UBULU communities in Aniocha South Local Government Area of Delta State have cried out over the lack of electricity supply by the Power Holding Company of Nigeria, PHCN, for more than three years.

Residents of Umuahia, the capital of Abia State, have expressed worry over incidences of multiple taxation and levies charged them by government agencies and ministries.

Senator Khairat Gwadabe is the chairman of Senators’ Forum, a body comprising serving and former Senators. Gwadabe represented the Federal Capital Territory in the Senate between 1999 and 2003. In her time, she was never at the background in any of the major issues that surfaced in the Senate. She is remembered as one of the strong allies of Senator Chuba Okadigbo. In this interview, Gwadabe expressed her opinion on contemporary issues and the role of the Senators Forum in the polity. Excerpts:

Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund, Christine Lagarde has urged developing countries to shore up their defences, especially foreign exchange reserves, against a possible European recession next year.

CONTRARY to speculations in some quarters that positions in the forthcoming Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, congresses had been zoned within the party’s structure, Chairman of the Party, Chief Ama-Oti Ugorji, yesterday debunked such claims, saying no position had been zoned to a particular section in Ebonyi State.