We prayed for Akpeki, Ukubeyinje, Ijomah to quit PDP – Delta PDP chair
This development, to say the least, is no big deal and does not pose any threat to us as a party that has positively touched lives, including those of the decampees. The decampees have only succeeded in exposing themselves as political jobbers, prostitutes and fair weather politicians, who believe they must be in government at all cost.
A change will come to Delta in 2019 – Akpeki
FORMER Chief of Staff, COS, to the Delta State Government, Chief Paulinus Akpeki, who recently led some Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, chieftains in the state, including two ex-Commissioners, Barrister Misan Ukubeyinje and Mr. Ebifa Ijomah, to defect to the All Progressives Congress, APC, spoke to Saturday Vanguard at Asaba, capital of the state, on the reasons for their action.
Incubators of poverty
Three weeks ago, I wrote a column titled ‘Rich country, poor people’ in which I lamented the disconnect between our resource rich country and its poor people. I also lamented the nonchalant wastefulness of our leaders who prefer to line their pockets instead of developing their country.
Lagos loses N3.71 bn property to fire disasters
THE Lagos state government has a released a report indicating that various fire incidents in the area destroyed property worth N3.71 billion in 464 disasters in the area in the between June and September 2015.
NFVCB, LSFVCB unite to sanitize Nollywood
The days of unwholesome practices in the movie industry particularly in Lagos, may soon be over. This is following the Memorandum of Understanding, MoU, recently signed by the film regulatory body, NFVCB and its authorities in Lagos geared towards restoring sanity in the industry.
AFRIFF returns to Lagos
The organisers of the annual Africa International Film Festival (AFRIFF) have unveiled an impressive line-up of festival programme which holds in Lagos, from November 8 through 15, 2015.
