NOBEL Laureate, Prof Wole Soyinka, has emerged national chairman of the newly registered party, the Democratic Front for a Peoples Federation (DFPF).

THE real race for Government House, Asaba in 2011, commenced, weekend, in Sapele with a formal declaration by Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan of Delta State .

A creditor is worse than a slave owner; for the master owns only your person, but a creditor owns your dignity, and can command it-VICTOR HUGO

THE member representing Orhionmwon (II) constituency in the Edo State House of Assembly, Mr Etinosa Ogbeiwi, was arrested, last Thursday, by the Independent Corrupt Practices Commission (ICPC) in connection with the execution of the N8.5million Oben-Geregu Pipeline Project in Orhionmwon local government council of the state.

FORMER Military President Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida said yesterday that the secular status of the country cannot be compromised just as he dismissed some text messages being circulated that he was planning to sponsor an attack by Muslims in the north on Christians.

Former Military Head of State Gen. Muhammadu Buhari has decided to confront head long the image problem that has been hurting his campaign in the southern part of the country with a more robust and proactive approach ahead of the 2011 elections.

The police in FCT said yesterday they would deploy 12 000 officers and men to ensure adequate security during and after Nigeria’s 50 years independence anniversary.

It is heartening that the new Minister of Education has refused to grant approval to the management of the institute to commence expansion program that will allow it award degrees until she is satisfied that it has the capacity to effectively perform its mandate.

Former Minister of Justice, Prince Bola Ajibola, has restated Nigeria’s displeasure over the continued harassment of its citizens in the Bakassi Peninsula.

Whatever deal it is the shortblack boy just clinched that’s making him give up singing like he claims had better be fat and true because we’re beginning to tire of this popular stunt. Some of your predecessors have tried similar stunts (ask Tunde and Wunmi Obe) only to debunk over and over after a while and then release the next album. In the process, they occupy media space before announcing the next album release and then we find out it’s been a calculated move to stay talked about.

Ahead of the 2011 general elections, a former Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon Chibudom Nwuche, yesterday, disclosed that over one million volunteers turned up for a two-day screening exercise organized for persons interested in partaking in a door-to-door campaign for President Goodluck Jonathan.

IN SPITE of government’s measures to shore up the fortunes of the banks, about two-third of Nigerians lack faith in the banking sector, according to a survey by the NOI Polls.

AS preparations for the 2011 general elections gather momentum, Gov Sullivan Iheanacho Chime of Enugu state has continued to garner more endorsements from various groups in appreciation of his regime’s good governance profile.

Arise posits that the wish of the people is supreme as the act would require amendment of the electoral act or even the constitution and sees it as expensive and disorganising and could put Nigeria in a bad light.

DELTA State Governor, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan officially flagged off his second term campaign in Sapele, yesterday, telling Deltans that he required four more years to make sure the vision of industrializing the state and making it the economic hub of the West-Africa sub-region does not derail.