FORMER militant leader, Chief Government Ekpemupolo, alias Tompolo, has approached a Delta State High Court sitting in Warri, seeking to be joined as 7th plaintiff in a case brought against the Delta State Governor and four others by Jeph Kebbi International Limited and others, over the 49,746 hectares of land acquired by the government, along the NPA-Effurun Expressway, Edjeba, for the Warri Industrial Business Park, WIBP.

Mr. Jide Oke is the immediate past Chairman of the Lagos State chapter of the Nigerian Institute of Quantity Surveyors (NIQS). In this interview with Jude Njoku, Mr Oke who until recently was the Head of the Property department of Oceanic Bank Plc, speaks on how homelessness can be checked in Nigeria.

LOCAL government’s chairmen in Ogun State have handed over to the most senior career civil servants in their respective councils following the expiration of their tenure.

WHEN former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, made the statement that has been turned into an albatross around his neck, could he have envisaged the meaning that would be read into it or the twist that would be put on it?

The Goodluck/Sambo Campaign Organisation has explained the importance and advantages of the duo’s candidature in the 2011 elections, noting they were the best choice for delegates to the PDP national convention.

Attempt by Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar to stop President Goodluck Jonathan from contesting the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, presidential primaries through court injunctions has been declared null and void by the 2010 Electoral Act, which places restrictions on the court to stop party primaries.

ORGANISED labour in the country’s banking and financial sector, under the umbrella of Association of Senior Staff of Banks, Insurance and other Financial Institutions, ASSBIFI, has called on Nigerian workers, especially those in the financial sector, to brace up for a prolonged battle against unfair labour practices in the new year.

Former governor of Rivers State, Sir Celestine Omehia, has appealed against the decision of the Federal High Court, Abuja, which held that Governor Rotimi Ameachi’s four year tenure will end on May 28, 2011.

The Nigerian Peoples Congress, NPC, has described the multiple bomb blasts in Jos, Plateau State, on the eve of Christmas, which killed over 32 people and 73 injured, as the height of rascality, irresponsibility and sadism.

Unlike in the recent past, when the sounds of guns from militants rented the air during celebration periods in Port Harcourt, this year’s Christmas was celebrated in the state in style, as major streets in Port Harcourt, the capital city had street parties they nick named Carnival.

PRESIDENT of the Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN,Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor yesterday pleaded with the Federal Government to urgently muster the political will to fish out, what he called agents of terrorism who are out to destbilise the nation.

Former Minister of FCT, Senator Adamu Aliero, has withdrawn from the Kebbi Central senatorial district race on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in 2011 elections.

FIVE persons, including a lady, have been apprehended by the Police in Ondo State over the kidnap of a 65-year-old grand mother, Madam Juliana Ogunleye.

European Union, in collaboration with Democratic Action Group, DAG, a Non Governmental Organisation, is sensitising NGOs and Community-based Organisations, CBOs, on how to monitor state and local government councils for effective implementation of budget proposals.

Former Delta State Governor, Chief James Ibori, yesterday spoke from custody in Dubai, saying: “I am fine,” and drummed support for the re-election of Dr Emmanuel Uduaghan as governor of the state in the January 6 gubernatorial re-run election.