Following Chief Olusengun Obasanjo’s vituperations against President Jonathan Goodluck, hundreds of ex-militants thronged the Ohoror Junction axis of the East-West Road, promising to bar the former president from stepping foot on the Niger Delta region.

OVERNOR Olusegun Mimiko of Ondo State, yesterday, faulted former President Olusegun Obasanjo postulation on the reason adduced by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, for the postponement of the general elections.

The ruling All Progressive Congress, APC in Osun State and the opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, yesterday, traded accusations following series of attacks on their members in Ijesaland.

Attempt by the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, to get its members in the House of Representatives to endorse the rejection of the use of the Card Readers and Permanent Voter Cards, PVCs, by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, for the deferred polls failed to get the support of the members last night.

The Defence Headquarters has faulted former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s assertion that President Goodluck Jonathan wanted to use the military to subvert the people’s will during the elections on March 28 and April 11.

Lawyer, administrator and politician, Alhaji Lai Mohammed is the National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress, APC. In this interview with newsmen in Lagos, he reviews developments in the polity following the postponement of the general elections

PEOPLES Democratic Party, PDP Presidential Campaign Organisation, PDPPCO has lampooned former President Olusegun Obasanjo for tearing his membership card and final exit from the party, saying that such action was not only provocative, but unacceptable.

THERE are only 19 days to the last chance for voters to collect the permanent voter’s card, PVC. How many Nigerians know if they are eligible voters for the elections? It is doubtful if any Nigerian with certainty can say his name is on the list.

Following the submission of the audit report on the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), by PriceWaterhouseCoopers, which indicated that only $1.48b was yet to be remitted to the federation account as against $49b mentioned as missing, a Civil Society group, Move On Nigeria, has commended the Federal Government and the Minister of Petroleum Mrs. Allison Madueke for taking immediate steps towards remitting the said 1.48BN to the Federation Account.

Electricity consumers’ lamentation over estimated billing may not end soon if the reasons adduced by generating GENCOs, and distribution, DISCOs, companies for shunning meters are followed to the letter.

NIGERIA Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers, NUPENG, yesterday, blamed alleged desperation of the President of Medical and Health Workers of Nigeria, MHWUN, Mr. Ayuba Wabba, to assume the presidency of Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, at all cost for the botched NLC election last Thursday.

There are indications that petrol marketers are out to inflict hardship on Nigerians by hoarding the product six weeks to the general elections. This may not be unconnected with the apparent cold war between marketers and the management of the Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency, PPPRA.

THAT politics is the branch of social science that deals with the allocation of power to a few individuals, to use as they deem fit, on behalf of the majority of the people is no longer news.

The Golden Eaglets will battle Guinea tomorrow in a Group A match at the African U17 Championship which could well determine World Cup qualification for either side.

Global oil prices will recover only partially from spectacular lows, which are unlikely to spur economic growth or kill off United States, U.S. shale gas production, the International Energy Agency, IEA, has said.