Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo State, has summarily sacked scores of the workers in 19 parastatals, agencies and departments, even as their salaries had been stopped with effect from Monday, January 4, 2016.

Spanish La Liga table after Sunday’s early game (played, won, drawn, lost, goals for, goals against, points):

Atletico Madrid 19 14 2 3 27 8 44

Barcelona 18 13 3 2 44 15 42

None of Real Madrid coach Zinedine Zidane’s four sons started for their respective sides with the club’s academy this weekend amid confusion over their status after FIFA handed the club a one-year transfer ban.

Head Coach of the Super Eagles, Sunday Oliseh, on Sunday, led the Eagles for a light work out, ahead of their opening match against Niger Republic in a Group C fixture at the 2016 African Nations Championship at the Stade Régional Nyamirambo, Kigali on Monday.

The Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof. Dambatta, says the Commission had no intention whatsoever to join issues with the Nigerian Broadcasting Commission (NBC) on the controversial 700MHz spectrum sales by the NBC.

You may be young and infantile” was the title of an article in the PUNCH, on Monday, January 4, 2016, by Solaade Ayo-Aderele on page 16. Thanks to Ayo-Aderele, it suddenly occurred to me that you might also be old and infantile. Many politicians in Nigeria today, almost all over forty, are behaving, talking and acting like kids. Incredible as it might appear to thinking people, some adults are actually talking seriously about reviving the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP – which is already at the graveyard waiting to be buried. Wait for the explanation.

SOLDIERS, last night, invaded Okpelama community, Gbaramatu kingdom, Warri South West Local Government Area, Delta State, in search of militants, who commenced bombing of crude oil and gas pipelines in state, few hours after a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos issued a bench warrant for the arrest of ex-militant leader, Government Ekpemupolo, alias Tompolo, last Thursday.

MGBIDI, the seat of Oru West Local Government Area of Imo State is made up of 11 villages collectively known as Mgbidi Town, the gateway to Imo State which plays host to the annual international crusade of The Lord’s Chosen Charismatic Revival Movement.

Udoka Enohuean (not real names) is a self-confessed human trafficking survivor. According to her, in a bid to get a lucrative job and make life meaningful for her family, she ran into trouble as she became a prostitute in Burkina Faso. Meanwhile, the job did not give her the money she craved for.

Primate Elijah Babatunde Ayodele, founder and Head of INRI Evangelical and Spiritual Church, on December 23, 2015, released what he termed the end-of-year message in which he, as he usually does, warned nations and individuals not to relent in seeking the face of God. He said doing so would avert tragedies. The man of God predicted the ongoing economic crisis two years ago and was the first to announce that Goodluck Jonathan would be the last President of the PDP. Among his latest prophecies is that President Muhammadu Buhari and a leader of the ruling APC, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, will fight but called on both leaders to pray against such squabble so that the party will not break.