The Osun State High Court sitting in Osogbo, the state capital Monday fixed Wednesday to rule on the eligibility of the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Senator Ademola Adeleke for the September 22 election.

Foreign investors in Nigeria’s oil and gas sector have decried the high charges in Nigeria’s oil and gas free zones, saying the development would discourage efforts to attract investments and grow the country’s oil and gas reserves and production capacity.

Belgian international midfielder Axel Witsel is “on the cusp” of joining Borussia Dortmund on a four-year deal, the Bundesliga club announced on Monday.

Gatekeepers Foundation, yesterday, called on youths in the country to see themselves as leaders and refuse to be used as touts and thugs by politicians.

Akwa Ibom Deputy Governor, Mr Moses Ekpo said he has not resigned his position and is not leaving the Peoples Democratic Party for the All Progressives Congress.

FORMER Women leader of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Ughelli North Local Government Area, Delta State, Chief Florence Akpoyibo Ayomanor, Sunday defected to the All Progressives Congress, APC with over 3,000 followers and political associates.

WATER WEEDS, which effectively took over the waterways, along the Forcados Rivers and its estuaries in Warri South-West and Burutu Local Government Areas, Delta State, have prevented residents, travelers and traders from accessing over 20 riverine communities in the two councils in the last 72 hours.

The Edo State Governor, Mr Godwin Obaseki, has commended the performance of Alikah Oseghale, an indigene of the state, for emerging third best in the 2018 national Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), organised by the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board.

ACTING President Yemi Osinbajo, the Senate Leader, Ahmad Lawan and the Senior Special Assistant to the President on National Assembly Matters, Senate, Ita Enang are currently meeting behind closed-doors at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.

Emir of Daura, Dr. Umar Faruq Umar has on Monday said his people and President Muhammadu Buhari’s hometown are hungry and not getting enough from the centre despite the fact that their son, Buhari is the President of Nigeria.