here and there. Old friends were meeting again. It was conviviality galore.

Jose Mourinho is “ashamed” of the Chelsea fans who prevented a black man from boarding a Paris train before their Champions League tie on Tuesday. Amateur video showed a man being pushed from the Metro train while a group chants, “we’re racist, we’re racist and that’s the way we like it”.

As part of efforts to build a strong and viable small and medium scale enterprises sector, Stanbic IBTC Bank has organized a capacity building workshop for its clients operating in the Small and Medium Scale Enterprises (SMEs) sub-sector. The two-day seminar, which held in Lagos on February 11-12, attracted over 400 participants.

Nollywood actress, Patience Ozokwo, popularly known as Mama G, has lauded the idea behind the book and platform, Most Influential Igbo Personalities,MIIP, authored by Ugochukwu Favour-Mayor. The veteran actress pointed out that the initiative will encourage the young people to conservatively live a life worthy of emulation, as the book will pose as a model for them to make the right choices.

The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, yesterday, ordered an accelerated trial of the alleged mastermind of the April 14 bomb blast that killed over 75 persons at a crowded motor park in Nyanya Abuja, Aminu Ogwuche.

Popular gangster actor, Hanks Anuku is heartbroken at the moment. Like in a movie set, the actor is brooding over his wounds after news went viral online during the week, accusing him of testing positive to HIV/AIDS, and deliberately infecting his wife with the deadly virus. Anuku, who is hale and hearty has since refuted the report. His publicist, Bayo Adeoye while reacting to the report, described it as “not only confusing but a total lie.”

A new dawn has come for Nigerian gospel music with the awe- inspiring launch of Pastor Chris Delvan Gwamma’s ‘New Nation’ album. The event which took place recently at the prestigious Oriental Hotel, Lekki had in attendance many dignitaries from the Christian fold. Ministering in song also on that day was Lionel Peterson from South Africa and Cobhams Asuquo who also produced the album.

February 14, Valentine Day celebration would not be forgotten in a hurry, especially by the residents of Ojulegba, in Surulere, as the Spirit of Lagos, a movement committed to restoring the lost glory of Lagos stormed the area with the sensational kid-music star, OzzyBosco who thrilled with lots of music and dance.

Stephanie Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta popularly known as Lady Gaga is set to say, “I do” to her sweetheart Taylor Kinney, as they just got engaged. This was gathered on the diva’s Instagram account where she wrote “He gave me his heart on Valentine’s Day, and I said YES” showing off a heart-shaped engagement ring.

A member of Rotary International’s Africa Regional PolioPlus Committee, Marie-Iréne Richmond Ahoua, has called on African governments to maintain high quality diseases surveillance in order to protect the fragile gains made on polio eradication, adding that “no cases of polio have been reported in Africa since August 2014.”