HOW much power does an Acting President have? Acting President Goodluck Jonathan answered that question,
yesterday, amid speculations that he could not perform the duties of the President, for reasons power mongers have conjured outside the Constitution.

Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State has faulted the law which empowers the President to appoint chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC.

ACTING President Goodluck Jonathan, yesterday became more decisive in running the affairs of government when he ordered the immediate dissolution of the Federal Executive Council, FEC, bringing to an end lingering speculations on the existence of the former cabinet as constituted by the ailing President, Umaru Yar’Adua.

BURUTU, a local government area in Delta State, should hold the world record for refineries. According to the Joint Task Force (on security), 10 hamlets in this local government area have 400 refineries – all illegal.

I ONCE had the acquaintance of an extraordinary gentleman who had come from Jos to have a business meeting with me in Lagos. In the more cordial moments after business had been taken care of, I had remarked conversationally on how his name Malaky, knowing he was from Kaduna State, sounded rather unusual. I had heard of Mayaki, observed I, and wondered aloud if his name was but a variant of the latter.