Members of the House of Representatives under the auspices of Progressives, plotting the removal of Speaker, Dimeji Bankole have vowed to resist any plot to suspend them for demanding ‘accountability’ from their principal.

On the converse, Dr. Fayemi and the Action Congress could do well to focus their attention on the 2011 House of Assembly, House of Representatives and Senatorial Elections. By their own action the governorship elections which would have held next year 2010 would now have to wait till 2013! This would give Governor Segun Oni more time to carry out more programmes that would endear him to the people of the state and make his unseating in a future election more difficult. In the final analysis these unending law suits would serve no useful purpose other than become perhaps the sword of Damocles

An Abuja-based lawyer and social critic, Prince Orji Nwafor-Orizu yesterday assessed the performance of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, in its fight against corruption and declared that the anti-graft agency had failed woefully.

Without the support of the Southern minorities, Biafra would have successfully seceded from Nigeria and the North would have been just another Niger Republic. Also, it was with the support of Rivers and Cross River State in the Second Republic that the North-dominated National Party of Nigeria (NPN) was able to win the 1979 elections.

My fervent prayer is that after leading the rebels in the ongoing civil war in the House, he would not once again change sides. Whatever the case, I’m glad that at least for now, the fiery Dino is on the same side with us, the progressive Nigerians.

We witnessed the slow poisoning of the waters of this country and the destruction of vegetation and agricultural land by oil spills, which occur during petroleum operations.

This is the first World Cup on African soil. Some say given the organizational bar raised by the South Africans, perhaps it will take South Africa again to host the next one. This is Africa’s World Cup and there has been a lot of efforts to make it an ‘African World Cup.’

NORTHERN leaders, said, yesterday, they had all it takes to win free and fair elections without special arrangements.

Former Chairman, Board of Trustees of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, Chief Anthony Anenih, has challenged President Goodluck Jonathan to focus his attention on good governance in the areas of electoral reforms, power and energy, even development and peace in the Niger Delta region as well as social stability all over the country as a basis for his justification for a possible participation in the contest for the presidency in 2011.

THE New Delta Political Movement, has charged President Goodluck Jonathan to complete the electoral reforms with all vigour with the view to bringing sanity to the country’s electoral system. It enjoined Nigerians, particularly Deltans to embrace the campaign of one man, one vote.