IT was simply natural that angry reactions had trailed the initiation of the National conference recently, coming as to did from the Itsekiri nationals all over the country, who had felt and rightly too, that they were being willy-nilly exorcised from the Nigerian nation, an insalubrious development that assumes dilating significance and irony when the commander in Chief happens to be a fellow delta who must here been living and interacting with the Itsekiri on a daily basis in the past to the surprise of Nigerians the Ijow have over to people representing and no one ogori and itsekiri .

An Abuja High Court presided over by Justice Peter Affen, yesterday, described as illegal the policy that mandates motorists within the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, to pay stipulated amounts to have their cars parked at specific locations within the city centres.

Coach of Taraba Football club, Nduka Ndubuisi has urged his boys to go for victory when they clash with Giwa FC this weekend in the ongoing Nigeria Professional football league.

A foreign girlfriend told me last week that she never ceases to marvel at the docility of the average Nigerian. To illustrate her point, she talked about a recent experience at one of our airports.

Shortly after she arrived to catch a flight that was supposed to take off at around 11am, it was announced that the flight had been postponed until 1pm.

HOw often do you check your blood pressure? Do you know that High Blood Pressure, HBP, could lead to what experts call Hypertensive heart disease? Beware! Hypertensive heart disease is the No. 1 cause of death associated with high blood pressure.

THE Senate, yesterday, promised to make budgetary allocation for the installation of Closed Circuit Television Cameras, CCTV, to capture movement of people in the nation’s Federal Capital territory, FCT, Abuja.

Speaking at a campaign rally at Epe, Moba Local Government, Fayemi told the people not to be scared of the antics of vote-riggers because the people’s votes would be adequately protected.
“Don’t let anyone scare you. We will protect our votes. No one can steal my mandate,” he said.

Enugu State government, yesterday, ear-marked N759 million for the execution of various projects in the state, including installation of security gadgets, at the new state secretariat complex.

HEALTH professionals last week explained the rationale on why people should donate blood voluntarily

NO fewer than nine members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ekiti State have signified their interest to be running mate to former Governor of the State, Mr Ayo Fayose in the June 21 governorship election

The grand mufti of Egbaland, Professor Kamaldeen Balogun has called on all Muslims world-over especially the Alumni of the Ogun State-owned university, Olabisi Onabanjo University (OOU), Ago-Iwoye to wake up to their responsibility, propagate Islam and their alma-matar in order to reclaim its lost glory.

Imo State House of Assembly has condemned the devastating bomb blast at Nyanya Motor Park, Abuja, which claimed scores of lives and left several others wounded.

DOMESTIC violence has taken a big hit, in Nigeria, in recent times.
Various non-governmental organizations have accessed funds both locally and internationally with which they are working pro-bono, as well as looking after victims of the scourge and their children.

FEMALE lawmakers in the House of Representatives, led by the House Leader, Mulikat Akande-Adeola, yesterday, visited victims of last Monday’s bomb blast at Nyanya, an Abuja suburb.

Imo State government has outlawed the collection of illegal tolls from motorists in the state by unauthorised toll collectors.