A governorship aspirant in Delta State, Chief Ovie Omo-Agege, has vowed to wrestle power from the state Governor, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan, in the 2011 polls, reiterating that the Governor had grossly impoverished Deltans beyond any stretch of imagination.

CHAIRMAN of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Professor Attahiru Jega, yesterday, said the commission would not endorse any election result that was a product of electoral fraud or malpractices.

The new chief of Defence Staff, Air Marshal Oluseyi Petinrin and the new Chief of Air Staff, Air Vice Marshal Mohammed Umar, yesterday took over command of the DHQ and NAF HQ with both senior officers pledging to improve on the capability of the armed forces as well as sustain the achievements of their predecessors.

CENTRAL Bank of Nigeria, CBN, yesterday, gave banks operating in the country four months within which they had to replace external auditors that have spent ten years in their audit work.

PEOPLES Democratic Party, PDP, presidential aspirant and former military president, General Ibrahim Babangida, yesterday, confirmed the death threat on his Campaign Co-ordinator, Chief Raymond Dokpesi saying “the threat is real.”

THE American Indian proverb, “Respect your brother’s dream” can be put differently and correctly as “Respect your brother’s success”. However, we oftentimes find ourselves in the opposite situation, scorning and slandering both the dream and success of our brother as the call to be our brother’s keeper is moribund.

AS the crisis rocking Ogun State House of Assembly continued unabated and the House still sealed, Governor Olugbenga Daniel, yesterday, said the decision of his administration to access the bond market was based on sound financial and fiscal projections.

FORMER Deputy Speaker of Anambra State House of Assembly, Chief Keluo Molokwu, was yesterday arraigned before an Awka Chief Magistrates Court, presided over by Mrs. M.A. Mbakwe, on a five-count charge of allegedly threatening the life of the incumbent speaker of the House, Chief Anayo Nnebe

The Jonathan Support Group and Youth United for Goodluck Jonathan through separate statements yesterday lampooned Dr. Raymond Dokpesi for claiming President Goodluck Jonathan was threatening his life for supporting his opponent in the presidential race, Ibrahim Babangida

A pressure group rooting for Jonathan Presidency in 2011, Congress for Equality and Change, has said Igbo’s fate of producing a Nigerian president only lay in the hands of God and not in any man, either from the North or South of the country.