BENIN—IMMEDIATE past Minority Whip of the House of Representatives, Mr Samson Osagie, has described as mischievous and senseless the call in some quarters for the resignation of national chairman of All Progressives Congress, APC, Chief John Odigie Oyegun, over the crisis bedevilling the National Assembly.

Yenagoa—elders and chiefs of Nembe Kingdom in Nembe Local Government Area of Bayelsa State have sent a protest letter to President Muhammadu Buhari over alleged secret sale of oil and gas reserves in the area by Shell Petroleum Development Company, SPDC, without the involvement of the indigenes.

Akwa Ibom State governor, Mr. Udom Emmanuel, weekend scaled the first hurdle in the Elections Petitions Tribunal as Justice A. S. Umar struck out the petition filed by the candidate of Labour Party, Senator Helen Esuene, seeking the nullification of his election as governor of the state. The presiding judge struck out Esuene’s petition on the ground of incompetence.

WHEN we read stories of the type of bank robberies that take place in Ikorodu, the most recent was last week, one gets the impression that the security agencies have conceded that part of Nigeria to armed robbers. They could rob and depart without any hindrances. It should not be so.

This is a shame if the federal, states and local governments cannot be trusted with public funds. No wonder those who aspire to hold public offices always make it a do or die affair. How can they be stealing our monies and show off as if they are gods? All I am waiting to see is the so-called change that APC government intends to bring but if not, it will then be a moral burden on them as so many APC members and those decamping from PDP and other parties to APC in order to protect their ill gotten wealth.