There are at present 774 local government councils with elected council chairmen and councillors who are “working” fulltime. This level of government is the greatest fraud that has been visited on our democratic outing since May, 1999, and has been responsible for the lack of growth in the local government area.

AS uncertainty lingers over President Umaru Yar’Adua’s health, former vice president, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar yesterday lashed out at the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, accusing it of blackmailing the opposition with the President’s illness.

By Akoma Chinweoke AS 2011 general elections draw nearer, attorney-general of the federation and minister of justice, Chief Michael Kaase Aondoakaa, SAN, has said the only way the country can avoid the mistakes of the past and achieve a credible election in the near future was for the actors in the political space to imbibe […]

NOBEL Laureate, Professor  Wole Soyinka; celebrated author, Prof. Chinua Achebe and former warlord, Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu, have said that the 2010 Anambra State gubernatorial election would be a test case for the 2011 general elections in Nigeria. They called on Nigerians to stand against the Anambra election being manipulated in any manner. The trio […]

GOVERNOR Emmanuel Uduagha of Delta State has commended Delta Mega Trend Investment Company for its effort at easing accommodation problem in Warri. Delta Mega Trend is building 1000 three-bedroom flats, duplexes and bungalow estate called The Plantation on  DSC Expressway, Warri. Uduaghan, during  a recent visit to the site of the estate, commended the company […]