SURELY we cannot continue to allow individuals and groups to do what they liked and undermine our unity, cohesion and effectiveness. Henceforth, we shall not condone acts of indiscipline in our party”. – Acting PDP National Chairman, Dr. Haliru Bello

WE started our series on the lame ducks last week. Today, we are back with some points of order in the same region. We are, however, reminded that under normal parliamentary procedure, the appropriate time to raise a point of order is when the member who has the floor is still speaking, not after he is done with his presentation.

THE Nigerian polity is gradually wearing off its military roots. By the time President Goodluck Jonathan successfully carries out his promised constitutional reform, even the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, which has also undergone a lot of subtle changes, would have completed a necessary break with its military past.

TAKING a second look at what you described as your attempt to deconstruct the prevalent perspective about Northern Nigeria, may I say that what you called a prevalent perspective about the North is more than just a perspective. It is a perspective that is informed by the understanding of your ideology.

What appeared like hide and seek game between former Speaker Dimeji Bankole and operatives of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, ended Sunday night when Bankole was eventually arrested at his Abuja residence. The EFCC action which the former Speaker’s aide described as abduction was the climax of four hours siege on the premises.

ON 11 December 2006, matchet-wielding youth bombarded the Oyo State Government Secretariat, Agodi, in Ibadan, to prevent the return of Governor Rashidi Ladoja – the court had just reinstated him from impeachment.

AHEAD the June 12 anniversary celebration, former Director General of the Center for Democratic Studies, CDS, Prof. Omo Omoruyi, weekend, called on President Goodluck Jonathan to set up a committee of political scientists and other stakeholders with a view to “fundamentally” restructure the political order in the country.

President Goodluck Jonathan will lead other dignitaries and government officials to the public presentation of the book “The Journey of Selfless Telecoms Service” a biography of Engineer Patrick Sunny Kentebe, written by Uzor Ngoladi, today at the Nigerian Institute of International Affairs(NIIA), Victoria Island, Lagos.

GOVERNOR Olusegun Mimiko of Ondo State, yesterday, said his administration was determined to bring back the lost glory of education in the state.

In the aftermath of Super Eagles 2-2 draw with Ethiopia in last Sunday’s 2012 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier in Addis Ababa, Nigerians have been doing a lot of permutations on a possible escape route for the Samson Siasia tutored team.