Prince Joe Okogie is a political activist from Uromi, Esan North East Local Government Council of Edo state. He has been at the fore front of those pushing for the infrastructural development of Uromi. And as the 2012 governorship election in the state approaches, he urges the people of his Edo Central senatorial district of the state to support the second term ambition of Governor Adams Oshiomhole so that the on going developmental projects in the area can be completed.

DELTA State Governor, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan has contacted Itsekiri/Ijaw monarchs and leaders to prevail on their kinsmen not to do anything that will result to another round of ethnic crisis between the two ethnic groups as well as endanger the peace and security agenda of the state government.

The next general election is three years away but many are begining to draw inference on the line of argument of Mr President that he is still serving his first term. One Cyracus Njoku, a member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Abuja Municipal Area Council, had approached an Abuja High Court to stop Jonathan from contesting in 2015, alleging that he is running his second term in office.

Eminent Nigerians from various walks of life yesterday reacted to the brutal murder of the Principal Private Secretary, PPS, to Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State, Mr Olaitan Oyerinde, descibing the assasination as one too many.

DELTA State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Ikechukwu Aduba met behind closed doors in Warri, yesterday, with ex-militant leader, Chief Government Ekpemupolo, alias Tompolo, and former chairman of the Delta Waterways Security Committee, DWSC, Warri, Chief Ayiri Emami, to nip in the bud, a fresh crisis between Iteskiri and Ijaw ethnic groups over the planned boat regatta today (Saturday) by the Iteskiri people to celebrate the silver jubilee coronation anniversary of the Olu of Warri.

Governor Gabriel Suswam yesterday opened and closed his case at the Makurdi Federal High Court for alleged certificate forgery and manipulation of PDP governorship congresses in a case filed by Mr. Terver Kakih a PDP governorship contestant in 2011.

A Sharia court in Gusau, Zamfara state capital yesterday sentenced a 30-year old man, to 8 months in prison and twenty strokes of the cane for alleged rape of 5-year old girl.

POLITICAL tension heightened in Edo State yesterday with the assassination of the Principal Private Secretary, PPS, to Governor Adams Oshiomhole and Deputy National Secretary of the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, Comrade Olaitan Oyerinde.

Whether President Goodluck Jonathan will run or not looks like an open-ended question. Who becomes the next occupant of Aso Rock Presidential Villa, Abuja in 2015 is generating weird calculations among political power mongers when the incumbent has stayed barely one year out of four.

Four suspected armed robbers dressed in army uniforms have been arrested by the Benue State Police Command while on a robbery operation along the busy Gboko/Katsina-Ala federal highway.