GOVERNOR Theodore Orji of Abia State, has promised residents of Aba, the commercial capital of the state, that his administration was committed to tackling infrastructural and environmental problems facing them, especially the area of bad roads.

GOVERNOR Peter Obi of Anambra State, insisted, weekend, that the agreement between the Federal Government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has nothing to do with the state and private universities, even as he said that the state government was taking necessary measures to resolve issues with the striking lecturers of the state university.

THE General Assembly of the apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, weekend, ratified the decision of the various arms of the body in support of the presidential ambition of President Goodluck Jonathan in 2011 elections.

THE Apostolic Nuncio and Vatican Ambassador to Nigeria, Most Reverend Augustine Kasujja, weekend, warned faithful not to constitute an obstacle to the smooth performance of the functions of those ordained to spread the word of God.

The Progressive Peoples Alliance, PPA, in Abia State, has decried the incessant intimidation and persecution of its aspirants for elective offices in the state.

THE Labour Party in Edo State, has passed a vote of no confidence on the state chairman of the party, Dr. John Ogbeide, just as the party also accused Governor Adams Oshiomhole of making members of the party “on lookers” in the affairs of his administration, despite the alliance between the party and the Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN.

A Member of the Delta Waterways Security Committee, DWSC, Reverend Duke Akpososo, weekend, expressed concern over the latest ranking of Africa as the most corrupt continent in the world by Transparency International,TI, and challenged the group to make public its parameters for such verdict.

NATIONAL Chairman of All Nigeria People’s Party, ANPP, Dr. Ogbonnaya Onu, weekend, in Benin, Edo State, urged Nigerians to prevail on their representatives at the National Assembly not to recognise the staggering of elections as proposed by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, saying that it would not be healthy for the country.

MAJOR industrial crisis is brewing in Edo State, as the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, in the state, weekend, frowned at what it described as the “seeming nonchalant attitude” of the state government in finding solutions to the series of industrial unrests in the educational and health sectors, despite the intervention of the congress and civil society organisations.

Bayelsa government has approved N500m for the completion of various water schemes within Yenagoa and its environs

A blueprint has been designed by the National Health Insurance Scheme, NHIS, to cater for rural dwellers as well as the informal sectors of the country. The take off is be predicated on the signing of the National Health Insurance Bill by President Goodluck Jonathan.

The homeward journey from Oshodi to Iju-Ishaga was unbelievably smooth. Traffic was uncharacteristically light for a Wednesday evening in Lagos. A few commuters were a bit apprehensive, not wanting to believe that all was well.

Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr. Dimeji Bankole, has called for the adoption of good governance in all spheres of the nation’s national life in order to attain sustainable development in the country and identified corruption, ineptitude and lack of patriotism as major societal ills plaguing Nigeria.

Policemen attached to Shasha division in Lagos have begun investigation into the discovery of the lifeless body of a 17-year-old girl, Peace Asukwo, dangling from the ceiling fan of an apartment in Shasha area of Lagos.

The 36 states in Nigeria have shared a total sum of N1 trillion between January and June 2010 from the national treasury.