THE National Chairman, Non-Indigenes Cultural Association, NICA, Comrade Peter Anigbogu, has called on its members nationwide to disregard statements attributed to the Coordinator, Association for Defence of Igbo Interest in Lagos, Prof. Chris Nwokobia, urging Igbos in Lagos not to vote for Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the coming elections.

OBARISI Ovie Omo-Agege is a frontline candidate in the March 28 Delta Central Senatorial election. Omo-Agege, former Secretary to the Delta State Government, SSG, in this interview, speaks on his candidacy, his departure from the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP and the breathe of fresh air he says the Delta Governorship candidate of Labour Party, Great Ogboru would bring to the state.

ANGRY villagers of Yayorogbene in Burutu Local Government Area of Delta State have threatened to disrupt the operations of Tenoil Petroleum and Energy Limited in the area for allegedly encroaching on the community’s lands and refusing to recognize it as host.

AJA-EDEDE, an Itsekiri farming community in Warri South-West Local Government Area of Delta State, yesterday, urged Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan to quickly reconvene a summit of all stakeholders to avoid crisis during the ground-breaking ceremony of the $16 billion Delta Gas City by President Goodluck Jonathan.

A Lagos High Court in Ikeja was told, yesterday, that a 37-year-old man, Max Evbayiro, charged for being in possession of fraudulent documents and granted bail eight months ago, was still in prison custody, following his inabi-lity to meet the bail terms.

SOCIAL scientists determine ethnicity to be an artificial construct based on shared beliefs of identity created over time. Groups (and their leaders) create certain beliefs in order to implement political strategies and control their followers. Ethnicity is thus a construct based more on power and status than on any real, intrinsic feeling.

Stakeholders in Oguta Local Government Area of Imo State have expressed reservations over the effectiveness of the Smart Card Reader, SCR, introduced by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to check fraud in the forthcoming elections.

The junior national team, the Flying Eagles will book their ticket to the FIFA U20 World Cup with a win over giant killers Congo in a second group game today in Dakar, Senegal.

The chairman of Imo State Council of Traditional Rulers, Eze Cletus Ilomuanya, has accused Governor Rochas Okorocha of building a palatial estate for himself, while the state economy was in shambles.

AS 37 Resident Electoral Commissioners (RECs) of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) meet today to critically examine the complaints generated at last weekend’s trial run on the card readers in 12 selected states, there are a number of questions and issues the INEC has to address.