FORMER Abia State deputy governor, Comrade Chris Akomas, has emerged the governorship candidate of Progressive Peoples Alliance, PPA, with a pledge to emancipate the state from the doldrums it had been.

Former Director of the Dr Goodluck Jonathan for Governor, “Green Movement Campaign Organisation,” Chief Fyneman Wilson and one time member of the National Assembly, Senator Inatimi Rufus-Spiff, have joined the growing list of former Peoples Democratic Party,PDP, chieftains in Bayelsa State, who have defected to the Labour Party.

As the Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, commenced primaries to pick candidates for various positions into the Senate, House of Representatives and State House of Assembly, aspirants, as well as, party supporters have expressed displeasure with the process in the on-going primaries.

As mixed reactions trail the just concluded Delta governorship re-run election, Chief Michael Ighofose of the All Nigeria People’s Party, ANPP, has threatened to sue the Delta Resident Electoral Commissioner, Mr Gabriel Ada, and the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, over his alleged unlawful exclusion and substitution with another person as the governorship candidate of the party.

One hundred and nine-teen students of the University of Lagos, UNILAG, Akoka, out of 7,041 graduating students, passed with First Class in the 2009/2010 academic session, with Faculty of Engineering topping the list.

Former Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives and senatorial aspirant for Rivers West senatorial district, Mr Chibudom Nwuche has called on the chairman, of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, National Assembly Electoral panel for Rivers State, Alhaji Yakubu Datti, to declare him winner of the Rivers West senatorial primaries elections held on January 7, 2011.

THE family of Mr. Benjamin Ekpereko has petitioned Delta State Commissioner of Police over the alleged murder of their son, Mr. Enoch Ekpereko, by a police Constable, attached to the Igbide police post.

FORMER Chief Whip of the Senate, Senator Rowland Owie, Wednesday, faulted the decision by the Federal Government to close down schools due to the forthcoming voter registration exercise.

An alleged renegade militant leader operating on the Atlantic fringe of Foropa in the Southern Ijaw Local Government Area of Bayelsa State, Keiti Sese alias ‘Commander’ Noumukeme (madman), has surrendered to the Joint Task Force, JTF.

Nigeria’s position on the FIFA world rankings remained static despite gaining five points in the ratings for the month of January released yesterday.