How not to reform DESOPADEC
A variety of reactions have continued to attend the present attempt on the part of Delta State Government to amend the Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission, DESOPADEC, law, ranging from tacit support to outright rejection.
Victor Umeh: APGA survived plot to kill it in the South-East
Chief Victor Umeh, the immediate past National Chairman of the All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA), is a life member of the Board of Trustees (BoT) of the party, alongside former APGA National Secretary, Alhaji Sani Shinkafi. In this interview, Umeh bares his mind on the new leadership of APGA and expectations of party stakeholders from the current helmsman, Dr. Victor Oye. He also speaks on the crisis in All Progressives Congress (APC), the first 30 days of Muhammadu Buhari’s administration.
Fighting crime in Lagos — Whither CP Aderanti’s magic?
The announcement of a new Commissioner of Police for Lagos State, penultimate week, by the Inspector-General of Police, Solomon Arase, came as a surprise to many. The resentment that greeted the announcement should be attributed to the events that heralded the change of baton.
Salaries: Ebonyi govt reassures workers
Ebonyi State government has reassured of the imminent resolution of the impasse between it and the organised labour in the state over the payment of workers salaries.
What Buhari should tell Obama —Hon. Agbonayinma
The relationship between Nigerian and the United States of America in the last part of the last administration was anything but cordial. It got so bad that at a point the United States bluntly refused to sell to Nigeria, badly-needed arms with which Nigeria could fight Boko Haram. America did not only refuse the arms to Nigeria , she also frustrated several attempts by the nation to buy such arms from elsewhere in the world. The excuse of America was that there was no guarantee that the Nigerian military would not use such arms to commit human rights abuses. The fact that several thousands of helpless Nigerians, including women and children were being killed by the Boko Haram did not move the Obama government. The government of former President Goodluck Jonathan had to look elsewhere to purchase arms that helped turn the tide in the anti-terrorism was against Boko Haram, shortly before Jonathan left office.
Couple assassinated in Benue
Barely 24 hours after the gruesome murder of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, leader, Chief Atoza Ihindan, and 20 others in Katsina/Ala local government area of Benue State, two unidentified armed men, in the early hours of yesterday, murdered a couple, Mr. And Mrs.Tyav Yina, in their home.
