GOVERNORSHIP candidate of All Progressives Congress, APC, in Delta State, in the April 11, 2015 election, Olorogun O’tega Emerhor, has appealed the judgment of the Delta State Election Petition Tribunal which declared Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, winner of the election.

WORRIED by the poor state of the Ajase-Ipo/ Offa Road in the southern part of Kwara State, the legislators representing the area in the State House of Assembly, have dragged the Attorney-General of the country and the contractor handling the reconstruction of the road to the Federal High Court for allegedly abandoning the construction/rehabilitation of the road.

WARRI—TWO police officers went berserk in Warri, Delta State and shot dead a 28-year-old truck assistant, Amos Nsikak. They shot erratically into the air after the incident to scare away citizens in the neighbourhood and bolted away afterward, but alert members of a vigilance group in the area apprehended and handed them over to the police.

But let us take it from this perspective. You will agree with me that when this administration came on board on May 29, contractors had abandoned some of the previously-awarded contracts because of paucity of funds. I will mention three of them that this government, on coming on board, has re-awarded.

The 2015 Africa U-23 Cup of Nations – which will serve as the continent’s qualifiers for the 2016 Olympic Games – kicks off in 12 days’ time in host nation Senegal.