Having just successfully defended Edo , despite PDP strong push for the state, it’s time APC goes on the offensive in the neighbouring Delta State. APC national leadership must now prioritise Delta as one of the states it can win in 2019

THE Delta State Police Command, on Friday, discovered another ‘baby factory’ in Asaba, the Delta State capital, following a tip-off.

To start with, when Gowon came back to Lagos, some top federal civil servants were surprised at the scope and depth of concessions he made to Ojukwu. Consequently, they advised him, wrongly, not to implement it because, in their opinion, the agreement was “unworkable.” Given that the Aburi summit essentially affirmed the structure of governance in the first republic which worked so well before the coup of January 15 truncated it, the only reasonable explanation of their negative stance was myopic selfishness motivated by desire to preserve their exalted positions in Gowon’s government.

His posting to Zone 9 of the Nigeria Police comprising the four Igbo states of Enugu, Anambra, Imo and Abia, as Assistant Inspector-General of Police in-charge, was widely hailed. This is because of his achievements as Commissioner of Police in Anambra before his elevation. As soon as he assumed duties, he embarked on innovations such that the Zone’s headquarters, today, is wearing a new look. He has also started rejigging the security arrangement in the zone and he told that much to our Crime Editor, Emma Nnadozie, in Umuahia, recently.

These challenges, according to her, were coming against the recent report by the ‘No Ceilings’ initiative of the Bill, Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation, which indicated that a woman in Nigeria is four times  as likely to be an entrepreneur than a woman in the U.S.A