CONTINUING intrigues among the four allied Northern presidential candidates may have prompted the Mallam Adamu Ciroma led 17 Wise Men committee to defer its choice candidate to confront President Goodluck Jonathan for the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, presidential ticket.

Former Governor of Enugu State, Senator Chimaroke Nnamani, was, yesterday, re-arraigned before a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on a 124-count charge of alleged money laundering.

THE crisis engulfing the National Chairman of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Dr. Okwesilieze Nwodo, may have pitched President Goodluck Jonathan in a quandary between heeding his rule of law mantra and protecting the interests of some governors.

A FOUNDING member of ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, from Abia State, Prince Benjamin Apugo, has called on President Goodluck Jonathan to drop his presidential ambition in 2011, and respect the zoning formula of the party, which is enshrined in the party’s constitution by the founding fathers.

Jonathan scales through. According to them, Jonathan has not made any promise on the number of terms he would do and is likely to seek re-election in 2015, which will give him nine years on the saddle and terminate in 2019. After him, they contend that the North would have it for eight years up to 2027. In essence, the South-East, going by the permutation may not have it until 2027.

The process of consultation between Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, and the National Assembly on how to get additional time for the conduct of a credible free and fair election concretised, yesterday, with the approval of the second alteration of the 1999 Constitution.

THERE is no doubt that corruption is a cankerworm that has eaten deep into the fabrics of Nigerian body politics. No institution, both public and private is spared this spectre that is yawning menacingly at our polity. Over the years, the nation’s rating in corruption perception index on international scale has dropped drastically.

Former handler of the national team, Christian Chukwu has charged the Aminu Maigari-led board of the Nigeria Football Federation to put behind it recent happenings and chart a new course for Nigerian football.

THEIR countenance was nothing to behold it was clearly evident that they were angry with the system following the directive that they should report in Abuja for the new biometric verification

THE news conveying the dissolution of the 18 Local Governments in Edo State came at a very memorable moment for the chairmen last Monday. The shocker from Governor Adams Oshiomhole arrived as the chairmen were sharing the revenue allocation for October.