OURS is a confused and  illiberal age. Our people have become so pessimistic about the future it’s alarming. My experience with politics so far has even deepened my sense of pessimism. A few days ago I found myself in a room with some of the greatest movers and shakers in the political arena. There was not a single discussion of how we could take Nigeria forward. I felt as if I was in the midst of gangsters.

The Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has said that School-Based Management Committee (SBMC) will play a critical role in monitoring the refurbishment of the over 230 primary schools under the Edo Basic Education Transformation (EdoBEST) programme.

THE Federal Government has started wooing potential investors for its 2,100 hydro megawatts power projects to boost power generation, transmission and distribution across the country.

The world is hungry. Currently, Nigeria is listed among the 10 hungriest nations in the world.  By 2030, the world intends to end hunger.  What will be Nigeria’s position on the hunger scale?

Owerri—The Catholic Archdiocese of Owerri, yesterday described as worrisome, the delay by President Muhammadu Buhari to sign into law, the amended Electoral Act by the national assembly. 

OGINIBU- FOR five days last week, former Minister of State for Education, criminologist and lawyer, Olorogun Kenneth Gbagi, enthralled the people of Oginibu, his country home in Ughelli South Local Government Area of Delta State, with philanthropy, as he celebrated the 40-year remembrance anniversary of his father and hero, Pa Robinson Ajerigheye Gbagi (aka Odoziaku).

UYO—Former Senate Minority Leader, Godswill Akpabio, has said he was repre-senting the entire Akwa Ibom State and not only Ikot Ekpene senatorial district.

WARRI—IJAW Youth Council, IYC, has asked the National Assembly to override President Muhammadu Buhari and enact the amended Electoral Act into law, saying his refusal to grant assent for the third time was unpatriotic.

ASABA—ERA Gate Foundation, a non-governmental organisation, NGO, has urged the Federal Government to ensure that justice was done for late Elizabeth Ochanya, stressing the need to take proactive steps to tackle the problem of child abuse in the country.

The Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, and stakeholders in the housing sector of the economy have agreed to develop mass and affording housing with a view to abridge the 17 million housing deficit confronting the nation