Walter Bigelow Wriston (1919-2005) a U.S. banker, former chairman and CEO of Citicorp said that ‘’when a system of national currencies run by central banks is transformed into a global electronic marketplace driven by currency traders, power changes hands”. This quote was on Monday, 27th June, 2016 portrayed in President Muhammadu Buhari’s mien in expressing the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN ruthless and rudderless Naira devaluation.

THERE is a sense of danger in militant camps in the Niger Delta region over established report that some security agencies had broken into militancy enclave and using some militants as secret agents. Saturday Vanguard gathered that a former Commander of the defunct Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta, MEND, is allegedly one of the moles recruited to track down fugitive ex-militant leader, Government Ekpemupolo, alias Tompolo, labeled a sponsor of the crisis despite his denials. Some Niger Delta activists angry at the devastation of oil and gas facilities by Niger Delta Avengers, NDA, were also volunteering information and spending their resources to trap the Avengers.

The story of Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State is the story of courage and resilience. He is a man of great faith, enviable impacts and of flawless reputation. As Senator in the 7th Assembly, he was ranked among the best Senators for sponsoring ten (10) bills- including the National Health Bill, a feat many acknowledged as ingenious, legendary and laudable despite his short stint in the red chambers. His steady progress did not just start today as a lot of people, who knew him a long time ago, would not easily forget how he rode on the back of humility-through all his professional and political career, even to his present status as Governor of Delta State.

UMUAHIA—FOR one week, Abia State people were in total confusion as to who is their governor. This followed the verdict of an Abuja High Court presided over by Justice Okon Abang sacking Dr. Okezie Ikpeazu as the Governor of Abia State. Justice Abang’s verdict arose from a pre-election suit filed before him Dr. Uche Ogah, accusing Ikpeazu of providingb false information on oath in respect of the particulars of the tax certificate he submitted to the INEC prior to the April 2105 elections. Dr. Uche Ogah was the runner up in the PDP governorship primary election held on December 8. 2014.

You know the story. The account is rendered in the Holy Bible of how Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon (605-562) had a dream, the details of which he could not readily recall. He was troubled. So he called for all his wise men and sorcerers and magicians, Chaldeans all who were reputed to tell the meanings of dreams, to give him the interpretation of the dream. It would have been a fairly routine matter, but for one snag: the king could not remember the dream. All the same, he demanded the meaning of, it to the consternation of his “technocrats” of the esoteric.