WITH today’s supplementary governorship election in Imo State, the curtains may have been drawn on the 2011 general polls but the implications for a host of contestants and political gladiators remain.

FORMER Federal Commissioner for Information, Chief Edwin Clark said yesterday that as President Goodluck Jonathan settles down to put in place his cabinet, he must not allow State governors nominate for him Ministers that will form the yet to be constituted Federal Executive Council, FEC.

The Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, has said it is not interested in the so-called Government of National Unity,GNU, being planned by the PDP-led federal government, saying it is satisfied with its role as the leader of opposition and a government-in-waiting.

DELTA State Governor, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan, yesterday, restated the commitment of the state government to the well-being of corps members of the state origin serving outside the state.

THE Ogun State Governor-elect, Senator Ibikunle Amosun, has raised a 13-member transition committee to work towards a smooth transfer of power from Governor Gbenga Daniel’s led People’s Democratic Party, PDP, to Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, on May 29.

The European Union Election Observation Mission in Nigeria would soon publish its findings and recommendations concerning the recently held general elections in the country. This was contained in a statement by the EU delegation to Nigeria and read by its Head, Mr. David Macrae during a chat with newsmen yesterday

The battle for the presidency of the seventh Senate is shifting into a higher gear with members of the outgoing sixth Senate resuming their final days of sitting today.

President Goodluck Jonathan has congratulated all those who emerged victorious at the just concluded general elections, and promised that together, the present crop of leaders across the country would build on the gains of 2011 elections.