Benin-City You could see through the tension in Edo State last Thursday when the major combating political parties waited anxiously to hear the final announcement from the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, on whether the governorship election, scheduled for yesterday, could hold. The tension was quite high, particularly when supporters and leaders of the parties had concluded arrangements to move to their various constituencies for the election.

Enyimba Football Club goalkeeper, Theophilus Afelokhai has attributed the team’s defeats in recent times to their inability to play at their traditional home ground in Aba due to the renovation work going on there.

It is no longer news that Nigeria failed to make any serious impact at the 2016 Rio Olympics which ended over a month ago. Nigerians have been x-raying the performance of Team Nigeria and proffering the way forward. Most have however, told the authorities not to waste scarce resources and precious time trying to find out why the country failed again, after the woeful outing four years earlier in London.

SPECIAL Adviser to Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State on Political Matters, Chief Charles Idahosa, yesterday, raised the alarm that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has recruited some persons he described as “fake palace chiefs”, who are now going about in the villages to misinform the people that the palace of the Oba of Benin has directed that they should not vote for the All Progressives Congress, APC, in the Sept. 28 governorship election in the state.

Former Nigerian International, Friday Ekpo has advised Super Eagles players duel less on agitation for money and instead concentrate on their upcoming 2018 World Cup qualifiers.

Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho has blamed referee Mark Clattenburg for his side’s 1-2 loss in yesterday’s Manchester derby on home ground at Old Trafford.

AS the Ibru family, the Urhobo nation and Delta State grapple with the demise of the patriarch of the Ibru family and Chairman of the Ibru Organization, Olorogun Michael Christopher Onajirhevbe Ibru, a cross section of eminent Deltans, yesterday, described his death as a colossal loss to the Nigerian nation.

Comptroller Haruna Mamudu, has served Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) at various capacities. Aside from other top positions held in the Service, he was Customs Area Controller (CAC), Ogun State Command. When he took over the affairs of Ogun Command in December 2013, he introduced 24 hours border patrol with all officers on alert to prevent smuggling of arms and ammunition into the country through the border, especially during the election period of 2015.

In mid 1980s, Miss Azuka (surname withheld), as she then was, was  diagnosed of appendicitis by an Owerri based medical doctor. The girl’s father quickly consented to her going in for surgery.

Hon. Sunday Eromedoghene Onoriode is a Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, stalwart and immediate past Chairman of Ethiope East local government area of Delta State. He is the incumbent Organizing Secretary of the PDP in Delta State.

he Nigerian Army Ordnance School, penultimate weekend, treated youths in the Military Cantonment, Ojo in Lagos to a sports fiesta tagged Summer Soccer. This, according to the school authorities, was held to keep the youths on the barracks busy during the long holiday especially at a time many of their fathers, who were soldiers, were away in battle either against Boko Haram or Niger Delta militants with the hope that it will take care of their home fronts and put the soldiers in better frame of minds to do better at their different fronts.

THE Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Edo State is used to verbal attacks from Governor Adams Oshiomhole. Since the governor dethroned the former ruling party in 2012, committed leaders of the PDP in the state have been defending themselves from allegations bordering on corruption, violence, electoral fraud amongst others.

Delta State Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chieftain, Chief Sunny Onuesoke, says Chief Thomas Ekpemukpolo, the father of ex- militant, Chief Government Ekpemukpolo (alias) Tompolo, died when his wealth of experience was most needed.

Renowned Nigerian athletics coach, Tobias Igwe has cried out to Nigerians to rescue him from penury and rehabilitate his coaching career as inactivity is killing him slowly.

On Wednesday, September 9, what seemed to be the usual gathering of Nigerians to advocate for Persons With Disabilities, PWDs, through long speeches, repeated documentaries and, at most three hours of identifying with PWDs, through pity, took a new turn at the Multi-Purpose Room of the U.S. Consulate General in Victoria Island, Lagos, when, at the end of a 15-minute documentary highlighting the discrimination and social exclusion experienced by persons living with disabilities, Ms. Ejiro Sharon Okotie, founder of the Hope Inspired Foundation for Women and Youth, did not only challenge policy makers and employers of labour on the need to integrate physically challenged persons into the Nigerian labour market, but also has created job portal to generate data for PWDs who are qualified like youths in Nigeria .