A Warri-based lawyer and facilitator of the Niger Delta Democratic Union, NDDU, Dr. Akpo Mudiaga-Odje, has described the victory of Dr. Goodluck Jonathan at the presidential poll, as watershed in Nigeria’s historical evolution.

THE crisis between the Bini and the Benin Catholic Arch Diocese over the appointment of a substantive Bishop for the Diocese, worsened, weekend, following an order by an Edo State High Court, Benin, restraining the caretaker Bishop of the Diocese, Bishop Anthony Gbuji, from installing Bishop Augustine Akubueze, as the substantive Bishop of the Diocese.

AKWA IBOM State Governor, Chief Godswill Akpabio, weekend, lamented the level of insecurity in the state. He noted that his greatest worry since becoming governor in 2007 was the spate of political violence, killings, kidnappings and other vices that were traceable to the people of the state.

As Nigeria yesterday joined the rest of the world to celebrate this year’s World Malaria Day, the Malaria Society of Nigeria has charged President GoodLuck Jonathan to ensure that poor power generation in the country was improved within his first year in office, with a view to promoting the use of Insecticide Treated Nets, ITNs, in every home across the nation.

The Police in Bayelsa State, Monday, paraded seven suspects arrested with large cache of arms and ammunition.

84 corps members of Lagos State origin, serving under the National Youth Service Corps ( NYSC) scheme were, Monday, airlifted from Jigawa and Kano states by the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency( LASEMA).

Gov. Jonah Jang of Plateau has directed security agencies to provide maximum security for all NYSC members involved in Tuesday’s elections in all parts of the state.

JUST as Peoples Democratic Party in Oyo State accused the Action Congress of Nigeria of attempting to massively manipulate the governorship election which takes off tomorrow in Oyo State, it has been alleged that the ruling party has distributed ballot papers to some of its members to take them to Oke-ogun area of the state.

THE last may not have been heard about the April 9, 2011 NASS election in the Uvwie, Sapele and Okpe Federal Constituency as one of the candidates alleged the burning of INEC ballot boxes.

Some juju priests in Imo State have taken up the gauntlet to ensure that the remaining governorship and House of Assembly polls in the state are free, fair and credible.

National Coordinator of the Oodua Peoples Congress (OPC) Otunba Gani Adams, has called on President Goodluck Jonathan to put in place good structures that would prevent a re-occurrence of the bombings that have marred the general elections, adding that such acts are enough to rubbish whatever good works he may have achieved.

The Police Command in Bauchi State says that the number of NYSC members who were killed in the post-election violence in the state, has risen from four to seven.