Dethroned Sardauna of Gumel, Senator Muhammad Alkali, has insisted that he was still in possession of the traditional title given to him by the Emirate Council, as he had not commit any offence to lead to his removal.

THERE has been growing concern that organised labour in the country has abandoned its responsibilities of galvanizing and representing the views of Nigerian masses and intervening in critical socio-economic and political happenings, that ought to bring the nation’s leaders on check.

Former National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Chief Audu Ogbe, has lamented the hijacking of the party by erstwhile exiles who he claimed were completely ignorant about the initial policies and objectives of the party.

THE rumbles in Delta Senatorial seats is still thundering with a din from the North to the Central and causing sleepless nights in the South. The ruling People Democratic Party is running a tremendous risk of losing crucial support in a state it had until lately taken as a safe bet. As with many other parties and constituencies, central to the controversy in Delta is the alleged imposition of candidates by higher authorities.

YES, what we have we hold. This is also in consonance with the time-tested Biblical injunction that we should always confess positive because the power of the tongue is so strong that therein resides the prospect to swim or sink in life. But there is also the need to remain truthful at all times. If in March 2011, we are still voting at the 2007 elections, then, there is cause for worry.

IS it possible that Nigeria is tired of news of killings in Jos? Have these killings become too many that they are significant only when the figures are higher than 100? Is criminality now determined by intensity rather than the fact that crimes are committed in the first?

WITH the conclusion of primary elections in most of the political parties across the country, it is becoming clear to the people who are the candidates of the political parties and what they will be contesting for in the coming general elections.

THE Nigerian government led by President Goodluck Jonathan appears to be leading the push for the forceful ousting of the government of President Laurent Gbagbo of Cote d’Ivoire.

The adornment of streets and public spaces in Enugu with art was first undertaken during the Emeka Omerua regime in 1986. Though a worthy venture, the regime exhibited its lack of a sense of art value by simply taking art pieces from the Institute of Management and Technology (IMT) and mounting same at strategic points in the city.

MINISTER of Labour and Productivity, Chief Emeka Wogu, will this Saturday, clocks 46 years old.