THE Joint Task Force in the Niger Delta, codenamed Operation Delta Safe, yesterday, said its operatives at FOB FORMOSO repelled an attempt by suspected oil thieves to vandalise and steal the control unit from a Well Head in Nembe creek, Bayelsa East senatorial district.

The authorities of Osun state University UNIOSUN, has given reasons why a former lecturer of the institution, Dr. Olabode Ojoniyi, who was involved in a sex video scandal was sacked.

Until December 21, 2015, when the Appeal Court sitting in Owerri, Imo State capital upturned his election at the instance of candidate of the Accord Party that the party’s logo was not included in the ballot papers used for the 2015 National Assembly election, Senator Athan Achonu represented Imo North Senatorial District at the National Assembly, on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. His bid to return to the Senate through the court-ordered rerun poll was thwarted following the declaration of his opponent and candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Benjamin Uwajumogu as winner. He is now at the Appeal Court to reclaim his mandate. In this interview, he speaks on the election and other burning national issues.

Worried by the spate of kidnapping and other pockets of crime, Lagos State government, yesterday said it has intensified security surveillance in various community, aimed at tackling the crime within the state.

THE Nigerian Petroleum Development Company, NPDC, and Seplat Petroleum Development Company Plc, have concluded the 2016 edition of the SEPLAT Safe Motherhood Programme, held in Sapele, Delta State.

Former Monaco striker Victor Ikpeba has predicted a bright future for Nigerian football following the Super Eagles impressive 3-1 win over Algeria in Uyo last weekend.

The Federal Government and stakeholders in the fight against malaria have disclosed that malaria was costing the country over $2.4 million annually even as they disclosed that 97 percent of Nigerians were at risk of the disease.

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC’s) under-funding cash calls hit 2.5 billion dollars in 2016, its Group Managing Director Dr Maikanti Baru, has said.

Residents of the five villages attacked by herdsmen in Kaura Local Government Area of Kaduna State last Sunday, said the incident was caused by the refusal of a farmer to release his farmland to herdsmen for grazing.

EBONYI State Police Command, yesterday confirmed the killing of three persons in renewed hostility between the people of Onweonweiya and Mkpumaekweoku communities in Izzi local government area of Ebonyi State.

President Muhammadu Buhari has described the late Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Ibrahim Dasuki as a voice for peace in the country.

The umbrella body of sports media leadership in Nigeria, The Sports Editors Guild has saluted the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), over recent appointments made by the body especially that of the Chairperson of the Nigeria Women’s League, Aisha Falode.

Members of the Lagos State House of Assembly, yesterday, passed the Lagos State Employment Trust Fund bill 2016 for Governor Akinwunmi Ambode’s consideration into law.

Ijaw youths have rejected the recent promotion conducted in the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, and approved by President Muhammadu Buhari, describing it as lopsided.

DSP Shuaibu Mohammed Sulaiman of Kano Golf Club, Lasisi Lateef of Abeokuta Golf Club and Grace Yusuf of Ado-Ekiti Golf Club have emerged winners of the 13th edition of Elizabeth Wuraola Ade-Ojo Memorial Golf tournament which ended last Saturday at the Smokin Hills Golf Resort in Ilara Mokin, Ondo state.