After about 25 years of construction work, the multimillion Naira National Temple of The Apostolic Church Nigeria, TAC, touted as the largest church in the world, has been inaugurated in Lagos. Sited at the international ground of the Church in Ketu, the newly dedicated temple has a sitting capacity of 100,000 worshippers at a time.

The new panel of the National Assembly/Legislative House Election Petition Tribunal yesterday maintained that it will hear the petition filed by the candidate of Labour Party, Durosinmi-Etti, against the election of Mrs Oluremi Tinubu, candidate of the Action Congress of Nigeria on merit.

FRESH policy on job creation and industrialisation which are targeted at promoting local production against importation is underway as President Goodluck Jonathan has said that a review process of existing policies was being perfected.

Yusuf Suleiman last week disengaged from the Federal Executive Council following stints as Minister of Transport and subsequently, Minister of Sports to enable him mount his gubernatorial aspiration in his native Sokoto State. In an interaction with newsmen in Sokoto following his declaration, he gave his blueprint and responded to some issues including assertions that he is a candidate of the presidency. Excerpt:

Worried by the dearth of affordable housing in Abia State, the Government last week, said it has embarked on the construction of over 8500 housing units. When completed, the houses would help to ameliorate the housing problems facing civil servants in the state.

Kogi’s Governor-Elect, Captain Idris Wada has challenged Prince Abubakar Audu, his main rival in last weekend’s gubernatorial election to come up with scientifically provable evidence of the alleged rigging which the Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN candidate blamed for his defeat.

Depositors have continued to groan over the closure of commercial banks in Abeokuta and its environs to protest the incessant robbery attacks in which the institutions have lost huge sums of money.

AS steps are taken for the review of the 1999 Constitution, it is appropriate for a perspective on this initiative to be provided. The review of the Constitution should have one overriding aim, namely: to sustain the Democracy Project in Nigeria. The citizenry must be engaged and this as critical participants.

More than six months after his inauguration, the inability of Governor Ibrahim Hassan Dankwambo to form a cabinet is raising concern about his political trajectory.

THE ever-busy Oshodi/Apapa Expressway, Lagos, was completely shut down for over four hours Monday, following a clash between members of Petroleum Tanker Drivers, PTD, arm of the National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers, NUPENG, and officials of the Lagos State Traffic Management Agency, LASTMA, causing a heavy traffic jam.

Both the ruling Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, and the opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Ekiti State are engaged in war of words over next Saturday’s House of Representatives election re-run in the state.

Petroleum Minister Diezani Alison-Madueke is at the head of the Nigerian delegation to the 20th World Petroleum Congress (WPC) in Doha, Qatar, to showcase Nigeria’s energy potential and the transformation drive in the energy sector…

An industrialist, Mr Innocent Chukwuma, says unless the nation embarks on aggressive industrialisation, unemployment rate will continue to increase.

ANAMBRA State Government, yesterday in Awka, launched the state’s N2 billion security trust fund aimed at ensuring the elimination of crime in the state.

CHIEF Chikodi Anarah is the Coordinator, Igboadagbe Peoples Forum, a body that draws its relevance from the Igboadagbe people found in Anambra North and Anambra Central Senatorial district. Anarah in this interview expresses the frustration of the people who he claims that despite having a sizeable proportion of the land mass and population density have not been able to produce a Governor of Anambra State. Excerpts: