The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) on Tuesday in Abuja said it has signed a two-year contract with German coach Gernot Rohr to work as the Super Eagles’ Technical Adviser.

The 2016 Rio Olympic Games took off to a slow start last week, precisely August 5. I didn’t watch the opening ceremony although I had looked forward to it. There was less to see by way of recorded broadcast of the opening activities even after the events.

WARRI—A coalition of Niger Delta militants under the auspices of Niger Delta Greenland Justice Mandate, NDGJM, has told the Federal Government to stop parleying with Ijaw ethnic nationality alone, as it was not the only ethnic nationality in the region whose militants can blow up pipelines.

ABEOKUTA—Motorists plying the Lagos end of the Lagos-Ibadan expressway have been urged to endure the hardship on the road till the end of November this year because of the major work being executed which will be completed by then.

Nigerian rower, Chierika Ukogu has qualified for the semi-final of the Women’s Single sculls rowing event in Rio 2016 Olympic Games.

Ibadan—SOME leaders of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the South West, yesterday, distanced themselves from a meeting held in Akure on Monday where positions zoned to the South West were discussed.

TWO immediate past commissioners in Ondo State, yesterday, dumped the Ahmed Makarfi-led faction of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to obtain nomination and expression of interest forms to contest the governorship elections in the state.

A founding member of the PDP in Edo State, Chief Samson Esemuede who recently defected to the APC has described the boast of his former party that it would win the election as laughable affirming that the PDP would not win a single ward in the September 10 election.

CALABAR—ABOUT five retired workers of the Cross River State civil service die daily without receiving their gratuities since 2013, according to the findings of a group, the Concerned Retirees.

lagos—OVER 4000 private schools in Lagos State, including mission schools and well established private schools risk closure over their refusal to participate in the Lagos State Government registration exercise aimed at creating a central data for private schools in the state.