Senator Rasheed Ladoja, erstwhile senator and Governor of Oyo State has shown interest to contest for the office of governor of Oyo State. His aspiration remarkably is against that of his one time deputy and present governor of Oyo State and promises to be an epic encounter.

THERE are rising concerns within medical circles of a probable epidemic in the local hospital community, of one of the most dreaded hospital-acquired contagions called Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus, (MRSA).

IT is pointless debating whether an extension of the registration of voters is “absolutely necessary”. The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, by giving absolute necessity as a condition for extending registration of voters is living in denial about failure of the exercise.

Akpan Ini Udofia is a man with many problems. The 55-year-old former staff of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) is currently languishing in Ward E5 of the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Idi Araba, Lagos.

Alhaji Mukthar Shagari the Deputy Governor of Sokoto State and erstwhile Minister of Water Resources is one of the leading chieftains of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP in the Northwest geopolitical zone.

The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission, NERC, has said that part of the priorities of the new management is to boost local content participation in the electricity industry, especially in those areas where indigenous capacity and competence are lacking.

NINE days after the commencement of the current voters registration exercise, General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, RCCG, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, who had used every opportunity to mobilise Christians to register, finally registered, yesterday.

IN an effort to free the country permanently from the shackles of incessant fuel scarcity, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC has concluded plans to acquire about 50 percent of the nations petrol stations which would be strategic in fuel dispensing to Nigerians during at all times.

A CABLE recently released by Wikileaks paints a portrait of the extent to which powerful oil giant, Shell, was involved in the political schemes in Nigeria. The US ambassador routinely contacted Shell to discuss important political and economic developments in Nigeria.

IF there is one thing that Prof. Attahiru Jega must avoid at this point of preparing Nigerians for the next general election, it is; suffering credibility deficit so soon. Social psychologists will tell the Chairman of Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) that he will never regain or recover from the damage if he trifles with it.