UBULU communities in Aniocha South Local Government Area of Delta State have cried out over the lack of electricity supply by the Power Holding Company of Nigeria, PHCN, for more than three years.

Residents of Umuahia, the capital of Abia State, have expressed worry over incidences of multiple taxation and levies charged them by government agencies and ministries.

Senator Khairat Gwadabe is the chairman of Senators’ Forum, a body comprising serving and former Senators. Gwadabe represented the Federal Capital Territory in the Senate between 1999 and 2003. In her time, she was never at the background in any of the major issues that surfaced in the Senate. She is remembered as one of the strong allies of Senator Chuba Okadigbo. In this interview, Gwadabe expressed her opinion on contemporary issues and the role of the Senators Forum in the polity. Excerpts:

Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund, Christine Lagarde has urged developing countries to shore up their defences, especially foreign exchange reserves, against a possible European recession next year.

CONTRARY to speculations in some quarters that positions in the forthcoming Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, congresses had been zoned within the party’s structure, Chairman of the Party, Chief Ama-Oti Ugorji, yesterday debunked such claims, saying no position had been zoned to a particular section in Ebonyi State.

NATIONAL President of the Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor has again commended the Nigerian Senate for passing into law the Same Sex Marriage bill which frowns at the anti-social practice currently gaining grounds in the Western part of the world in the name of respect for human rights.

President Goodluck Jonathan has disclosed that the Federal Government is committed to diversifying the economy and move away from what he described as mono-culture of depending exclusively on crude oil in the country.

For most couples, the birth of a baby elicits joy. For some, the birth of twins or more elicits even greater joy and gratitude but when a woman is safely delivered of quadruplets (four babies) or quintuplets (five), her joy is supposed to be boundless.

AT least eight persons have indicated their interest under the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Edo State to face Governor Adams Oshiomhole in the forthcoming 2012 governorship election, with the latest aspirant being the former state representative on the Board of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, Mr Mathew Iduoriyekenwen.

The Ogun State Judicial Commission of Inquiry into Land Matters yesterday issued a bench warrant of arrest on the former Managing Director of Gateway City Development Company, GCDC, Kayode Anibaba, branch Manager of the First City Monument Bank, FCMB, in Ogba, identified as Mrs.Abiodun and Anibaba’s Personal Assistant, Femi Fasanu.