After the National Assembly elections that took place on March 28, alongside the presidential election, there have been intrigues among some of the ranking senators over the leadership of the 8th Senate expected to start by the first week of June.

“AS Ijaw, we feel proud that one of us has provided Nigeria an example of a true democrat.’’

PASTOR Helen Oritsejafor, fondly called Mama Helen Oritsejafor, is a co-pastor of the Word of Life Bible Church, Warri in Delta State. She hails from Ado Ekiti in Ekiti State and is married to Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor, the National President of the Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN.

A suspected lunatic has attacked and killed the community Chairman of Agbarha-Otor, vigilante outfit Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta State, Mr Kingsley Ejirefe in cold blood.

Hawking on the highways has become a menace in Abuja as able-bodied youths dash from one end of the highway to another hawking sundry articles.

President Goodluck Jonathan has called on Nigerians to seize the opportunity of the Easter celebration to reflect deeply on what more we need to do as a people, to ensure that the political process in which we are currently engaged is successfully concluded and Nigeria continues to move towards a better future.

Despite water being consistently cited as a top priority for poor communities and the fact that sanitation brings the greatest return on investment of any development intervention, rural communities have been overlooked in the global development agenda.

Super Eagles coach to the Korea/ Japan 2002 FIFA World Cup, Chief Adegboyega Onigbinde has expressed worry about the present state of Nigerian football. He called on football authorities to find a lasting solution to the unending drama in the Nigeria Football Federation.

Virtually everyone who knows Umaru Tanko Al-makura, the incumbent Governor of Nasarawa State would testify that the man is an achiever having made a success of every previous assignment he handled. As if he was destined to take Nasarawa out of the woods, he sought to reverse with much passion his discovery that the state had “since its creation been held hostage to the folly and excesses of its rulers”, Governor Al-makura on assumption of office, did two rather simple things which his predecessor for inexplicable reasons couldn’t dare.

As the 7th session draws to a close, the battle of who emerges as the next Speaker of the House of Representatives has begun.