LAGOS — Traditional rulers, clerics, party leaders of Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN; council workers, well wishers and residents were among hundreds of people that attended a special thanksgiving service organised by the management of Ejigbo Local Council Development Area, LCDA, Wednesday, for the safe return of the Chairman, Mr Kehinde Bamigbetan, from the custody of kidnappers.

NEWLY elected Chairman for Etsako Central Local Government Council of Edo State, Mr. Emma Momoh, who was allegedly involved in the Fugar crisis that claimed two lives on the eve of the council polls in the state was, yesterday, remanded in Auchi Prison by a Fugar Magistrate Court.

In this interview, former member of the House of Representatives, Honourable Independence Ogunnewe speaks on some of the dominant issues in the nation’s polity including amnesty for Boko Haram, the presidential pardon for the former governor of Bayelsa state among other national issues. Excerpts:

The menace of examination malpractice in Nigeria has assumed an alarming and embarrassing dimension in both external and internal examinations.

Delta State Government has given Pan Ocean Oil Corporation up till May 10, 2013, to pay compensation to Abavo community for drilling oil in their land.