Alliance, APGA but was edged out in the power tussle that rocked the party in its early days. Upon his exit he helped in founding the Citizens Peoples Party, CPP. Okwu who for some years ran the CPP has, however, lately re-emerged to claim leadership of APGA having been elected national chairman in a controversial national convention last month. In a session with newsmen in Lagos, Okwu asserts his claim to the party’s top office and why his rival for the office of national chairman and his friend in his own words, Chief Victor Umeh, would not let go.

FORMER Senate Chief Whip, Senator Rowland Owie, has described the re-election of Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor as President of Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, as good omen for the country.

MEMBERS of the Association of Nigerian Authors, ANA, academic gurus and public servants yesterday in Awka held what was tagged ‘A day with Achebe’ during which they reflected on the writings of the late literary giant, Professor Chinua Achebe, who died in the United States of America, USA, early this year.

THE Senate Presi-dent David Mark warned, yesterday, that unless everybody comes together to tackle the security challenge, the perpetrators might over run the country.

The Supreme Court on Thursday ordered the Federal Government and 36 state governors to still explore out-of-court settlement on the controversy over the one billion dollars Sovereign Wealth Fund (SWF). The governors had approached the court over alleged illegal diversion of funds meant for the federation to maintain Excess Crude Account (ECA) and SWF.