A faction of the Bayelsa State chapter of All Progressives Congress, APC, has alleged that Governor Seriake Dickson was the brain behind the current crisis in the party

CONDEMNATIONS, yesterday, trailed the National Assembly’s proposal to remove host communities’ fund and local content from the Petroleum Industry Bill, PIB

West Ham United have emerged as potential suitors for Watford’s Nigerian striker Odion Ighalo.

THE Minister of State for Agriculture and Natural Resources, Senator Heineken Lokpobiri, yesterday, dismissed as untrue, claims by a faction of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Bayelsa State that he bought the ministerial slot for the state, saying that he did not pay for the position he currently occupies in the Federal Executive Council.

THE All Progressives Congress, APC, in Edo State, has said that it prays that the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the state gives Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu the party’s governorship ticket to enable the party tell the world the role the PDP leader played in the alleged under development of the state when he was Secretary to the State Government, SSG, under the administration of former Governor Lucky Igbinedion.

CHAIRMAN, Senate Committee on Security and Intelligence, Senator Shaaba Lafiagi (APC, Kwara North), has denied reports that he was at loggerheads with Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, describing the report as a fabrication designed to overheat the polity.

SOLUTIONS and ideas sometimes come from the most unlikely of places. A couple of days ago, my wife and I were at the Ogudu GRA residence of my brother Captain Austin Anianu to commiserate with him and his wife on the death of the mother in law and somehow we got talking. The woman who allocated sixty million monthly allowance to herself was in the news. It does appear that those sent to help bring sanity to the pension office are the ones compounding the situation, beginning from Maina and his other accomplices.

An estimated $9 billion would be required for the rehabilitation and reconstruction of damaged infrastructure in the six North-East states of Adamawa, Bauchi, Borno, Gombe, Taraba and Yobe, the office of the Vice President said yesterday.

ABUJA—BARING any last minutes change, a detailed clean copy of the 2016 budget will be ready today for onward transmission to the President for assent.

Though the 2015 governorship election in Enugu State, has been concluded and Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi sworn-in, yet there are insinuations that echoes from the 2011 governorship election before it may still be haunting political stakeholders in the state. This is because of a 2011 gubernatorial pre-election case filed by Dr. Chukwuemeka Obechina of the PDP still pending at the Supreme Court which is due for hearing on Wednesday, April 6. Obechina was an aspirant who filed a court case who filed a case against the PDP governorship candidate for that election, Chief Sullivan Chime who he claimed was not validly nominated.

SIXTEEN Community leaders in Obubra Local Government Area of Cross River State are being interrogated by the state Police Commissioner, Mr Henry Fadairo, over their role in the communal conflict that rocked the area, weekend.

Following the release from prison custody of the 76 farmers from Ugwuleshi Autonomous Community in Awgu Local Government Area of Enugu State, after they were granted bail by Magistrate’s Courts in Umuahia, Abia State capital, the traditional ruler of the community, Igwe Godwin Nwobi, and other leaders from the area, have commended the efforts of Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State in securing their freedom.

Executive Director, Media and Public Affairs, Edo State Governor’s Office, Mr. John Mayaki, has warned of dire consequences, if a wrong person succeeds Governor Adams Oshiomhole.

GOVERNOR Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State and a former secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the state, Dr Temitope Aluko have resolved their differences. The peace meeting took place, yesterday, in Lagos.

KINDLY take a few minutes of your time to read through this letter which I hope should meet you in peace.Let me plead with you to read the fairly long one as I don’t think I will ever have to write you again for the rest of your tenure as a governor.