NOBEL Laureate, Prof Wole Soyinka, has emerged national chairman of the newly registered party, the Democratic Front for a Peoples Federation (DFPF).

THE real race for Government House, Asaba in 2011, commenced, weekend, in Sapele with a formal declaration by Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan of Delta State .

THE member representing Orhionmwon (II) constituency in the Edo State House of Assembly, Mr Etinosa Ogbeiwi, was arrested, last Thursday, by the Independent Corrupt Practices Commission (ICPC) in connection with the execution of the N8.5million Oben-Geregu Pipeline Project in Orhionmwon local government council of the state.

FORMER Military President Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida said yesterday that the secular status of the country cannot be compromised just as he dismissed some text messages being circulated that he was planning to sponsor an attack by Muslims in the north on Christians.

Former Military Head of State Gen. Muhammadu Buhari has decided to confront head long the image problem that has been hurting his campaign in the southern part of the country with a more robust and proactive approach ahead of the 2011 elections.

The police in FCT said yesterday they would deploy 12 000 officers and men to ensure adequate security during and after Nigeria’s 50 years independence anniversary.

Former Minister of Justice, Prince Bola Ajibola, has restated Nigeria’s displeasure over the continued harassment of its citizens in the Bakassi Peninsula.

Ahead of the 2011 general elections, a former Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon Chibudom Nwuche, yesterday, disclosed that over one million volunteers turned up for a two-day screening exercise organized for persons interested in partaking in a door-to-door campaign for President Goodluck Jonathan.

IN SPITE of government’s measures to shore up the fortunes of the banks, about two-third of Nigerians lack faith in the banking sector, according to a survey by the NOI Polls.