THE number of senators on the ticket of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, at the Upper Chamber of the National Assembly was reduced by three yesterday as Senators, Umar Argungu, (Kebbi), Adego Eferakaya, (Delta) and Joel Danlami, (Taraba), decamped from the PDP to join opposition parties

A socio-political organization in Bayelsa State, Movement for Good Governance, has cautioned the Nigerian Labour Congress, NLC, not to allow itself to be hijacked by some desperate politicians to forestall the 2011 elections.

The Chairman of the National Task Force to combat illegal importation and smuggling of goods, small arms, Ammunitions and light weapons, NATFORCE, Major General Collins Ihekire (Rtd), has been relieved of his appointment.

EKITI—Staffers of Ekiti State House of Assembly yesterday defied the directive of the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, and the Trade Union Congress, TUC, as virtually most of them showed up at their duty post until they were chased out by the labour leaders in the state.

LAWMAKER representing Warri Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, Mr. Daniel Reyenieju, yesterday described the Appeal Court decision which nullified the 2007 governorship election in Delta State and the resultant sacking of Dr. Emmanuel Eweta Uduaghan as a ‘storm in a tea cup

COMPLIANCE with the warning strike called by the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, was partial in Rivers State as some banks opened for business.

A FEDERAL High Court decision that annulled amendments to the 1999 Constitution may be the initial descent to constitutional anarchy, unless parties to the dispute abide by a judicial ruling on processes for amending the Constitution.

STUDENTS of tertiary institutions, secondary and primary schools in Delta State itemised, yesterday, the contributions of former Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan to the development of education and other sectors of the state, and vowed to return him to power in the fresh election that had been ordered by the Court of Appeal.

FOLLOWING the 14-day ultimatum issued to the Edo State Government to solve the lingering industrial crisis in the health and educational sectors in the state, by the state chapter of the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, Governor Adams Oshiomhole has approved the implementation of the new salary structure for workers in the state owned tertiary institutions.

WHETHER in politics or in business, or in any other field of human endeavour for that matter, consensus building demands a lot of compromise, horse-trading and the spirit of give and take.

THERE was tension yesterday during the swearing-in of a new Commissioner by Governor Adebayo Alao-Akala as a man reportedly sustained gun shot injuries during a scuffle with one of the security men.

Governors in South-East, South-West and South-South geo-political zones of the country are locked in what seems to be an unending battle with lecturers in universities owned by states in the aforementioned areas over enhanced salary.

THESE are not the best of times to be an insider of the President Goodluck Jonathan presidential campaign team.

WHEN her time came, she went quietly into the good night. For the late Elder (Mrs.) Comfort Imoke (Nee Imuokhuede), there was no raging against the going out of the light. She had completed her course on earth, as it were.

YOUTHS under the auspices of Delta Youth Initiative have condemned in strong terms the sale of employment recruitment forms by government establishments in the country.