THE drab Nigerian political environment has lightened up. The expected ‘unexpected’ happened. Atiku Abubakar, former Vice President of Nigeria was elected at the PDP primaries held in Port Harcourt recently. It looked like this was never going to happen. Not just that this was the fifth and to my mind the final attempt of Atiku to become presidential candidate, but so much obstacle was put on his way by seen and unseen forces. As if those forces were not strong enough, the competition became even stiff in his new ‘old ‘ party. For the first time in the history of PDP, there were twelve solid contestants, each who could easily have become a formidable presidential material. 

THERE has been jubilation in most parts of Igboland following the nomination of former governor of Anambra State, Mr. Peter Obi, as the vice presidential candidate of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, for the 2019 general election, despite opposition by a group led by the governor of Ebonyi State, Chief Dave Umahi.

Outrage, yesterday, trailed Monday’s execution of United Nations voluntary health worker, Hauwa Liman by Boko Haram as the International Committee of the Red Cross, ICRC, Amnesty International, AI and International Christian Concern, ICC, urged the Federal Government to take immediate steps to ensure the release of other aid workers and Leah Sharibu still in the custody of the sect. This followed the killing of another health worker, Saifura Khorsa by the sect a month ago.

AFTER 15 years of waiting   for the payment of their terminal benefits, with many dying prematurely during the protracted agitation for the entitlements to be paid, the verification and payment of the benefits of former workers of the defunct Nigeria Airways began Monday with mixed feelings.

NATIONAL Pension Com-mission, PenCom, has decried perceived apathy of employees who contributed funds into the defunct Nigerian Social Insurance Trust Fund, NSITF towards transferring same into their respective Retirement Savings Account, RSAs.

NO fewer than 9,804 La-gos State pensioners have been paid their accrued pension rights of N40,245 billion, the Lagos State Pension Commission, LASPEC, has confirmed.

The Coalition of United Political Parties, CUPP  which include 39 political parties including the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP on Tuesday night commenced the process of selectinhig a common presidential candidate to challenge the All Progressives Congress, APC.

Ex-militants on the platform of Coalition of Progressive Niger Delta ex-Militants, CPNDE, yesterday rose from an emergency meeting in Lagos with a resolve to work for the re-election of President Muhammadu Buhari in 2019.

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, denied claims that it has in its custody $3.5 billion subsidy fund.

No fewer than 60 houses and historical sites have been affected by landslide at Anderson, along Marina Street, in Calabar,  Cross River State capital.

AWKA—AN international organization, Power for All, which is campaigning for the provision of electricity in many African countries, has said that no fewer than 93 million Nigerians lacked access to electricity.

THE just-concluded nomination of candidates for electoral positions, especially in the two major political parties – the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) – have once again shown that the political class has no genuine intention to fight corruption. The processes were in most cases fraudulently packaged and delivered to fuel corruption among future political office-holders.

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LOKOJA—Senator Dino Melaye(Kogi West), yesterday, claimed that last Saturday’s invasion of his home by the Police was one of Kogi State’s governor, Yahaya Bello’s plans to stop him from campaigning for his re-election.

Kano—Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso has dissociated himself from the dollar video clips controversy surrounding his successor and estranged ally, Governor Umar Ganduje of Kano State.