DEVELOPMENTS in the later part of the last year predicted that 2016 would substantially be momentous in every sense.

The All Progressives Congress, APC, in Ekiti State has challenged Governor Ayodele Fayose to tell the people of the state how much he got from the N1.4 billion allegedly collected from the Office of the National Security Adviser by a former minister from the South-West, now at large, to prosecute the controversial Ekiti governorship election of June 2014.

NFF President Amaju Pinnick has expressed confidence that the Super Eagles will qualify for the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations and the 2018 FIFA World Cup finals.

AKWA Ibom State Government has expressed its commitment to the welfare of medical doctors in its service and urged them to drop their proposed strike action and use dialogue to draw government attention to their needs.

PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari has assented to the 2015 Supplementary Appropriation Act, just as he extended the 2015 financial year to March 31, 2016

SENATOR Magnus Abe has called for a violence-free re-run election in his Rivers South-East senatorial district.

ODIONWERE of Iguomon community in Uhunmwode Local Government Area of Edo State, Pa David Uwagboe, elders, youths and residents of the area have appealed to President Muhammadu Buhari to call to order the Commander and men of the 4 Brigade of Nigerian Army in Benin, who they alleged had laid siege to their land, demolishing property, manhandling and inflicting severe injuries on some of their people.

Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State has said that 2016 presents the people of the state with the opportunity to elect a credible candidate who will build on the successes recorded by the current government in the past seven years.

SENATOR-elect for Delta Central senatorial district, Obaisi Ovie Omo-Agege, yesterday, promised to offer responsive representation at the National Assembly, to uplift the Urhobo nation and restore the dignity of its common patrimony.

Having pick up an injury in West Brom 1-0 win over Newcastle, Victor Anichebe is struggling to be fit for Saturday’s home game against Stoke City.

Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State has promised that the New Year will witness remarkable developments that would impact positively on the lives of the people of the state and Nigerians at large, urging them to remain focused and committed to things that will promote peace, unity and progress of the state and the country.

THE Super Eagles will leave for South Africa tomorrow to begin a training camp ahead of the African Nations Championship kicking off January 18 in Kigali, Rwanda.

THE gallant Iraqi army and special forces backed by the awesome Western air power, delivered a beautiful New Year gift with the recapture of Ramadi last week. It was a significant victory that some 400 Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS) fighters who stood to fight, were defeated by thousands of Iraqi troops and air strikes mainly by American jet fighters.

2015, has come and gone forever, with its risks, lies, cheatings, manipulations, deceits, and deaths, and leaves us with many issues to continue to grapple with. Many may not indeed know how we got here, but I know, that if it were not for God, we won’t have made it.

Governor Rauf Aregbesola of Osun State has said that he embarked on the restructuring of the education sector to enhance efficiency and effectiveness in running the state, particularly in the area of tertiary education.