The celebration of the 25th Anniversary of the creation of Enugu State, which took place on August 27, 2016 at the popular Michael Okpara Square, Enugu, may have come and gone, but the memories of the event will remain evergreen in the minds of the people of the state, especially those who were present at the occasion.

The inclusion of a provision in the Nigerian Constitution with regard to a fair and even distribution of senior official positions all over the Federal Republic was, without a doubt, intended to be taken seriously. Although it does not appear to have been made justifiable, a commission was actually established to pursue that purpose. The intention was to hold in check by legal means, if necessary, any tendency on the part of any one, or group of persons in power, to influence or effect the appointment of a host of people from any particular area—usually theirs—to strategic or important positions in the country.

Coming back to APC, they have a different style of leadership, you are allowed to express yourself without getting into trouble. I have not been in APC for too long but I can tell you I am a happier person. It is a party that rewards hardwork, you don’t have to know a god father to get anything. I am going to be here for a long time.

A member of a syndicate of stolen goods receivers, Abdulrahman Hassan, weekend disclosed how the 2014 Toyota 4Runner SUV belonging to Sierra Leonian Deputy High Commissioner to Nigeria, Major General Alfred Claude-Nelson was sold to a buyer from Niger Republic for N1.6m. The envoy was kidnapped in July on his way to Kaduna but later released few days later without his car being recovered.

It was a shocking revelation yesterday at the Lagos State Police Command as three teenagers recounted how the General Overseer of Tongue of Fire Ministry, Shogunle, Lagos, Pastor Chukwuma Nkwocha, had been sleeping with them, in exchange for money to pay their school fees.