ABOUT two years ago, I got a text message from somebody who said he was Soboma George. He wanted to react to a column I had written but could not reach me. I called him. He sounded surprised, spoke about my column and I promised to publish his reaction which he sent in a text message.

ged the Uyo Township Sports Stadium, Akwa Ibom State to declare support for his presidential aspiration, barely few days to his official declaration for the 2011 general elections.

FOR the second day running, the leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, failed to reach a compromise on the torny issue of whether the governorship, or the presidential primaries, should hold first.

LAST year, former Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Dr. Aliyu Modibbo drew attention to the enormous powers Governors held because State Houses of Assembly were not strong enough to control them. He said governors had become emperors.

THE Warri Women Consultative Assembly, WWCA, has urged all aspiring political office holders in the Itsekiri nation to make themselves available to the electorate for assessment, saying that it would help in eliminating the problem of imposition of candidates.