Mr. Jack Derickson, Managing Director of West African Gas Pipeline Company (WAPCo) has disclosed that the gas pipeline from Nigeria to Ghana has been completed but there are few difficulties.

The Vice Chancellor, University of Ilorin, Professor Is-haq Oloyede, has canvassed for the collaboration of African Universities, Research institutes as well as the industries for better development of the continent.

Hope is rising on the possibility of discovering oil and gas in the Benue Trough as experts researching into it say the prospects are high.

MEMBER representing Warri Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, Mr. Daniel Reyenieju, has expressed utter disgust over what he described as poor implementation of the 2009 federal budget, particularly as it affects the Warri Federal Constituency.

The Federal Government is to spend N350million on waste management in Onitsha and its environs, Commissioner for Environment, Dr Mike Egbobike, has said.

Prominent Nigerians and other personalities in African will attend this year's maiden edition of Nigerian Topleaders Magazine's International Conference/Awards and magazine launch in Accra, Ghana, next month.

Last week, I was in Lagos, Nigeria and witnessed the tragedy of African politics. Nigeria is home of anything between 140m to 160m people. It has some of the most educated, intelligent, innovative and hard working Africans.

Recently, Edo State Governor, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, marked one year in office. Consequently, a town hall meeting was held at Oba Akenzua Cultural Centre, where the governor gave account of his stewardship.

The 36 state governors met recently to deliberate on the difficulty they face in delivering the dividends of democracy to the people in their respective states. Chuks Okocha reports that with the outcome of the seminar, Nigerians should be ready to carry more burdens

Ahead of the 2011 general election, both political parties as well as second term governors have commenced intense political manoeuverings. In Kano State for instance, the trend is the same. The state is one of the few others in the country where the incumbent governor, Mallam Ibrahim Shekarau, is running his second term in office.

Last week, the Court of Appeal sitting in Enugu, threw out the application of Dr Andy Uba, urging the court to declare him the governor-elect of Anambra State. Ademola Adeyemo in this report, lists the political options available to Uba in realization of his dream to govern Anambra

Under-fire Nigeria coach, Shuaibu Amodu says he has earned the right to be treated with respect by both the fans and media.

Following persistent media reports of alleged fraud in the LOC, and His Excellency, Vice President Goodluck Jonathan's comment on Tuesday that the Federal Government of Nigeria would probe the finances of the global event organising committee, the Board of the LOC has backed the resolve of the government to probe the activities of the LOC.

The three-day United Nations summit on world food security was recently wrapped up in Rome with its host lamenting that it produced neither measurable targets nor specific deadlines for ending a scourge that afflicts more than 1 billion people around the planet.

About 20 people have lost their lives and over 2,000 hospitalised following a cholera outbreak in Borno State.

Governor Muhammad Danjuma Goje of Gombe State is not happy with the non-availability of a standard stadium in his domain before the commencement of the just concluded FIFA U-17 World Cup.

Super Eagles will begin their chase for Angola 2010 by pitching up a training camp in South Africa. We gathered yesterday that Eagles coach Shaibu Amodu has proposed to the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) for players to assemble in South Africa for a pre Nations Cup camp after the Christmas Holiday.

Nigeria's poor maintenance culture is public knowledge. So the worry is why it has refused to improve. It shows in every aspect of national life - roads, schools, hospitals and now stadia.

The former chairman of the All Nigerian Peoples Party in Bauchi State, Alhaji Sani Shehu, has been expunged from the party by the state chapter of the party for alleged stealing of party funds which runs into millions of naira and allegedly conducting himself against the party constitution.

Edo State governor, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole has commended Super Eagle's chief coach, Amodu Shaibu for leading the senior national team to clinch the 2010 World Cup ticket.