GOVERNORSHIP candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Mr. Osagie Ize-Iyamu has narrated how he and a few others braced the odds in 2007 to make Comrade Adams Oshiomhole the governor of Edo State.

Lagos—Six suspected members of the Boko Haram sect were weekend apprehended by a Civilian Joint Task Force at different locations in Lagos.

Former Chairman of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Chief Vincent Ogbulafor, has blamed the party’s crisis on former President, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan.

The temptation to believe that Ayodele Fayose was now also among the prophets of God was a serious temptation last Friday at the rally ground at the centre of Ado Ekiti. On the rostrum was Fayose attired in a flowery T-shirt upon a pair of jeans trousers reeling out bible verses or the Word of God as his defence against the goliaths he claimed were ranged against him. His fight of faith which was intermittently laced with political histrionics was enthusiastically lapped up by the audience that consisted mostly of the working class. His audience bussed in from various parts of the town to Ojumose Roundabout in the centre of town hung on to every word of the prophet who shouted and railed as a prayer warrior in combat against a host of darkness set to entrap him into hell. Fayose fought with the word which has lately become his sword in the increasingly trenchant political warfare directed against him from various quarters.

ABUJA—Former governor of Akwa Ibom State, Obong Victor Attah, has, in apparent response to President Muhammadu Buhari, said that the country’s unity was negotiable.

Worried by the reported unhealthy conditions of the Internally Displaced Persons, IDPs, in various camps across the country, President of Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, has called on well-meaning Nigerians to rise up to the occasion and assist government in ameliorating the situation in IDPs camps.

Niger Delta Avengers, NDA, weekend, said since President Muhammadu Buhari has decided to shun the demand for legitimate dialogue with militants and stakeholders on the Niger Delta question, it would continue to encumber all avenues by him to export crude oil from the region.

Worried by the abandonment of the Benue state House of Assembly following the intermittent detention of the principal officers of the Assembly by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, over an alleged N750 million car purchase scam, Concerned Benue Youth for Good Governance, CBYGG, has called for the resignation of the House leadership.

ORGANISED Labour and Oyo State Government weekend continued to flex muscles as Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, Oyo State Council, directed teachers in the state to ignore the order by Governor Abiola Ajimobi that public secondary schools should reopen today.

Organised labour in Kogi State yesterday accused the state government of resorting to unethical means including propaganda, cheap blackmail and recruiting faceless group to break ongoing strike in the state.