STAFF of Nigerian Petroleum Development Company, NPDC, in Benin City, Edo State, yesterday commenced three days warning strike following failure by the management of the company to reverse the alleged sale of OML 42, one of the priced oil assets of the company.

OUR first prayer point today is that the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, shall not die. It shall live to provide the services of a minority party. It is only people who do not understand the full import of a minority party that will not say “Amen” to this prayer point. Among other things, it is the function of the minority party to provide the constructive criticism that keeps the majority party constantly on its toes.

I HAVE been in Ilorin over the past two weeks, including even the days I spent in Lagos and Ago Iwoye, Ogun State, to attend a funeral ceremony, as I reported, last week. The most important political issue in Kwara state today, is Bukola Saraki’s ambition to become the next Senate President.

Abia State chapter of All Progressives Congress, APC, has called for the cancellation of the governorship election in the state over alleged irregularities.

Schools and government offices at both local and state levels were sealed up yesterday as civil servants in Bauchi State, paralyse all government activities in the state.

Governor Sule Lamido of Jigawa State and his Kaduna State counterpart, Alhaji Mukhtar Yero yesterday, jointly commissioned the Jigawa State Broadcasting Corporation, JBC, constructed at the cost of N1.050 billion.

In continuation of review of the book “Dynamics of Change-The Amaechi Years’ by Chidi Amuta and Yemi Ogunbiyi, the Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka in his forward painstakingly defines courage in leadership in a more appropriate and understanding way. While he expounds on those hard facts that are often swept under the carpet, he used Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi turbulent political career to draw some points

THE Police in Rivers State, yesterday, engaged two suspected cultists in a gun battle, during which two kidnap suspects were gunned down.

The Commissioner representing Isoko ethnic nationality on the board of Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission, DESOPADEC, Mr. Joseph Ogeh, said yesterday that the commission did not abandon the Eriye Avenue Road project in Oleh, Isoko South Local Government Area, as insinuated by the community.

Nigerians, yesterday, berated the National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP), over his outburst that the All Progressives Congress, (APC) is plotting to take over Rivers, Akwa Ibom and Delta states.

Athletics Federation of Nigeria officials must now look for a new sponsor for its yearly All Nigeria Championships as the Cross River State government is unwilling to go on with support for the competition after four years.

Following the People’s Democratic Party gubernatorial campaign promise of Enugu state government at Udenu local government area to train 38 pupils of Inland primary school, Imilike-Enu to first year students in the university and promote five teachers of the school to the next grade level in civil service, both the council chairman Mr. Amechi Nwodo, teachers and parents of the beneficiaries have appealed to the state government not to renege its promise to the children.

The 37th Central Bank of Nigeria Senior Open Tennis championship begins today with top Nigerian tennis players fighting for honours and N700,000 star prize of in the male and female categories.

The Governor of Lagos State, Barrister Babatunde Raji Fashola will lead a strong government delegation to the final of the 2015 GTBank-Lagos Principals Cup billed for the Teslim Balogun Stadium, Wednesday, May 20.

A total number of 210 students took part in the 7th Commencement ceremony of the American University of Nigeria (AUN) Yola, Adamawa State on Saturday, May 9, 2015. A breakdown of the number shows that 184 of the graduands received Bachelor’s, 19 master’s and seven received post-graduate diploma in management.