NIGERIANS are passing through a survivalist phase as they are daily confronted by skyrocketing prices of goods. Cost of living is at an all time high owing to the high rate of inflation sweeping through the economy.

IN 2010, stakeholders with the collaboration of the National Assembly and civil society successfully advocated the passage of the National Human Rights Commission, NHRC, Amendment Act 2010 which amongst other things empowered the commission to compel to investigate human rights violations, register her decisions with the high court as equivalent to decisions of the high court and enforceable as such, get her finances as a first line charge on government finances, independent in its operations and not subject to the directives of any authority or person, secured tenure of members who cannot be removed before the end of their tenure without an act of misconduct which removal shall be concurred by the senate.

Kogi State House of Assembly complex was yesterday sealed off by security agents on the orders of the National Assembly following the protracted leadership crisis rocking the House.

Some concerned citizens operating under the umbrella union of Ohaji Political Elite League, OPEL, have constituted an ad-hoc committee to critically look into the incessant crises bedeviling their communities, as well as enunciate ways of resolving them permanently.

No fewer than 2500 nursing mothers are benefiting from a free medical care in Enugu State under the auspices of Childhood Neuropsychiatric Disorders Initiatives,CNDI.

The Chairman, House Committee on Diaspora Affairs, representing Ajeromi/Ifelodum in the Federal House of Representatives, Hon Rita Orji, has come to the aid of her constituents as she donated food stuffs, including bags of rice, beans, cartons of tomatoes and clothes to her constituents during the week.

LAGOS — The Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre, CISLAC, has urged the executive and legislative branches of the Federal Government to put the passage of Petroleum Industry Bill, PIB, as a priority towards stopping the N3 trillion that is lost on account of the absence of the law.

LUCKY Imasuen served as deputy governor to Prof. Oserheime Osunbor in Edo State between 2007 and 2008 when their election was upturned by the Court of Appeal. Interestingly, both men have now switched from the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP which gave them the platform to public office to the All Progressives Congress, APC.
Even though Osunbor is still working to return to office in the forthcoming governorship election, Imasuen in this interview gives reasons why he is supporting another aspirant, Godwin Obaseki, for the governorship

PRISON inmates spending years in the Nigerian Prisons can now further their education and be useful to themselves and the society after leaving the prison custody, as Zaccheus Onumba Dibiaezue Memorial Libraries, ZODML has donated three equipped libraries to Kirikiri Maximum, Kirikiri Medium and Badagry prisons in Lagos.

Residents of Arepo area of Ogun State,yesterday, took to the streets to protest the alleged killing of three youth by military men who are in the area to curb the menace of vandals.

Lagos—Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State and the Oba of Lagos, Oba Riliwan Akiolu, joined other eminent Nigerians who paid a condolence visit to the family of late Dr. Tunji Braithwaite in Victoria Island, yesterday, over the death of the legal luminary.

LAGOS — Officials of Shell, the multi-national oil firm at the heart of one of the largest oil heists in Nigeria, have been questioned by Dutch investigators for their roles in the deal.

MISFORTUNE yet fortunate; devastated and rendered homeless but comforted. These are some of the words one can use to describe the victims of the North-East terrorist attack (Boko Haram) some of which have now relocated to Uhogua Internally Displaced Persons Camp, International Christian Center Mission, Edo State.

MEMBERS of Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly have unanimously passed a vote of confidence in the leadership of the Speaker, Mr Onofiok Luke.

THE Joint Admission and Matriculation Board, JAMB, has disclosed that the cut-off marks for universities and polytechnics will be made public in June, 2016.