The senator representing Ebonyi North senatorial district in the National Assembly, Senator Anthony Agbo, has alleged that some kitchen cabinet members in Governor Martin Elechi’s government were strategizing to enure he didn’t return to the senate come 2011.

Senatorial aspirant for Imo West senatorial district, Hope Uzodinma, has said that no amount of blackmail and falsehood would deter him from contesting for the seat in the 2011 general elections.

THERE was jubilation at Onitsha Prisons in Anambra State as Nigerian-born Francis Cardinal Arinze celebrated Christmas with the 800 inmates with a Mass and distribution of food items to enable them enjoy the Yuletide with others.

President Goodluck Jonathan, Monday, tasked royal fathers in the country to stay in their kingdom even as he promised to send a bill to the National Assembly next year to strengthen the role of the traditional institution.

West Brom coach, Roberto Di Matteo spoke up for his Nigerian import, Peter Odemwingie after the striker was the main culprit in a wasteful Baggies performance at Bolton Sunday.

AS Deltans prepare for the January 6, 2011, governorship re-run elections ordered by the Court of Appeal, Benin, Chief Elemi Rewane, has called on Deltans to vote for the gubernatorial candidate of the Republican Party of Nigeria, RPN, Chief Ovie Omo-Agege, who is in alliance with the Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, in Delta State, saying that he appeared to be more trusted amongst all the contestants.

As Delta State gubernatorial re-run election draws closer, Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, chieftains in Bomadi Local Government Area of the state have unanimously affirmed their unalloyed support for Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan.

As Sharks of Port_Harcourt celebrate their WAFU Cup triumph, former Abia state governor, Dr Orji Uzor Kalu feels one man who will be part of the euphoria even if in his tomb is coach Carl “Gentleman” O’Dwyer who died in 1979.

DEPUTY state chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Edo State, Mr. Clement Edo–Osagie, has described the bomb blasts in Jos, Plateau State, on Christmas eve in which over 32 people lost their lives as an attempt by certain group of people to destabilise the country.

IMMEDIATE past president of the Ijaw Youth Council, IYC, Dr. Chris Ekiyor, has said that over one year after the granting of amnesty by the Federal Government to repentant militants in the Niger Delta region, the amnesty programme was yet to be gazetted by the government.