THE Arab world is enmeshed in crises of identity and direction. First it was the Tunisians who gave Ben Ali one of the oldest dictators this side of the Atlantic, the marching order.

TUESDAY March 15 was a special day in the ongoing electioneering campaigns in Rivers State. It was a day that Governor Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) took the battle to Okrika Local Council- the homestead of his main challenger, Dr. Abiye Sekibo of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN). Not to be outdone, an electoral battle- ready Sekibo also retaliated by taking his campaigns to Port-Harcourt, Amaechi’s seat of power.

It came as a shock to every one, particularly indigenes of the great Benin Kingdom. That a son of the soil would have the audacity to violate the sanctity of the royal family. It happened weekend at Uwa, Benin City, when the son of the revered Benin monarch and the Caretaker Chairman of Oredo Local Government Council of Edo state, Prince Ekpen Erediauwa

WITH barely one month to the governorship elections, activities in different states have reached feverish levels as the candidates campaign for votes. In some, it is easier to recognise where the pendulum swings to; in others, it is too close to call.

ABIA State branch of Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, said yesterday that it had not adopted any of the governorship candidates in the state, saying it was treating them on equal basis and praying for them.
State chairman of CAN, Bishop Goddy Okafor, who said this in Aba while briefing journalists, explained that CAN, being an umbrella of all Christians, could not adopt one candidate against the others as they are all Christians.