Cross River State gov ernment has accepted to jointly supervise and monitor Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) projects undertaken in the state to ensure they are executed to specification.

THE University of Benin (UNIBEN) and a United States-based company, Goldenvale Consult, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on reorganisation of the security apparatus of the university.

The Medan Teneke faction of the PDP in Adamawa State has taken the Murtala Nyako faction to court challenging the legality of the continuation of Kugama-led executive in office in violation of the provisions of the PDP constitution.

When I heard the news that Polytechnic graduates would soon be flushed out of the Nigerian Civil Service, my mind was in doubt if this country is sincerely committed to its developmental goals. Why should a country map out goals for development and afterwards erect strictures to stall their attainment? To discount products of technical education and still hope to achieve the vision 20:2020 is nothing but tomfoolery.

THE Senator representing Anambra Central, Chief Annie Okonkwo, has bemoaned the inability of the section on the autonomy for the state Houses of Assembly to scale through the final amendment of the constitution, saying it means the Houses will continue to be tied to the apron strings of the state executive.

They are not about to give up but to see that they win again. If they win, then, their fortunes will turn..
Of course, those who oppose them (no-zoning) are shouting at the top of their voice and the slogan has been “democracy”, whatever that means now. Of course, they conveniently forget “quota”, Federal Character and all other things. They mean to play their game to the hilt.

Yet, that does not mean that all socio-political revolutions are useless or that reform is always the best option. In a decadent country like Nigeria, if members of the ruling elite are impervious to the yearnings and aspirations of the people and continue to behave as if the entire country belongs to them, the case for radical change becomes more compelling. Now, has the ruling elite in Nigeria been sensitive and responsive to the welfare of Nigerians?

To say that Nigeria is a lucky country is an incontestable understatement. And I know that those invisible hands that have held Nigeria together since its creation will not slumber despite the vexatious strain Nigeria’s lack of patriotism has put on the union

AHEAD of the primaries of the ruling PDP, the national chairman of the party, Dr. Okwesilieze Nwodo said yesterday that performing state governors of the party have no cause to fear regarding the party’s support.

It’s amazing that in this day and age, a lot of readers keep on texting to find out if the stories in this column are true! Relationships are the most complex things the average person can understand and believe me, stories in this column are so tame compared with what goes on in most homes and behind closed doors!