AS part of moves to end the lingering crisis in the Enugu State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, President Goodluck Jonathan, yesterday, summoned the National Chairman of the Party, Dr. Okwesilieze Nwodo, and the state Governor, Sullivan Chime, to a meeting.

THE 17-man Committee of Northern elders to choose a presidential candidate for the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, was, yesterday, preparing grounds to manage the crisis that it now fears would shadow the revelation of its chosen aspirant.

PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan has given a directive that all road projects being executed in the South East, particularly the Onitsha-Owerri and Enugu-Onitsha expressways, be completed without further delay.

Justice Abubakar Sadiq Umar of an Abuja High Court sitting in Maitama, yesterday, threatened to hands off the trial of two Lebanese contractors charged to court by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, following their alleged involvement in the forgery of documents belonging to the Ministry of Interior.

Following the lull that characterized works on the dualisation of the Abuja-Lokoja highway, the Federal Government has set up a committee to unravel the circumstances surrounding the failing road contracts

THE embattled leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Enugu State chapter, yesterday, dismissed insinuations that the conflict that led to the dissolution of the state executive committee of the party was a result of alleged granting of automatic ticket to its members serving at the National and State Assemblies for re-election.

NATIONAL Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Prof Attahiru Jega, will today in Onitsha, Anambra State, confer with traditional rulers in the five states in the South East geo–political zone to solicit their cooperation towards ensuring the success of the impending voters registration in readiness for the 2011 general elections.

Three commissioners have resigned their appointments from Ebonyi State Executive Council as a way of fulfilling the prerequisites set aside for aspirants in public offices seeking elective positions in the 2011 general elections.

ALLIANCE for Democracy, AD, disclosed yesterday that it would field a presidential candidate, governorship candidates, senatorial, House of Representatives, and Houses of Assembly candidates for the 2011 general elections in all the six-geopolitical zones of the country.

THE Senator representing Ebonyi Central senatorial district, Dr.Emmanuel Onwe, has come under severe criticism for writing an open letter to Governor Martin Elechi alleging threat to his life by the governor.

The Southern Union Coalition Movement has urged elder statesman, Mallam Adamu Ciroma, to leave President Goodluck Jonathan alone and stop overheating the polity

AHEAD of the next meeting of Governors of the 36 states of the federation in Abuja to deliberate and choose the new Chairman of the Governors Forum, Vanguard can report authoritatively that two governors, Olagunsoye Oyinlola of Osun State and Danjuma Goje of Gombe State, have been shortlisted for the position.

THE cold war between Governor Adebayo Alao-Akala and his former deputy, Alhaji Gbolarumi Azeem has worsened as supporters of the two chieftains of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP engaged in bloody clash.

ALLEGED Nigerian terror bombing conspirator, Henry Okah, has applied for refugee status as he was living illegally in South Africa, the Johannesburg Magistrate’s Court heard, yesterday.

OLADIMEJI Saburi Bankole, already has history on his side as the youngest person, at 37, to become the Speaker of the House of Representatives, to that credential may be added the fact that he has had the most stormy reign while at it, yet he exhibits an inexhaustible capacity to weather more storms.