Former chairman of All Progressive Grand Alliance, Chief Maxi Okwu, yesterday blamed the national chairman of the party, Chief Victor Umeh, for the recent defection of four members of the House of Representatives and two lawmakers in the state House of Assembly elected on the platform of the party to Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.

A FIRST year diploma student of Computer Science at Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike, Abia State, was on Monday crushed to death by a bus belonging to the fleet of Akwa Ibom State Transport Corporation, AKTC, in front of the university gate.

HUNDREDS of residents of four communities in Etche Local Government Area, Rivers State, have fled their homes, following shootings in the early hours of yesterday, which reportedly started Monday night.

Acting Inspector General of Police, Mr. Suleiman Aba, has been urged to order a fresh investigation into an alleged harassment of Dr. Chinyere Precious, owner of God’s Gift Maternity in Elelenwo, Rivers State, by some policemen.

A group, Grassroots Connect for Restoration has slammed a former member of Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta, MEND, Mr. Paul Eris, over his open letter to President Goodluck Jonathan alleging that Governor Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa State was disloyal and part of a plot to assassinate him.

WITH less than nine months for Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan of Delta State to leave office, Deltans seem to be sharply divided on his achievements so far.

SIX Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, aspirants for the chairmanship position in Ughelli South Local Government, Delta State, have given the state Deputy Governor, Professor Amos Utuama and the party caucus in the area, a 48-hour to reverse the choice of Mr. Paul Etega as the flag-bearer, following the primaries held penultimate Saturday ahead of the council polls.

VICE- Chancellor of the University of Benin, UNIBEN, Professor Osayuki Oshodin, yester-day tasked stakeholders in the university to ensure that a Vice Chancellor, who has vision succeeds him, warning that the achievements made so far by his administration must be sustained.

PEOPLES Democratic Party, PDP, stakeholders in Ethiope East Local Government Area, Delta State, have berated some party chairmanship aspirants in the council over their outburst, following the just concluded council chairmanship primaries.

The People’s Democratic Party, PDP, in Ogun State, yesterday boasted that it would unseat the incumbent governor Ibikunle Amosun in the 2015 election, claiming the calibre of governorship aspirants in the party was a pointer that Amosun was on his way out of the office.