The Federal Polytechnic Oko has over the years been labeled with various appalling names, ranging from a glorified secondary school, occult school, infrastructural decay institution and school where its students can not speak simple English beside vernacular and Igbo. However, in this interview with journalists, the Rector, Professor Godwin Onu disclosed what led to the turn around of the rot in the system.

Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo State, yesterday, reiterated his administration’s determination to resolve all traditional stool tussles for the smooth take-off of the Community Government Council, CGC, initiative in the state.

There was apprehension in Anambra State, yesterday, over the conduct of the November 16 governorship election following the non-display of the voters’ register by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, less than 30 days to the polls contrary to the Electoral Act 2010, as amended.

THE glee on the face of Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan last Sunday could hardly be missed by anyone within an earshot at the thanksgiving service hosted by the governor in his private residence in Warri, Delta State

Activities in the commercial city of Onitsha literally came to a halt yesterday as the people of the state assembled at the expansive All Saints field for the governorship campaign of the All Progressives Grand Alliance.

The Attorney – General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr. Mohammed Adoke, SAN, has taken over the prosecution of the Commissioner for Insurance of the National Insurance Commission, Mr. Fola Daniel, before a Federal High Court, Lagos for offences of malicious misrepresentation of facts.

The stage is set for weekend’s Glo Lafftafest event tagged Invasion LOL, as the international comedians billed to perform at the mega show arrive Nigeria today.

Nigeria’s inflation rate declined to eight per cent in September, the lowest level since March 2008, as the harvest season constrained food-price increases, according to the National Bureau of Statistics.

Association of Families of Oil and Gas Producing Communities, ASFOGAPCOM, in Niger-Delta, has called on the National Assembly to put in place, an appropriate sharing formula to determine what percentage of the 10 per cent Petroleum Host Communities, PHC, fund that will go to oil and gas land owners in the proposed Petroleum Industry Bill, PIB.

THE Felix Obuah faction of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Rivers State has said that it would institute criminal charges against the state Commissioner for Agriculture, Emmanuel Chinda, over alleged stashing of millions of naira in his residence.

AS applicants to the Cabotage Vessel Financing Fund (CVFF) await presidential approval for the disbursement, a total of the N21.288billion has been requested by six indigenous shipping firms to acquire various sizes and model of vessel.

MOVES by European authorities to arrest Somalia pirate ring leader, Mohamed Abdi Hassan, have yielded result as the man behind most the vessel hijacks and kidnapping of crew members.

IT is barely two months now since we wrote the article, “Pension: Waiting for the Dead man’s Shoes”. The reaction to that work has been absolutely overwhelming; hence we are impelled to return so soon to the issue, as an up-date to our readers. In our type of situation, salient points cannot escape being repeated.

FEDERAL lawmakers, yesterday, gave reasons the report of the proposed national conference must pass through them to become law.