MORE information emerged, yesterday, on how the Abia kidnap kingpin, Obioma Nwankwo, notoriously known as Osisikankwu, was killed by the Military Task Force operating in Abia State.

Dr. Michael Egbebike is the Anambra State Commissioner for Environment. He is a civil engineer by training, a land surveyor, a lawyer and an environmental scientist. He was based in the United States and returned the country to contribute to nation building and is currently bringing his experience to bear in the Environment Ministry.

AS part of moves to nip in the bud the lingering crisis in Anambra State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, the Benji Udeozor-led State Executive Committee, yesterday, withdrew its suit against the National Chairman of the party, Dr Okwesilieze Nwodo.

SENATE President, Senator David Mark, yesterday, described as laughable the allegation by the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Governor, Lamido Sanusi, that the salaries and allowances of members of the National Assembly were draining the purse of the nation, saying the Central Bank itself has received N300 billion as overhead so far.

THE Federal Government yesterday reiterated its commitment to complete the abandoned Zik’s Mausoleum in Onitsha with a reviewed contract sum of N185. 06 million.

All is now set for the former governor of Rivers State, Celestine Omehia, to declare his intention to contest the 2011 governorship election in Rivers State.

Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State has stressed the need for youths in the country to engage in productive ventures to ensure a sustainable national development as well as boost the rebran-ding programme.

A POWER showdown between the National Assembly and Governors was in the offing last night after the Senate Committee on Constitution Review, SCRC, resolved to uphold provisions of the Electoral Act that has drawn the flaks of the nation’s 36 Governors.

The already tensed political atmosphere in Taraba State is charged again, with the former Executive Director of Nigerian Ports Authority, NPA, Alhaji Mohammed Tumba Ibrahim, declaring his intention to challenge the incumbent Governor Danbaba Suntai for the party’s ticket in the 2011 governorship election.

DETERMINED to improve on its political fortunes in the 2011 polls, the Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, held its state congresses, weekend, across the country. Aside pockets of protests and postponement in few locations, the exercise went well with the new executive committees promising to deliver their states in the coming elections.