GOVERNOR Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has urged voters to cast their ballots for the PDP Candidate, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu.
Noting that Ize-Iyamu will emerge as the next Edo governor after the polls, he added that the battle will not be an easy one.

LAGOS—Gunmen, suspected to be militants, yesterday, laid ambush for operatives of the Federal Special Anti-Robbery Squad, FSAR, Lagos State Police Command, in Igando area of Lagos, killing one of them.

CALABAR—It was a pitiable sight yesterday, when the remains of a street urchin that died while swimming, was carried through the streets of Calabar, Cross River State, by his friends for burial.

The Federal Government and oil marketers, yesterday, described as baseless and deceptive, rumours of an impending hike in the price of Premium Motor Spirit, PMS, also known as petrol.

FOLLOWING yesterday’s mudslide that left one woman dead and several injured, the Lagos State Special Committee on Clean-Up of Ikoyi, Lekki, and Victoria Island has ordered illegal occupants on prohibited spaces to vacate immediately.

ABUJA— The Presidency has frowned at speculations making the rounds, especially on social media, that the Federal Government was importing unwholesome rice into the country.

Chief Executive Officer, Brooke House Educational Consult Limited, Lagos, Ifueko Thomas, has urged school administrators to ensure adequate training and retraining of teachers, adding that the knowledge of students is directly proportional to their teachers.

Captain of the Super Eagles, John Obi Mikel has been handed a new role by coach of Chelsea Antonio Conte.

Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Pep Guardiola come together on Saturday in the Manchester derby six years on from an acrimonious 12 months as an unbalanced pairing at Barcelona and their relationship has never healed.

THE 70 trucks of grains sent to Adamawa State as part of the Presidential initiatives for victims of Boko Haram insurgency have been reported missing in transit, Vanguard investigation has revealed.

Super Eagles technical adviser, Gernot Rohr has described as “untrue” insinuations that he is not at ease with his Nigerian assistants.

“The President joins them in mourning an accomplished businessman whose edifying role in the corporate world and private sector in Nigeria would continue to inspire generations to come. President Buhari believes that Michael Ibru will be long remembered for his hard work and dedication to entrepreneurship, which opened doors of opportunities to many Nigerians and associates who came in contact with his investments in the banking, aviation, tourism and manufacturing sectors.

LAGOS— Independent System Operation (ISO), a business unit of Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN), has said that energy sent out in June this year was the lowest during the period, which averaged at 1980.81Mega Watts, MW.

IN the next 48 hours, Edolites will go to the polls to elect a new Governor. How lucky could anyone be when the situation we have by default is what people in the more advanced democracies earnestly pray for and work hard to attain?

ABUJA—The Federal Government has declared Monday and Tuesday, September 12 and 13, 2016, as public holidays to mark Eid-el-Kabir celebration.