Navy Captain Caleb Olubolade (rtd) left the glitz and glamour of ministerial office in Abuja to seek the PDP gubernatorial ticket. However, he was shell shocked by Ayo Fayose who emerged as the party’s candidate in the gubernatorial primaries organized by the party last month.

The ranks of those who have pledged their support for their preferred candidates ahead of the June 21 governorship election, continues to swell with endorsements.

Senator Magnus Abe has described the orderly conduct of the Rivers State congress of the All Progressives Congress, APC, which was well attended, as monumental.

For self-assessment filers, the “due date of payment” is determined as follows: For companies with accounting year ending on 31st December, the due date of payment is 30th June of the succeeding year; For companies with accounting year ending on 30th September, the due date of payment is 31st March of the succeeding year; For companies with accounting year ending any time between 1st January and 30th June, the due date of payment is 1st January of the succeeding year; and For all other cases the due date of payment is six (6) months after the accounting year end.

SOMETIME in September 2006, I was in the Aso Drive, Abuja residence of Prof. Jibril Aminu, the Senator representing Adamawa Central in the Senate, conducting an interview for his biography. It was a sunny Friday morning. The interview was disrupted by the arrival of an important guest.