The Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi on Tuesday appealed to Nigerians to be patient and give the administration more time to achieve its objectives.

However, this all important creation of God is not available for the people of the South East zone due to lack of planning or neglect by the various administrations that have served in the five states of Abia, Anambra, Ebonyi, Enugu and Imo which make up the area. Politicians still play politics with provision of water. During the first republic, politicians were said to have used water supply as a weapon of blackmail against communities.

A leading figure in the Peoples Democratic Party in Osun State, Senator Iyiola Omisore, has run into problems with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, over the N700 million which he reportedly received from the Office of the former National Security Adviser, Sambo Dasuki (rtd).

The strike called by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) on Wednesday, May 18, 2016 to protest the steep hike of the pump price of premium motor spirits (PMS) by the Federal Government has gone down as one of the least successful in recent years. Labour leaders protested for three days and had to call off the strike when it was obvious that the maority of Nigerians were not part of it.

Despite the ‘relief’ from the pains of scarcity, following the increase in the pump price of premium motor spirit, PMS, also called petrol to N145 per litre, and liberalisation of sourcing for foreign exchange, FOREX, majority of the oil marketers still depend on the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, for their supplies.

THE Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Anambra State has said that the emergence of the Senator Ahmed Makarfi -led caretaker committee for Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, at its botched Port Harcourt convention saved the party from disintegration, noting that many interest groups would have pulled out if the matter was not carefully handled.

NO fewer than five emirs in Borno State forced out of their domain by Boko Haram insurgents have returned to their palaces.

The organised labour in Bayelsa State, has suspended its three days old strike over unpaid salaries and pension arrears.

THE present economic realities occasioned by the dwindling oil revenue and scarce foreign exchange may have come down hard on the telecommunications sector of the economy. “This appears more dangerous considering that the sector has continuously been described as the mainstay of the economy after oil. “Practitioners in the sector, have however, asked the government to act fast to arrest the drive before the major hopes of stabilizing the economy diminish to leave it further down the woods.

AMAEKPU Ohafia community of Abia State has denied the rumour which went viral on the social media that 13 people from the community died after consuming cow meat allegedly poisoned by Fulani herdsmen, saying that no such thing happened in the community.