Last Saturday, a Nigerian athlete got the attention of the whole world! Divine Oduduru was arguably the best track performer of the weekend when he won two Gold medals at the Big 12 Championships held in Lubbock, Texas.

Middlesbrough of England midfielder, John Mikel Obi could be on his way to another club in the English Championship this summer, as it has been revealed that the Super Eagles’ captain is still under the radar of Aston Villa.

Enugu Rangers will battle  Etoile du Sahel in the 2018/19 CAF Confederation Cup Group B match tomorrow.

The lawmaker representing Warri Federal Constituency, Mr. Daniel Reyenieju, has rejected the outcome of the National Assembly election in his constituency, describing is as fraudulent.

President Muhammadu Buhari won the 23rd February 2019 election that appeared predictable. As the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Professor Mahmood Yakubu presented the certificate of return last Wednesday, the winner; Buhari condemned the primitive acquisition of wealth which he hoped to tackle as he prepared for his second term in office. Like President Olusegun Obasanjo, President Buhari is one of the mortals that would rule Nigeria three times.

Last Saturday presidential and National Assembly elections have   proved beyond doubt the dominance of Peoples Democratic Party in Delta State and reassured the clan of the remaining doubting Thomases   converted into the fold of the PDP family ,at least in the state level. The party made a clean sweep of Delta North and Delta South senatorial districts as it clinched the senators for the two zones. Political heavyweights were dismantled and the greatest beneficiary of this political earthquake shall be no other than the state governor, Dr Ifeanyi Okowa. Even in Delta Central senatorial district, the stronghold of the opposition party, some House of Representatives got into the green chamber of the National Assembly using the platform of the PDP.

LAST  Saturday’s Presidential/ National Assembly polls did not  happen in the six states of the South-South geo-political zone without the flattening of a number of political strongholds and reinforcement of old and new opinionated avatars. 

The ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, has suspended Governors  Ibikunle Amosun  and Rochas Okorocha of Ogun and Imo states respectively. The party has also resolved to write its National Executive Committee, NEC, to recommend their expulsion.

Akwanga (Nasarawa), Mr Francis Orogu, Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Nasarawa state says the party will improve on its performance, following its outing in the Feb. 23 Presidential and National Assembly elections.

With the successful completion of the presidential and national assembly elections, the stage is now set for the governorship and state assembly polls, where the Enugu State governor and gubernatorial candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Rt. Hon. Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi is poised to clinch a landslide victory.