A leader of Pan Niger Delta Forum, PANDEF, a body comprising monarchs, leaders and stakeholders of the Niger Delta region, Brigadier-General Idada Ikpomnwen, (retd) weekend, claimed that the people of the region were marginalizing themselves and not the Federal Government.

INDICATIONS emerged weekend that the Federal Government may sanction some staff of the Office of the Auditor-General of the Federation, OAuGF, over their opposition to President Muhammadu Buhari’s nominee, Anthony Ayine, for the AuGF.

YOUTH leaders of Isaba and Ogbe-Ijoh in Warri South-West Local Government Area, Delta State, Simon Sibe and Nathaniel Oromoni, yesterday, urged the state government to arrest some leaders of Aladja community in Udu Local Government Area in the state, whom they accused of violating the ceasefire order by the governor, Senator Ifeanyi Okowa.

Determined to detect wind-shear around the country’s 22 Federal Government’s airports and issue warning signs to Pilots, the Nigerian Metrological Agency, NiMet, has installed low level windshear alert system (LLWAS) in 13 federal airports of the federation and soon to cover the remaining nine airports.

State Police Command, weekend, confirmed the attack on a member of the All Progressive Congress, APC, Mr. Sunday Nwoba, at Ndiagu Echara in Ikwo Local Government Area of the state.

WIFE of Rivers State Commissioner of Police, Mrs. Juliet Odesanya, weekend, raised the alarm over daily increase in the number of widows in the state command.

Leicester City £15m January signing Wilfred Ndidi made his debut for the team in their 2-1 win over Everton in the FA Cup.

Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon Lasun Yusuf, recently paid a private visit to Ilorin, the Kwara State capital where he later spoke with some journalists on the state of the nation. He insisted, among other things, that all hands must be on deck to end recession in Nigeria.

AS the tussle for the chieftaincy title of Mogaji between two brothers in Ibadan turned bloody, the Olubadan-in-Council, the highest decision-making organ in Ibadan chieftaincy matters has condemned a violent clash, which led to the injury of one person at the weekend.

A philanthropist, Dr. Kelly Nwogu, through his Livelihood Support Initiative empowerment programme, weekend, donated sewing machines, wheelchairs and other equipment to the physically-challenged in Lagos, while calling on well-meaning Nigerians and non-governmental organisations to reach out to indigents.

THE banking stocks started the year bearish with majority of them recording negative returns in the first three days of the year. What do you think is responsible for low appetite for their stocks? Transaction has not started in full gear and market activity in just two days will not be a barometer to determine what will happen. Be that as it may, banking stocks are not likely going to be the first choice of short term investors given the last year’s economic environment where the banks suffered a lot of regulatory headwind.

ACTIVITIES on the NASD OTC Securities Exchange remained low with few securities exchanging hands last week.

TWO companies’ results were released on the Nigerian Stock Exchange, NSE last week with Vitafoam Nigeria Plc among one of the equities whose share price went up last week. Linkage Assurance Plc was the second company whose financial statement ended September 30,2016 was released on the exchange.

INVESTORS in the nation’s stock market lost over N214 billion last week following massive selloff of shares of highly capitalised companies across the sub sectors on the Nigerian Stock Exchange, NSE.

NIGERIANS need more government intervention, not less. All modern development has been government-driven. Nigerians need their government to regulate and provide for their basic needs, not a deregulated society where greed is hailed as enterprise; the rich get richer and the poor are sentenced to a live of misery.