When they say the office of the president of Nigeria is the most powerful in the world, some take it with a pinch of salt. But when you look at certain factors, you will find it difficult to fault the claim in its entirety.

A heart rending spectacle played out yesterday along the ever-busy Owerri-Aba federal highway as no fewer than 13 out of the 14 people in a commuter bus, perished in a ghastly road accident.

A Delta State High Court sitting in Otor-Udu, has restrained the state chapter of the National Union of Road Transport Workers, NURT, and its branches in the 25 local government areas of the state from collecting dues and levies, molesting and assaulting drivers and persons in charge of trailers, tippers and other vehicles of members of Otor-Udu and Otu-Jeremi Block Industries Association.

As the 2015 general elections draw nearer, the Nigerian Youth Mandate, has assured that a great number of Nigerians will vote overwhelmingly to re-elect President Goodluck Jonathan and Vice President Namadi Sambo.

Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan of Delta State, yesterday, warned that the persistence of crude oil theft in the Niger Delta region where over 400,000 barrels per day are stolen may threaten world peace and democracy if concerted action was not taken to curb same.

A gubernatorial aspirant and former member of the National Assembly, Senator Ifeanyi Araraume, has expressed regret that Imo State has not witnessed good governance from 2007 till date.

Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, leaders and members in Anioma, Delta State, have endorsed Olorogun David Edevbie, a governorship aspirant for the 2015 general elections in the state, in the absence of an Anioma person emerging as the party’s flag bearer.

The last may not have been heard of owner of Upper Class Hotel, in Onitsha, Anambra State, Chief Bonaventure Mokwe, whose hotel was demolished on the order of former governor of the state, Peter Obi, following alleged discovery of human heads and arms in one of the hotel rooms.

MIXED reactions have continued to trail the sudden shift in the resumption date for schools in Lagos State from Monday, September 22 to Wednesday, October 8. More parents have expressed their support for the state government for putting the safety of children first.

ASABA—A governorship aspirant in Delta State, Obaisi Ovie Omo-Agege, has said that he has no intention of quitting the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, should he fail to secure the party’s 2015 gubernatorial ticket.