Seigha Porbeni, veteran track and field coach is now Special Adviser to the governor of Delta State on sports. He was the first Director of Sports in Delta State. He spoke on the 2016 Rio Olympic and why Nigeria did not do well. Excerpts:

LAGOS State Government has reiterated that it will not compromise the existing peace and unity in the state. It therefore called on all Lagosians to be law abiding, peaceful and always work towards everything that will enhance the socio-economic growth of the state.

Star Larger Beer has revealed plans to kick off the 2016 edition of the annual nationwide concert, Star Music Trek holding in five cities across the country- Markudi, Abuja, Calabar, Owerri and Lagos.

DELTANS from all walks of life yesterday paid more tributes to the late foremost business mogul, Chief Michael Ibru with many describing him as one of the most illustrious technocrats the nation ever produced.

A coalition of ethnic nationalities in the Niger Delta, UNDEDSS, has accused the Federal Government of being insincere in its approach to the Niger Delta crisis.

Pep Guardiola’s effect on Kelechi Iheanacho was almost immediate.

AS schools resume next week, organised labour on the aegis of Association of Senior Civil Servants of Nigeria, ASCSN, yesterday threatened to shut Kings College, Lagos and Federal Government College, Idoani, Ondo State over unpaid salaries and other benefits of education officers outstanding since May 2016, in the schools.

EDO State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has said that the security advice upon which the Independent National Electoral Commission,INEC, postponed the governorship election earlier scheduled for today was authored in connivance with the All Progressives Congress, APC.

Sir Odumegwu Ojukwu, (1909 -1966) was a Nigerian businessman from Ojukwu’s family, Obiuno Umudim Nnewi. Ojukwu was the first and founding President of The Nigerian Stock Exchange as well as Chairman of The African Continental Bank. He was also Chairman and member of the board of directors of some of Nigeria’s most profitable companies such as Shell Oil Nigeria Limited, Guinness Nig. Ltd, Nigerian National Shipping Lines, Nigerian Cement Factory, Nigerian Coal Corporation, Costain West Africa Ltd, John Holt, and Nigeria Marketing Board amongst others.

AN Enugu State-based Fulani herdsman, Alhaji Sodu has claimed that over 100 cows belonging to him were missing as a result of an alleged attack on a Fulani settlement in the state.
He also accused the youths of Aku community in Igbo-Etiti Local Government Area of masterminding the attack, adding that a herdsman sustained three gunshot wounds following the incident while three others were claimed to be missing.

John Mikel Obi recalls in this interview with chelsea.fc, the poor treatment Nigeria’s Olympic team got in Atlanta after their sponsored trip expired and government was expected to take over. He insists that the bronze medal with Nigeria in Rio this summer ranks among his career highlights. Excerpts

Some 30 years ago, a military president told the country that it needed to make investments and sacrifices that would benefit the coming generation. And he said it in such a quaint, catchy and colourful phrase that it resonated with the rank and file in the country. ‘For their tomorrow, we gave our today’ were more or less, the unforgettable words he used. Unfortunately, they are now words that will haunt him—because he is still alive, his generation and indeed, the rest of the country.

Nigeria’s most children-friendly telecommunications company, Etisalat, at the weekend returned with the episode three of the ongoing season two of the popular Children TV series, Kids Say the Darndest Things.

In Nigeria, we would have said the national polls on the U.S. Presidential Elections have gone ga-ga. Well, nothing to do with Lady Gaga. But for simplicity sake, let’s just say the polls have gone wild. Check this out: As at Wednesday, the NBC News poll had Hillary Clinton leading Donald Trump 48-42 and Reuters poll 40-38. But CNN poll had Trump leading Hillary 49-48 while the LA Times poll had them dead even at 44. Note that this is mainly in a two-way race between Clinton and Trump.

Next week, Muslims all over the world, celebrate one of their major annual festivals, the Eid-el-Kabir which commemorates the great faith of Ibrahim who willingly submitted himself to the commandment of God to offer his son as a sacrifice to God. Christians also subscribe to this account of the great faith of Ibrahim, who is Abraham to them. It is one of several points of convergence between Christianity and Islam, the two main religions in our country.