The Lagos State Para-Soccer Association on Saturday expressed disappointment for its team inability to participate in the ongoing National Para-Soccer League.

The members of Ifako-Ijaiye Federal Constituency say they have lost a benevolent represent in Mr Olutayo Adewale, a member representing them at the Federal House of Representatives.

MILITANTS in the Niger Delta, weekend, rejected the grandstanding of the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta, MEND, as their chief negotiator and selection of a group of persons, dubbed Aaron Team 2, by the group to dialogue on their behalf with the Federal Government.

Five young people in northern India are believed to have been murdered by their families or partner’s relatives in suspected honour killings, in three separate incidents this week, police said Saturday.

Zamfara Governor, Abdulaziz Yari, said the grievances of the state legislature, which led to impeachment process against him were personal, selfish and against public interest.

The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers, has urged security agencies to hold Gov. Nyesom Wike responsible for Friday’s arson on Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) office in Bori.

Following reports that the Federal Government has ordered the re-opening of investigations into the murder of Bola Ige and Aminasoari Dikibo, the family of late Chief Marshall Harry wants it extended to his death.

A civil society group under the aegis of New Initiative for Credible Leadership has decried a deliberate conspiracy by some staff of the National Film Corporation (NFC), Jos to remove the Managing Director of the Corporation, Engineer Danjuma Wuri, despite his assurance that their griviances will be resolved.

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps NSCDC has announced the rescue of a nine-year old boy who had been chained for several weeks at the Celestial Church of Christ (Key of Joy Parish), Ajiwo, Ogun state.

The re-run elections for Okigwe senatorial zone and state assembly seats for Isiala Mbano, Oru East and Owerri West, took off Saturday on a peaceful note.

The Minister of Youths and Sports, Barrister Solomon Dalung, has said that he regrets the embarrassment caused Nigeria by a letter which directed Nigerian athletes going to the Olympic Games in Rio to buy their own air tickets.

The Zimbabwe government on Saturday denounced as “treasonous” a statement by war veterans berating President Robert Mugabe and his regime for brutal attacks on his opponents.

The Minister of Transportation, Mr Rotimi Amaechi, says the Federal Government will continue to safeguard Nigeria’s marine environment to improve on revenue generation.

Cheirika ‘Coco’ Ukogu will be creating history at the Olympics this year, being the first rower to represent her country (Nigeria) at the Olympic Games.

A magistrates’ court sitting in Kano on Thursday denied bail to the two suspects who allegedly brutalised two-year-old Musa Murtala in the city on May 10.