The coast is not yet clear for the governorship candidate of the Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, for the April polls in Oyo State, Senator Abiola Ajimobi, as other aggrieved governorship aspirants are insisting that the leadership of the party must have a rethink on his alleged imposition on the party.

Chief Solo Akuma, Senior Advocate of Nigeria, is a former Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Abia State. In this interview, he spoke on the Jos, Plateau State crisis, noting that since the problem borders mostly on disagreement between “indigenes” and “settlers” in a state, it may be resolved when issue of “state of origin” is adressed by the constitution, especially as it affects “indigenes” and “settlers” in a state.”

AS the on-going voters’ registration continues to face hitches, corps members saddled with the responsibility of registering eligible voters in Akure, the Ondo State capital, yesterday boycotted the registration centres to protest non-payment of their allowances.

Princess Tessy Iyase-Odozi is a painter, curator and prime mover of the moving art exhibition who has made name for herself in the art industry both within and outside. She is the CEO of Green House Art Gallery, located in Olambe, Ogun State and one of the few women slugging it out in the male dominated art business.

A political activist and former governorship aspirant in Anambra State, Chief Ifeanyi Okonkwo, has described the removal of Dr. Okwesilieze Nwodo as PDP national chairman as illegal.

The Direct Data Capturing, DDC, machines have rejected journalism as a profession, consequently, some journalists, who attempted to register in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, were told that the Independent National Electoral Commission, does not recognise journalism as a profession.

THE Ogun State Government has increased the minimum wage of its workers from N9, 373.00 to N14, 258.00, representing an increase of 52%. According to a statement by the Ogun state Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Mr Sina Kawonise Wednesday, said, “the new salary will cost the State Government an additional N450 million increase on its monthly wage bill. It will take effect from January 1st, 2011 and cuts across Grade Levels 01 to 17.

WITH barely four months to the April general elections in the country, the Court of Appeal sitting in Benin City, Edo State, Wednesday, sacked the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, lawmaker, Samuel Saiki representing Akoko-Edo Constituency II in the Edo State House of Assembly.

The Securities and Exchange Commission, SEC, yesterday announced that it has endorsed the appointment of the new Chief Executive Officer, CEO, of the Nigerian Stock Exchange, NSE, and other Executive Directors.

The Bayelsa State chapter of the Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, may be heading for fresh crisis following the adoption of aviation expert and former Federal Permanent Secretary, Dr. Imoro Kubor, as the party consensus candidate for the state governorship election by the zonal leadership of the party headed by Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu, National Vice Chairman (South South).

THE National Agency for the Control of AIDS, NACA, Prof John Idoko has debunked reports emanating from some quarters over faulty Direct Data Capturing machines currently being used by the Independent National Electoral Commission in the ongoing voter registration.

A group of gunmen alleged to hail from Ndike Amagu Ikwo community in Ikwo local government area of Ebonyi State last Saturday attacked their fellow kinsmen over who took possession of the Direct Data Capturing, DDC, machines in the on-going voters’ registration.

Nigerian Stock Ex-change, NSE, yesterday, suspended 57 stockbroking firms from operating in the stock market for their failure to meet the minimum capital base.

WORRIED by the increasing violence in parts of the country, as the 2011 general elections draw nearer, the Conference of Nigeria Political Parties, CNPP, has reminded Nigerians that it was only in a peaceful atmosphere that they could register and vote for candidates of their choice and send packing those who regard politics as a do- or-die affair.

LAGOS — Nigeria $500 million debut international bond, to be sold this week, will probably yield more than Ghana’s dollar debt because of political risks and fiscal deterioration, JPMorgan Chase & Co. analysts said.