LOKOJA —TRAGEDY struck, yesterday, as the Minster of State for Labour, Chief James Ocholi (SAN), his wife and son died in a fatal auto crash along Abuja-Kaduna highway.

THE decision by the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Alliance (APGA) in the 2016 election, Dr. Alex Otti, to remain in politics and put up credible opposition to the government of Dr. Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia State is the best thing that can happen to Ikpeazu and Abia State in the next four years.
Some say Ikpeazu has started well. That was how his predecessors, Orji Uzor Kalu and Theodore Orji started, but because there was no one to breathe down their necks, they turned the state into their private estates and successfully transferred power to their cronies in spite of their failure and their rejection at the polls. Good governance came to Anambra State when Governor Chris Ngige turned against his godfathers and used good governance to protect himself from them.
In the same vein, Ikpeazu, who will obviously want a second term, will be forced to continue to do well, knowing that Otti and his mass of followers are waiting in the wings.
When there is no credible opposition in a democracy, the people are always the losers.

Bori, headquarters of Khana Local Government Area, Rivers State, was shut down, weekend, as residents took to the streets in protest over the military invasion of two communities in Ogoni that resulted in the death of some persons.

ABUJA—SPEAKER of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, has said that the National Assembly was handicapped in stopping monthly allocations to local government councils without democratically elected chairmen.

The immediate past Leader of the Senate, Senator Victor Ndoma-Egba, SAN, in this interview ahead of his 60th birthday tomorrow, speaks of his life experiences.