THE national leadership of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has intensified efforts to unite aggrieved members of the party, after its just concluded congresses.

ABIA State Police Command has begun man-hunt for the persons behind the beheading of two level three undergraduates of Abia State University, Uturu, Abia State.

GBARAMATU Kingdom, Warri South-West Local Government Area, Delta State, home to embattled ex-militant leader, Chief Government Ekpemupolo, alias Tompolo, yesterday, crowned Williams Ogoba as its 26th Pere.

MANY of those close to me accuse me of being a feminist but that’s an assumption that depends on one’s definition of the term. Personally, I have struggled with finding where I fit in in this sphere, so I chose to do away with the concept and focus more on the cause which is of greater importance than definitions and personal interpretations

SCORES of Joint Admissions Matriculation Board, JAMB, candidates and members of Association of Tutorial School Owners of Nigeria, yesterday, protested against what they described as the poor conduct and outcome of the recent examination conducted by the board.

CRISIS is brewing in Ubulu-Uku Kingdom, Anoicha South Local Government Area of Delta State, following the rejection of the newly crowned 17 years old monarch, HRM Chukwuka Akaeze I, by the Onishe (King- maker), Chief Emma Ejiofor.

Our political history has seen a succession of opportunistic characters appealing to our base instincts to secure power and quick wins. As an American novelist, Henry Adams once put it, politics is “the systematic organisation of hatreds.”

Operatives of the Special Anti Robbery Squad, SARS, Ikeja , Lagos said they have arrested three more suspects over the recent kidnap of three female Senior Secondary School students of the Babington Macaulay Junior Seminary, in Ikorodu Lagos state.

A bill seeking to guarantee women equal rights with their male counterparts was, yesterday, thrown out by the Senate when it was presented for consideration during plenary.

Chief Government Ekpemupolo (alias Tompolo) has filed his appeal before the Court of Appeal sitting in Lagos, challenging the order of the Federal High Court, Lagos, for his arrest.
Justice Ibrahim Buba of the lower court had, on January 14, 2016, issued a warrant for Tompolo’s arrest. On January 27, 2016, Tompolo filed an application before the court, to set aside the said warrant of arrest.

Chief Tony Okocha is the candidate of the APC for the Obio Akpor House of Representatives seat. He was a former Caretaker Committee Chairman, Obio Akpor local government area. He also worked as an aide to Mr Nyesom Wike when he was Chairman, Obio Akpor local government area.

Kingsley Ogbundu Chinda is the PDP candidate for the Obio Akpor federal constituency seat in the House of Representatives. He is a lawyer from the Rivers State University of Science and Technology, RSUST.

THE belief that Akwa United will underrate Ikorodu United in today’s reschedule premier league match at the Godswill Akpabio International Stadium in Uyo has been debunked.

Does Senate President Bukola Saraki believe he is innocent of the charges of false and anticipatory assets declaration filed against him at the Code of Conduct Tribunal? If so, why has he chosen a most curious, if not downright dubious, manner of proving it? It is now half a year since he took his plea of “not guilty,”though not before a bench warrant for his arrest was issued to compel him to attend court.

ABUJA —THE Senate,yesterday, said it would carry out thorough investigation into the audit report presented to the Clerk of the National Assembly, Monday, by the Auditor-General of the Federation,Mr Samuel Ukura.