FACTIONAL Chairman of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum, NGF and governor of Plateau State, Jonah Jang, yesterday took a swipe at the Rivers State governor, Chibuike Amaechi, over missing N8.5 trillion, alleging that the latter was inciting Nigerians against President Goodluck Jonathan and his government.

ANYONE who looks through the list of ministers the President has submitted to the Senate would move from surprise to wondering what ministers really do. In that list, the President appears to have set out only to fulfil the constitutional requirement that each State should be represented in the cabinet.

ELizabeth Chima requires N 7million urgently to undergo a kidney transplant. Chima, who hails from Anambra state, said the ailment started in 2009, when she noticed a boil on her left leg. The mother of six visited a private hospital at Ikotun, where she was informed she had ulcer which sis not heal.

IT has been no holds barred for Nigeria’s talented writer, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie since hitting the literary scene in a career that spans a decade, as she has attracted for herself, a shelf full of laurels and honours which are eloquent indication of the reward for hard work and creativity.

FORMER Chief Whip of the Senate, Senator Rowland Owie, yesterday, urged the new National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Alhaji Adamu Muazu, to stay away from sycophants and “palace jesters,” so as to have a successful tenure in office.

Rep. Femi Gbajabiamila is the presumptive Majority Leader of the House of Representatives and member representing Surulere Federal Constituency. In this interview before last Tuesday’s face-off in the House of Representatives, he gives reasons why there should be a swap in positions in the House, expectations from the legislature in the New Year among other things

Delta State has stepped up their support for their elite athletes who are likely to represent Nigeria in the Commonwealth Games which hold in Scotland in August.

NIGERIA, like any other country, needs genuine foreign investors. These investors must be kept under close watch. Otherwise, they could end up doing more harm than good. Occasionally, we must critically re-examine the role of some of the adventurers who come into the country under the guise of investment but with the sole aim of devastating our economy. Their modus operandi is to move in with big capital, plunder the country and leave it in ruins. Meanwhile, they have repatriated, a hundred-fold, the dubious capital they brought in.

Five years after the Lagos State House of Assembly passed a resolution asking the Lagos State Development and Property Corporation, LSDPC, to compensate occupants of Ogba Housing Estate, Sogunro Phase I, whose buildings were demolished by the state government, the agency is yet to comply.

Governor Peter Obi overcame an illegal impeachment and the truncation of his first term to accomplish eight years in office. It is a feat that has many of the state’s professional politicians and moneyed power traders envious. Now in the twilight of his second term, the outgoing governor who had promised to relocate to the boardroom from whence he came is now changing his mind. Has he caught the bug?