Former Minister of Interior, Captain Emmanuel Ihenacho, has accused agents of Imo State Government of demolishing people’s property without following due process.

The family of late former Governor of Ondo State, Dr. Olusegun Agagu, whose remains, while being conveyed to Akure in an aircarft chartered from Associated Airlines, crashed last Thursday in Lagos said, yesterday, that the choice of the ill-fated plane was not that of the family.

Like a thief in the night, he walked in quietly and caught everybody napping .Such unscheduled visits are usually devoid of sirens.

NATIONAL Union of Textile, Garment and Tailoring Workers of Nigeria, NUTGTWN, yesterday, said President Goodluck Jonathan’s inability to resolve the lingering Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, crisis and the internal wrangling in People’s Democratic Party, PDP, questioned the capacity of the administration to organize a national conference.

Erstwhile Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Prince Chibudom Nwuche, famed as The Tiger in his time in the House between 1999 and 2003, was the Acting Deputy National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP in the recently dissolved National Working Committee, NWC. Nwuche in this interview reviews the issues that have recently bestirred the polity nay, the PDP and proffers his solutions.

Chelsea defend-er Kenneth Omeruo has said he will be available for a 2014 World Cup return leg play off against Ethiopia in November.

The Joint Task Force in the Niger Delta, codenamed Operation Pulo Shield, weekend, intercepted two bunkering vessels on the Bonny Anchorage of Rivers State, arresting a Ghanaian and 25 others over alleged illegal lifting of crude oil and illegally distilled Automated Gas Oil (diesel).

AS millions of people are losing their lives annually to Non Communicable Diseases, NCDs, food and nutrition experts in Nigeria have harped on healthful foods as a prerequisite for attainment of healthy nutrition.

The Managing Director, Fortis Micofinance Bank Plc, Mr. Kunle Oketikun has called for more financial empowerment for Nigerians. This is following a breakdown of EFInA’s report, showing that out of 84.7 million Nigerian adults and only 15.9 million individuals in Nigeria borrowed money in the last 12 months and only 7.9 million of individuals who borrowed money used it for business purposes. In this interview with PROVIDENCE OBUH, he said, “With about 900 Microfinance Banks (MfBs) 22 Commercial Banks, and other financial institutions, there is a need for all stakeholders to do more and empower more people.”

Governor Uduaghan earned my respect during his first term when he boldly warned his people about preparing for a future Delta State without oil. It was almost sacrilegious. Who ever wanted to contemplate such a future with so much oil still in the ground to be lifted? Even the Governors Commissioners, who clapped with gusto, were skeptical about such a prospect. Nationally, the Governor might as well have been talking to cows – for all the attention he received. Nigerians have demonstrated that if there is anything they don’t want to think about, it is a future without oil – because it will require a vast amount of effort to build such a future.