CHAIRMAN, Senate Committee on Gas, Senator Bassey Albert Akpan, Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Akwa Ibom North East, Thursday described as laughable and malicious suit filed against him by the Office of the Attorney-General of the Federation on behalf of the Chairman of the Special Presidential Investigation Panel for the Recovery of Public Property (SPIP), Mr. Ofem Obono-Obla.

The Yoruba Alliance Group has lent its voice to the search of a running mate for PDP’s presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abuabakar, at the forthcoming 2019 general elections. The group declared that a former minister of aviation, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode would perfectly fit the bill of a vice presidential candidate because among other factors his “loyalty, dedication and commitment to the party are incontestable. He has been in the war zone with Governors Ayo Fayose and Nyesom Wike fighting for the soul of the party against the APC-controlled Federal Government at the risk to his life and property”

Authors reviewed the beginning of National Assembly debate on constitutional amendment aimed at facilitating a third term for Obasanjo; the role of the private media and Senators who either stood for or opposed the unpopular project. They relayed how on Tuesday, 16 May 2006, an unexplained, early morning fire outbreak destroyed Dokpesi’s home in Agenebode, Edo State. The fire incident was believed by some to be connected with Dokpesi’s AIT coverage of the riveting debate on the floor of the Senate on the constitutional amendment bill.

The Association for the Advancement of Family Planning (AAFP) says Nigeria is losing her youths to unsafe sex due to the lack of good sexual education.

 The All Progressives Congress(APC) has re-emphasised its position that Nigerian electorate must have opportunity to choose from candidates that could pass the integrity and anti-corruption test in 2019 general elections.

Real Madrid reveal on Thursday it had filed a lawsuit against a Portuguese newspaper that wrote the Spanish giants pushed Cristiano Ronaldo to hush up an alleged rape case.

No fewer than 25 coaches from across Nigeria are participating in the ongoing training of the International Cycling Union as part of efforts to reposition the game in Nigeria.

The Women in Politics Forum (WIPF) on Thursday solicited the redress of alleged injustice to female aspirants  in Plateau, Edo, Ondo, Kogi, Imo, Niger and Ekiti States during the last primaries of political parties.

Legislative aides in the National Assembly have vowed to continue with their protest until their entitlements amounting to over N5.8 billion are paid.

Worried by the continued deprivation and total neglect of physically challenged persons in Nigeria, Journalists Against Poverty (JAP) Initiative, Thursday took to the streets of Uyo, the Akwa Ibom state capital to protest the exclusion of what it called a critical segment of the nation’s population by government.