African Renaissance Party, ARP, Lagos State chapter, has called for the outright cancellation of last Saturday’s council polls, alleging massive rigging by ruling Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN.

Barely a year after President Goodluck Jonathan promised to release Ecology Fund to fight perennial flood as a result of Ogun-Oyo River overflow in Ajegunle area of Ikorodu, Lagos State, the state government, yesterday, said plans had been concluded to utilise N700 million of the fund for the construction of resettlement housing scheme for flood victims.

Senator Babafemi Ojudu, Vice Chairman Senate Committee on Public Service and Establishment, represents Ekiti Central Senatorial District in the Nigerian Senate. in this interview with Vanguard, he disclosed that his brand of politics will continue to be people oriented. Ojodu also spoke on other national issues.

Governor Timipre Sylva of Bayelsa State, weekend, urged politicians in the state not to drag President Goodluck Jonathan into who becomes the governor of the state come 2012.

On Saturday in Yaounde I was held hostage by friends who had my contact details. General Emmanuel Okaro, Mr Linus Mba, Mike Idoko, Onochie Anibeze, Godwin Enakhena, Stephen of Akwa Ibom Broadcasting Corporation by calls and texts were bombarding me by the minute wanting updates on the crucial match between the Falcons and the Cameroun Female team.

WORKERS in the Power Holding Company of Nigeria, PHCN, have issued an October 31 deadline to government and the management of the company to pay 50 per cent approved salary increment or risk industrial unrest.

Ohanaeze Ndigbo, the Igbo umbrella socio cultural organization, has strongly condemned the expulsion of non-indigene workers from the Abia State civil service, saying the development was not in the interest of unity and progress of the Igbo nation.

AS official results of Saturday’s council polls from Lagos State Independent Electoral Commission, LASIEC, are being awaited, opposition party, Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has rejected the outcome of the polls, alleging that the electoral umpire was “doctoring” the results.

Edo State Government, Sunday, announced plans to immortalise the late veteran actor, Mr. Sam Loco Efe, who passed on in August. Governor Adams Oshiomhole said government will rename a street after Sam Loco while making his speech at the lying-in-state of late Loco at Oba Akenzua Cultural Centre, Benin.

DEPUTY Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, has said if Nigeria must achieve its target of becoming one of the top largest economies of the world, the education sector must be well funded and overhauled.

Former Super Eagles skipper, Sunday Oliseh said at the weekend that he was as good as any foreign coach that the Nigeria Football Federation may be thinking of hiring to replace Samson Siasia and therefore should be given the chance to coach the national team.

Prof. Dora Akunyili of All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, has said the National Assembly Election tribunal sitting in Awka, Anambra State, only struck out her petition against the declaration of Dr Chris Ngige of Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, as winner of Anambra Central Senatorial election by Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC and not dismissed as reported in the media.

A Federal High Court sitting in Ibadan, Oyo State, has restrained the National Universities Commission, NUC, from going back on its initial accreditation of the Law programme of a private university, Lead City University, Ibadan.

Delta State Government has awarded contracts for the renovation of 50 schools and the construction of 10 new primary schools across the three senatorial districts, as part of its effort to improve on the standard of education in the state.

NIGERIA Employers’ Consultative Association, NECA, has joined the growing clamour for resource control and devolution of powers from the center to states for the nation to develop, saying until “we address the basic issue of our political reform that focuses on devolution of power, resource control, fiscal federalism, whatever economic policies we are thinking of, we will not be able to realise their full potentials.