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FORMER vice president Alhaji Atiku Abubakar has been granted permission by the Presidential Election Petition Court to serve president-elect Asiwaju Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) with his petition.

NIGERIA'S Super Eagles have suffered a humiliating 0-1 defeat at the hands of lowly Guinea Bissau at the MKO Abiola Stadium on their third match if the 2014 African Cup of Nations qualifiers.

NIGERIA'S Court of Appeal has set aside the tribunal judgment that nullified the election of Ademola Adeleke as the executive governor of Osun State reaffirming his victory in last year's polls and ordering the All Progressives Congress (APC) to pay N500,000 in costs.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] Nothing is as responsible for Nigeria's current socio-economic woes as the federal revenue allocation formula. It has made us dependent on one primary commodity, stifled economic growth and inhibited productivity. I am hoping that Governor Otti will initiative the process that will eventually slay this dragon. If by say 2029, Abia State has a gross domestic product (GDP) of $200bn, it has no need whatsoever for the paltry Abuja handouts

FORMER Ekiti State governor Ayo Fayose has been suspended from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) along with several other leading figures including ex-senate president Senator Pius Anyim for anti-party activities.

NIGERIA'S minister of state for labour and employment Festus Keyamo has written to the Department of State Services (DSS) asking them to arrest the Labour Party's presidential candidate Peter Obi for incitement and treasonable felony.

BRITAIN'S minister of state for development and Africa Andrew Mitchell has begun compiling a list of Nigerian politicians engaged in electoral malpractices with a view to imposing travel and visa bans on them.

FORMER deputy senate president Senator Ike Ekweremadu is facing the prospect of a lengthy jail sentence in the UK after a London court found him guilty of organ trafficking earlier today.

NIGERIA'S sole surviving member of her first ever national team the UK Tourists who took the world by storm in 1949 Pa Titus Okere recently celebrated his 94th birthday in Kent along with his grand children.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] From henceforth, the Nigerian Delta Development Corporation (NDDC) will become a quasi-government body with 50% of its directors coming from the private sector

[2] The NDDC will have 10 public sector directors, one from each of its nine member states and one representing the federal government. They will sit on the board along with the 10 private sector directors