I have been mandated by the Government and good people of Akwa Ibom State to ask that the Federation Cup, in the true spirit and character of the Cup be handed to Akwa United FC.

The little girl gave a graphic description of how her late father’s friend, whose identity was given simply as Ayela, had carnal knowledge of her in his apartment located on Mission Street. She disclosed that the suspect had on both occasions called her into his apartment while she was running errands for her grandmother and that at the end of the assault, gave her N50.

Director General of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority, NCAA, Captain Muhtar Usman has cautioned information managers and Public Relations officers at the country’s airports to do a critical review of information dissemination during accidents and incidents.

President Muhammadu Buhari has urged legal practitioners in the country not to frustrate the course of justice while defending public officials.

Nasarawa yesterday rewrote the history books when they defeated home team Kano Pillars 2-1 to end a 12-year unbeaten home run by Pillars at the Sani Abacha Stadium.

Ibadan—The decision of Governor Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo State to stop payment of West African Examination Council fees for final year students in public secondary schools has pitched him against his political opponents in Accord and the Peoples Democratic Party.

Awka—FOLLOWING predictions that many states in the country, including Anambra, would be affected by flood disaster this rainy season, the Anambra State Emergency Management Agency, SEMA says it has taken necessary proactive measures to minimize the envisaged adverse effects. The executive secretary of SEMA, Chief Paul Odenigbo had already begun a sensitization tour of 10 flood-prone local government areas of the state to prepare the minds of the people on the impending disaster.

Delta State chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Jones Erue, yesterday, dismissed reports of a crisis in the state chapter of the party.

The Director-General of the Industrial Training Fund, ITF, Mrs. Juliet Chukkas-Onaeko, has expressed concern over the increase in the number of unemployed youths in the country, saying the agency was set to train 1,000 youths from the 36 states of the federation to address the trend.

The National Obstetric Fistula Centre in Ningi Local Government Area of Bauchi State, has concluded arrangements to offer free surgical service to fifty Vesico Virginal Fistula VVF victims in the state, beginning next Monday.

Blessing Okagbare-Ighoteguonor kept her title hopes alive yesterday as she won her heat, with 11.07seconds in the women’s 100m at the IAAF World Champions-hips in Beijing, China.

Nigeria’s Information and Communications Technology, ICT sector contributes about 8.4 per cent to the gross domestic product, GDP. This sector in turn contributes significantly in driving the trade sector which has grown to about 16.4 per cent according to the 2014 data from the Nigerian Bureau of Statistics.

The national leadership of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has put measures in place to avoid a rancorous primary in Kogi State.
PDP has been in power in the state since 2003 when Alhaji Ibrahim Idris defeated the then incumbent, Prince Abubakar Audu, of the defunct All Nigerian Peoples Party in a tense election.

To further boost his regimes international economic exposure President Muhammadu Buhari is expected to lead Nigeria to the first forum of the Commonwealth Enterprise and Investment Council (CWEIC) holding alongside the meeting of the Commonwealth Heads of Government, CHOGM in Malta, November 2015.

The Department of Petroleum Resources, DPR, has sealed off 39 filling stations in parts of Benue and Nasarawa states for alleged over-pricing and under-dispensing of petroleum products to unsuspecting members of the public.