THE race for the next occupier of the Agodi Government House in Oyo State is getting tougher, as the Minister of Communications, Adebayo Shittu, has reaffirmed his commitment to take over from the incumbent Governor Abiola Ajimobi as the next governor of the state in 2019.

Goal-hungry boys from Hensen Secondary School of Benin City, Edo State, booked the first slot in the finals of the ongoing 19th edition of the NNPC/Shell Cup with a 4-0 defeat of their counterparts from Government Day Secondary School, Lamisula, Borno State.

RELIEF materials worth over N25 million were donated by the Ondo state government to the residents of Ajapa community in Ese Odo council area of the state following the invasion of the community by soldiers recently.

Former Minister of Information and Culture, Prof. Walter Ofonagoro, has called on the Imo State government to adequately fund the foremost health institution in the state, the Imo State College of Health and Management Sciences, Amaigbo, Orlu.

THE community leader of Iwhrekan, in Ughelli South Local Government Area, Delta State, Pa Egegbe Egidi, has refuted reports of a leadership tussle in the community, saying that the executive of the community headed by Mr. Oghogho Precious, is intact.

No fewer than 4,000 participants drawn from across Nigeria and beyond are expected at the third session of the mandatory continuing professional development programme of the Association of National Accountants of Nigeria, ANAN, holding from tomorrow July 4 to 6, 2017 in Asaba, the Delta State capital.

THE Association of orphanages and Homes Operators in Nigeria, ASOHON, has appealed to the Federal and State governments for technical and material support to enable it equip and upgrade orphanage homes in the rural areas.

Barely three weeks after kidnappers abducted the wife of a staff of Sepele, Delta State-based oil firm, Seplat Petroleum Development Company Ltd., they have kidnapped the wife of another staff of the company, Chief Anthony Owumi, at their residence near Amukpe market, Sapele.

A grandfather of three and a trained electrician, Oladele Elegbede, 54, weekend, told operatives of the Rapid Response Squad, RRS, that he vandalises transformers whenever he is broke.

We would rather buy mosquito-killers than clean our gutters and clear the environment