Omu-Ekiti in Oye Local Government Area of Ekiti State, about 45 minutes drive from Ado-Ekiti, the Ekiti State Capital, once a sprawling community during the pre-colonial South-West region of the country, but now a sleepy town, a centre of strange and mysterious happenings.

It was apparently a day for celebration of birth. And residents of Lagos State were all set to commence the Christmas Day celebration with dancing and other activities after the state governor, Akinwunmi Ambode, had a night before the day declared, open the One Lagos Fiesta (OLF) at Agege mini-stadium with his great dancing moves.

The Senator Ahmed Makarfi-led Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has urged the Appeal Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State to deliver the reserved judgment on the party’s leadership feud pending before it.

THE zero budget Youth and Sports Minister, Barrister Solomon Dalung said his ministry ran in 2016 may have caused the Facilities Department which duty, it is to keep the environment and structures in the Abuja National Stadium and other Stadia in the country unable to perform its duties.

Super Eagles Chief Coach Salisu Yusuf has assured that the long lull in activities will not affect the upward march of the national team in their quest to win qualification for the 2018 World Cup.

Ogun State arguably has the largest number of traditional rulers in the country . To buttress the status, the Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Chief Jide Ojuko released the officially recognised number of traditional rulers in the state, saying, they are 249 in number.

The Mercedes W 113 SL model series hit the market in 1963. Due to the design of its removable hard top, the roadster quickly earned the moniker “Pagoda.” Today, more than 50 years later, the German two-seater is one of the most popular vintage cars on the market.

Effective Transport Systems is divided, after the introductory chapter, into eight chapters. One chapter is given to aviation. Four chapters deal with different aspects of transportation by land: in the urban environment, on the highways, by rail, and using pipelines. Four other chapters examine navigation under different headings: inland waterways, coastal shipping, transportation on the high seas, and the operation of seaports and terminals.

There are strong indications that the Oluwo of Iwo-Oke, Oba Kadiri Adeoye may today drop his case against the Oluwo of of Iwo, Oba Abdulrasheed Akanbi, a first class traditional ruler in the state following the intervention of the governor of the state, Mr Rauf Aregbesola just as Magistrates’s Association of Nigeria, Osun State branch threatened to embark on strike action over the development.

NIGERIA’s aviation industry in 2016 witnessed relative safety as there was no air crash and no major safety incident despite the harsh economic environment the airline operators were forced to operate in. The current economic recession in the country with resultant scarcity of foreign exchange impacted negatively on the aviation sector as it relies heavily on the dollar.

An undergraduate of Babcock University, Ilishan-Remo, Ogun State, Unokyoh Junior, has reportedly committed suicide. The reason for his action is yet to be ascertained.

Abuja—Policemen from Force Headquarters, Abuja, working with men of Rivers State Police Command, have smashed a robbery operation at a bank in Port Harcourt.

BENIN—A 32-year-old kidnap suspect, Desmond Ozo, yesterday, narrated to journalists in Benin how his gang kidnapped and raped a middle-aged woman (names withheld) serially.

WARRI—TWO indigenes of Urhobo and Isoko ethnic nationalities in Delta State have been abducted at Aladja, Udu Local Government Area of the state by suspected ethnic warlords.

The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ekiti State has dismissed the allegation by Governor Ayodele Fayose that the party was plotting his removal through the manipulation of the judiciary to re-open Army Panel report on the 2014 governorship poll to have his election victory reversed.