Members of Delta Economic Summit Group, a private sector driven economic think-tank and advocacy group, have paid a courtesy call on Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of the state.

Following the ouster of Federation Cup title holders, Akwa United from the CAF Confederation Cup by Vita Club of the Republic of Congo, Governor Udom Emmanuel of Akwa Ibom has sacked the board and management of the club.

A Niger Delta activist, Sherrif Mulade has called on the Federal Government to plough funds recovered from corrupt politicians and public office holders into resuscitating moribund industries across the country.

THERE was a new twist over the weekend concerning the alleged plan by the Federal Government to scrap the National Sports Commission (NSC). The issue of scraping the commission gained momentum with the merging of the NSC with the Ministry of Youth as efforts by the federal government to reduce its spending.

The member representing Ughelli North/Ughelli South/Udu Federal Constituency of Delta State, Solomon Ahwinawhi, yesterday, said his collaboration with his colleague from Kano State, Nasiru Garo, helped in the release of Ese.

Unyenge community in Mbo Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State, has given Universal Energy Resources Limited a 14-day ultimatum to quit its land or risk the wrath of the community.

ABUJA — Justice Yusuf Halilu of the Federal Capital Territory High Court, sitting at Jabi, has ordered the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, to release the detained former Aide de Camp to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, Col. Ojogbane Adegbe, on bail.

ONE of the cardinal virtues that Pastor (Barrister) Osagie Ize-Iyamu will be bringing into the Edo State guber race this year, 2016, is his redemptive Pan-Edo Vision and outlook that has put him in pole position to wrest the governorship diadem with a fair election process and triumph overwhelmingly. He possesses that leadership qualities which would deploy the state’s available and scarce resources to areas of utmost need in the 18 local government areas.

EXPERTS attending the 2016 Grand Challenges Africa, GCA, in Nairobi, Kenya, have recognised that Africa lacks the transformative research and development (R&D) required to achieve the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals, SDGs. The week-long meeting was also an avenue for innovators to lay ground works for a sustained, scientific advocacy effort to increase international and local African investment in R&D maintained that Africa must prioritise investment in R&D.

ABUJA —The Code of Conduct Tribunal, CCT, sitting in Abuja, has shifted the trial of the Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, on the 13-count corruption charge filed against him by the Federal Government till March 11.

The disagreement within the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, came to a head yesterday as some members of the party teamed up with others in the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, and other parties to form a new party.

The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, yesterday, released the text of the Catholic Pontiff, Pope Francis address to thousands of IPOB members who gathered last Sunday at the Vatican City for the weekly Angelus, saying the Pope has cautioned their oppressors, the Nigerian government and its military and their agents to repent and stop killing Biafra agitators or face the wrath of God that will be catastrophic.

ABUJA — The British Council has offered to assist Nigeria in the training of the 500,000 teachers to be employed by the Federal Government.

The Imo State office of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has described the date being bandied about by some interest groups for the re-run elections in the state as “mere rumour.”

The Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC has resumed the auction of licenses for the 2.6GHz band.