UGHELLI – ISOKO youths under the aegis of Isoko National Youth Movement, have dragged Shell Petroleum and Development Company, SPDC; First Hydrocarbon Nigeria Limited; AFREN Group Plc; Nigeria Petroleum Development Company Limited, NPDC; Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, and Minister of Petroleum Resources before a Federal High Court sitting in Asaba, Delta State over the sale of onshore oil facilities in Isokoland.

Former Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Mallam Nasir Ahmad El-Rufai, has since his informal exit from the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP transformed into one of the leading voices of the opposition. A chieftain of the Congress for Progressive Change, CPC, Mallam El-Rufai in an interview reviews the performances of the Goodluck Jonathan administration and profers his suggestions. Excerpts:

The drums will soon be rolled out as Femi Anikulapo-Kuti, the king of Afrobeat and one of Africa’s most decorated musicians celebrates his golden jubilee in a matter of days. He will be 50, come June 16.

Wonders they say,shall never end. This best describes what the Lagos State Task Force on Environmental and Other Special Offences, led by Superintendent of Police, Bayo Sulaimon discovered during the on-going massive reclamation of loops and illegal structures built under the bridges in the state.

TUESDAY MAY 29, the nation celebrated 13 years of uninterrupted civil rule and as part of the activities marking the occasion, the National Union of Textile, Garment and Tailoring Workers of Nigeria, NUTGTWN, brought together in Lagos, labour leaders, workers, civil society organizations and university lecturers brainstorm on “Strengthening Internal Union Democracy”