AS we steam closer to 28th March, the day for the Presidential and National Assembly elections, the hottest new bone of contention is the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Card Reader (CR).

Monthly allocation to state owned tertiary institutions in Delta State has been reduced by twenty-five percent even the release of the allocation has not been regular. Speaking during the familiarization visit of the new Commissioner for Higher Education, Hon. Charles Emetulu to the polytechnic, the Rector of Delta State Polytechnic, Otefe-Oghara, Dr Clara Sogbaike said: “ monthly overhead cost from the state government has been reduced by 25 per cent from four million naira to three million naira”.

LAWYERS, judicial workers and other stakeholders in Plateau State have called for an overhaul of the states’ justice sector.

PEOPLE of goodwill have been disturbed about the level of violence around our elections. Early this year, the fears here were succinctly captured in the words of Chief Emeka Anyaoku, the former Secretary-General of the Commonwealth: “Nigeria has a history of election and post-election violence and the signs are already there that the same would be repeated if nothing is done about it”.

Defending champion, Nigeria’s Ojo Onaolapo, Olajide Omotyao and three other Nigerians as well as three Egyptians secured their places in the quarterfinal stage of the ongoing International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) World Tour, Lagos Open holding at the Molade Okoya-Thomas Hall of Teslim Balogun Stadium.