Super Eagles coach Gernot Rohr will work as a pundit for a French television channel during the AFCON in Gabon.

THREE civil society organizations in the Niger Delta, yesterday, disagreed with Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State on his recent statement that the unity of the country was not negotiable, saying his unconditional support for the unity and indivisibility of a defective federal structure that favours only a section of the country was unacceptable.

IN the absence of Asamoah Gyan and Andre Ayew stand-in Black Stars captain Emmanuel Agyemang-Badu says his teammates are poised to end Ghana’s long wait for a major title by winning the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations to make President-elect Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo Addo proud.

Senator Dino Melaye (Kogi West) has said that nobody can undermine his position in All Progressives Congress, APC.

VICE Chairman of All Progressives Congress, APC, in Warri South Local Government Area, Delta State, Mr Mike Okumagba, has said President Muhammadu Buhari is God sent, insisting that Nigeria would have been worse off economically, if he was not voted into power in 2015.

MEMBERS of the House of Representatives, yesterday, hailed the Federal Government for increasing the annual allocation of the judiciary from N70 billion to N100 billion.

THE Movement for Greater Anambra State, MOFGAS, alleged, weekend, that all the governors, who emerged victorious after being sponsored by political godfathers, had failed Anambra State, saying it was for that reason that it had begun a search for a candidate that could win election on his own so that the people of the state could hold him accountable.

The newly-installed Otunba Oloore General of Elepe, Ikorodu, Lagos State, Chief Samsideen Osho has said that the anti-corruption war launched by President Muhammadu Buhari was yielding positive result.

The Joint Task Force in Tarmuwa Local Government Area of Yobe State has closed all the filling stations in Babangida, the headquarters of the local government, to prevent petroleum product getting into the hands of suspected Book Haram terrorists, who occasionally still terrorise the area.

The Federal Government, yesterday, said it has commenced the payment of N5,000 monthly stipends to one million poorest and vulnerable Nigerians.

Niger Delta youth activist, Mr. Oweilaemi Pereotubo, has said that only critical stakeholders can halt attacks on oil installations and unrest in the region, commending the Presidency for its further search for genuine representatives of the region.

AFRICAN Development Bank, AfDB, the World Bank and the Federal Government in collaboration with the Cross River State government are to fund the construction of 480 kilometres rural roads across 18 local government areas of the state in 2017.

CHAIRMAN House of Representatives Committee on Ethics and Privileges, Ossai Nicholas Ossai, has said former Appropriation Committee Chairman, Abdulmunin Jibrin, will get a fair trial if he appears before his committee over his constituents threat to recall him.

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo yesterday threw his weight behind making the Vigilante group a security outfit in the country.

The Alumni Association of the National Institute, AANI, for Policy and Strategic Studies, NIPSS, Kuru, Jos, Plateau State, has said that after the formal announcement of military defeat of Boko Haram, it was time for the Federal Government to address the ideological and other issues that gave rise to the Islamic group.