DELEGATES to the National Conference, for the third day, continued debates on President Goodluck Jonathan’s 27-page inaugural speech, yesterday, with corruption, marginalization of minority ethnic groups in the country and insecurity on the front burner.

THE Rivers state judiciary has been enmeshed in crisis within the last one year. Just when most people in the state thought the problem had come to an end with the appointment of Justice Peter Nwoke Chukwuma Agumagu as Chief Judge of the state judiciary by governor Chibuike Amaechi, last week another chapter of the crisis opened this time with the suspension of Justice Agumagu by the National Judicial Council, NJC. The NJC also issued him a query to explain why he should not be sanctioned.

DISMAYED by their continued marginalization, the Okun Yoruba people in Kogi State, yesterday, sent a delegation to Governor Idris Wada to demand immediate redress of their mistreatment by the government.

ABEOKUTA—The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, yesterday, tendered 25 evidences as exhibits against former governor of the state Otunba Gbenga Daniel on the alleged corruption allegation levelled again him, as his trial over corruption charges resumed.

Major mayhem, nay wanton destruction of properties and possibly lives, was at the weekend averted in Anambra State as irate electricity consumers in Ugwuagba Layout, Obosi, near the commercial city of Onitsha, were prevented by their leaders from extending their protest march to Uguwagba office of Enugu Electricity Distribution Company, EEDC(formerly PHCN).

With one in 100 live births coming down with Cerebral Palsy, CP, stakeholders have stressed the need for government at all levels to pay more attention to children with CP, lamenting the sufferings face by families with such children.

THE Police in Delta State, has expressed concern over insinuations that it had a hand in the alleged killing of two lawyers, Horace Egwuono Dafiaghor and Samuel Ekwughanju in Ozoro, Isoko North Local Government Area of the state.

A FOUR-pane painting on transparent plexi glass by award wining Nigerian-born, Canadian artist, Kosisochukwu Nnebe, has literally lit up the Canada Montreal art scene. The painting entitled “M(other)nity” seeks to re-define the complexity of the modern black woman as opposed to the prevalent simplistic portrayal of black women in the mainstream media.

RIVERS State Government, yesterday, insisted that Justice Peter Agumagu remains the Chief Judge of the state, describing his suspension by the National Judicial Council, NJC, as a violation of the constitution.

ABUJA—Special Adviser to the President on Niger Delta Affairs, Mr. Kingsley Kuku, said on Wednesday that it was actually President Goodluck Jonathan that paved the way for the cessation of the militancy that drastically reduced the nation’s oil production between 2006 and 2009.

The Kayode Fayemi Campaign Organization has cautioned the people of Ekiti State to be wary of the antics of opposition in the state, saying the opposition is out to deceive the general public.

PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan has said that the Federal Government will soon forward four maritime bills to the National Assembly for consideration and passage into law.

The former governor of Ekiti State, Engineer Segun Oni is in a fix over the present political logjam in the state and the emergence of Mr Ayo Fayose as the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.

STILL basking in the euphoria of diverse, positive, overwhelming and inspirational comments that are still being poured on him even after his exit from being a member of the Federal Executive Council and a Minister of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Niger-Delta Ministry, Elder Godsday Orubebe has declared his continuous commitment to the socio-economic and political development of Nigeria.

LAST Friday, will forever remain a memorable day for scores of new students of the Lagos State University (LASU), Ojo, who were chided by Prof. John Obafunwa, the Vice- Chancellor of the university, for improper dressing to the matriculation ceremony of the 2013/2014 academic session.