OLEH—HOST Communities of Nigeria, Oil and Gas, HOSTCOM, Isoko nation chapter, has commended President Muhammadu Buhari, for the appointment of the National Chairman of the body, Dr. Mike Emuh, as member of the board of trustees of the Ogoni clean-up project.

Super Eagles coach Gernot Rohr has met with Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger and the technical director of Chelsea Mike Emenalo but the motive of his visit to both clubs was however, not disclosed.

VICE CHANCELLOR of Bells University of Technology, Ota, Ogun State, Prof. Oludele Oyediran has said that 28 post graduate and 334 undergraduate students would be graduating at the forthcoming eighth convocation slated for the first week of November.

The 1973 class of Government College, Ughelli (GCU) have appreciated the discipline the college impacted on them, noting that, it had helped in shaping them positively in their various areas of endeavours.

STUDENTS of Abia State University, ABSU have lauded the Vice- Chancellor, Professor Uche Ikonne and Management for setting up a radio station, 101.9 ABSU FM in the school.

A much-weakened Real Madrid went goal crazy in the Copa del Rey on Wednesday, smashing third-division minnows Cultural Leonesa 7-1 away from home in the first leg of their last-32 encounter.

Disappointed passengers Wednesday expressed angst over plans by Emirates to stop flight operations to Abuja, as those based in the federal capital faced the hurdle of coming over to Lagos to board.

THE move by the Senate to remove the ownership, control and operations of prisons from the exclusive list of the constitution to concurrent yesterday scaled second reading.

Apparently irked by his persistent diatribe against the national chairman of the party, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, the All Progressives Congress, APC, has constituted a five-member disciplinary committee to investigate its Deputy National Publicity Secretary, Comrade Timi Frank.

The Federal Road Safety Commission, FRSC, has said 80 people were confirmed dead in Bauchi State, while 450 sustained injuries in road accidents from the month of January to September.

Indigenes of Olokonla, in Orebiyi Village Area of Lekki, Lagos State, led by the Head of the family, Chief Ajani Oyekunle, have called on the state governor, Mr Akinwunmi Ambode to carry out what they termed an immediate investigation into the alleged heinous activities of the state’s Secretary, Lands Bureau, in a case of alleged unauthorised seizure and unlawful demolition of landed property.

A chieftain of All Progressive Grand Alliance, APGA, in Abia State, Mr. Nnanna Ukaegbu, has urged Governor Okezie Ikpeazu to block revenue leakages and free up funds for developmental projects, stressing that over 50 per cent of the state’s internally generated revenue flows into private pockets.

The Federal Government has directed the immediate release of N65 billion for the take- off of its National Social Investment Programme.

THE Independent National Electoral Commission has vowed to ensure that the forthcoming governorship election in the state is free, fair and without any violence.