MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred has cited the length of baseball games and pace of play as fan concerns that need to be addressed. Prior to the start of the 2018 season, Manfred announced MLB was incorporating several changes meant to speed up games, including limiting the number of visits to the pitcher’s mound and shortening commercial breaks.
“I think the first and most important principle is that pace of game is a fan issue,” Manfred said during a Feb. Read More...
Senators elected on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) are reportedly angry with Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State over his opposition to the presidential candidate of the PDP, Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar. It was gathered that the lawmakers, across party lines, and Northern leaders feel that Wike’s continuous attack on Atiku is an attack on the north.
Naija News reports that despite moves to reconcile Atiku and Wike, the Rivers State Governor and his loyalists (Governors Samuel Ortom, Seyi Makinde, and Okezie Ikpeazu of Benue, Oyo, and Abia States) are insisting on the removal of the party’s National Chairman, Senator Iyorchia Ayu. Read More...