THE Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Edo State has rejected the result of weekend re-run election in Akoko Edo constituency 1, of the state, describing it as a charade.

“We urge other oil companies to emulate Chevron’s good works and also appeal to the company to equally consider other Niger Delta blind students at various skill acquisition centres apart from the current beneficiaries who are from higher institutions across the country,” Evah said.

More facts emerged yesterday from bankers on the likelihood of eventual takeover of the five banks whose Managing Directors and executive directors were sacked last week on the strength of a letter written to the affected banks by the Central Bank Governor, Mr Sanusi Lamido Sanusi

Bayelsa State Commissioner for Information, Strategy and Communication, Chief Asara A. Asara, has dismissed claims by the leadership of All Nigerian Peoples Party (ANPP) in the state that it had withdrawn from the government of unity put in place two years ago, saying there was never such an arrangement.

To fully develop the framework from which the fusion of the internal and foreign dimensions of governance is to be appreciated I have teamed up with Eze Nwagbaraji also a Vanguard columnist to deepen our appreciation of the problems involved in the current spate of elected officials defection from the electorate that voted them into office to opponent electorates overwhelmingly defeated in the elections in which the defectors were elected into office.