FACTIONAL president of Ijaw Youth Council, IYC, worldwide, Mr. Eric Omare, has called on President Muhammadu Buhari not to be deceived by selfish politicians to ignore the Niger Delta, Indigenous Peoples of Biafra, IPOB, self-determination and restructuring agitations, but take urgent steps to address them for the nation to make progress.

Former Eagles goalkeeper, Ike Shorunmu has warned against recalling Vincent Enyeama for the double header 2018 World Cup qualifying games against Cameroon next month.

Tragedy struck on Lagos motorways again, yesterday, when a boat with no fewer than 19 passengers on board, in Ilashe area capsized in the middle of the lagoon, killing 12 people, while four were rescued.

CAVERTON Offshore Support Group Plc has secured a five year logistics support contract from Chevron Nigeria Limited, the operator of NNPC/CNL Joint Venture, for the provision of aviation services.

Nigerian Premier Basketball League defending champions, Kano Pillars and top notch Nigerian club, Falcons of Ilorin at the weekend emerged champions of the Savannah and Atlantic Conference Six of the  Kwese Premier League playoffs after winning all the five matches.

A frontline governorship aspirant on the platform of the All Progressives Congress, APC in Delta State, Chief Osiobe Okotie, has vowed to bring Governor Ifeanyi Okowa down in 2019, saying that the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, led government had not done well for Deltans in the last 18 years.

The Lagos State Government yesterday, ordered the immediate closure of an illegal plank market in Oko-Baba Extension by Wright Street in Yaba Local Council Development Area, LCDA of the state.

THE Jaiz Takaful Insurance Plc has commenced operations in Nigeria with the promise that all policy holders would be paid at the end of every fiscal year either through claims or profit sharing.

Kogi State Commissioner for Health, Saka Audu, yesterday, identified the strange disease that has so far killed 62 persons in the state to be gastroenteritis, and called for calm.

The efforts of the Osun State Government towards the completion of Moshood Kashimawo Olawale Abiola, MKO, International Airport, Ido-Osun has garnered huge support from the Turkish government.

Ahead of President Muhammadu Buhari’s expected resumption today, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, the Yoruba socio-cultural group, Afenifere, and some other youth groups, yesterday, tasked the president to quickly address the agitation for the restructuring of the country.

Nigeria has won the bid to host the 2018 Africa Wrestling Championship.

Ondo State public servants at the weekend, insisted that they would not accept part payment of their salary arrears proposed by the state government from the N7 billion second tranche of the Paris debt refund.

Aiteo Group has described as scandalous and defamatory, a publication by an online newspaper, Premium Times, alleging without any foundation whatsoever, that the company maintained a corrupt relationship with the erstwhile Nigerian Minister for Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke.

The leadership crisis rocking the All Progressive Grand Alliance, APGA, is far from being over as the faction led by Chief Martin Agbaso has approached the Supreme Court, seeking nullification of the Appeal Court verdict, which reinstated Dr. Victor Oye as the authentic national chairman of the party.