Senator donates bus to physically challenged
IN line with his campaign promise of reaching out to the masses, the senator representing Delta Central in the Senate, Professor Adegor Eferakeya, has donated a brand new 18-Seater Mitsubishi L300 bus to the association of physically challenged persons in Sapele, Delta State to ease their transportation to their place of skill acquisition.
Senate holds retreat on electoral reform
The Senate has invited former Head of State, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari, former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar and all the other presidential candidates in the 2007 general elections to share their experiences on the country’s electoral problems.
Criminality in N-Delta weakens agitation for resource control, says Amaechi
Governor Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi said at the weekend that criminality in the Niger Delta has weakened the genuine aspiration for resource control, noting that there was need for a line to be drawn between criminality and genuine struggle for resource control.
Anambra’s three big SONs
FORMER Vice President of Nigeria, Dr. Alex Ekwueme, once described the late Tai Solarin as “an illiterateâ€. Are you shocked? How can one of Nigeria’s most refined gentlemen in the political arena who is not known for the use of strong language even under severe pressure describe one of Nigeria’s most outstanding educationists and social critics as “illiterateâ€? Let Ekwueme himself answer the question.
CNPP faults Yar’Adua’s absence at UN meeting
The Conference of Nigeria Political Parties (CNPP) yesterday criticised President Umaru Yar’Adua’s trip to Saudi Arabia in place of the just concluded General Assembly of the United Nations, where it said Nigeria’s interest would have been better served in international dynamic system.
Seeking Saudi Succour
PRESIDENT Umaru Musa Yar’Adua opted for a visit to Saudi Arabia when global attention is at the United Nations General Assembly in New York. At least he told Nigerians where he was, and why he was there.
