IN spite of the bloody clash that greeted the campaign of the former Governor of Oyo State, Senator Rashidi Ladoja and other notable chieftains of the Peoples Democratic Party against the re-election of Governor Adebayo Alao-Akala, in Ogbomoso, they still insisted the outing was successful.

The Mallam Adamu Ciroma-led 17 wise men saddled with the responsibility of picking a Northern consensus candidate for the PDP presidential primaries appear to have narrowed down its choice to former military President, General Ibrahim Babangida and former Vice President Atiku Abubakar.

Since 1991, she has been consistent in this quest, starting off on the platform of the Social Democratic Party, SDP, in 1991 and from 1999, has been on the platform of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. Sarah Jubril’s name has occasionally featured whenever the issue of consensus comes up but in this interview, the woman of worths insists she has no business with consensus candidacy.

The leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has launched moves to resolve the various crises rocking the party at different levels following the return of its national chairman, Dr. Okwesilieze Nwodo from medical treatment abroad.

ALLEGED Nigerian terror bombing conspirator, Henry Okah, has applied for refugee status as he was living illegally in South Africa, the Johannesburg Magistrate’s Court heard, yesterday.

Port Harcourt-Some women and men living with HIV in Rivers State have gone to a Port Harcourt Federal High Court demanding 50 billion US dollars as compensation from the federal government for being infected with the virus after using condoms imported by the government

Following the directive of the Head Of Civil Service of the Federation, HOCSF, Mr Stephen Oronsaye Monday, that all biometrically captured pensioners must be paid the harmonised new pension, there seems to be a ray of hope for retirees to start receiving it tomorrow .

THE unfolding political quagmire in the family of the governors of the thirty-six States of the Federation was yesterday nipped in the bud, with the governors unanimously rejecting the Ogun State governor, Gbenga Daniel who was last week named the Chairman of the forum and asked the Chairman of the Forum, Dr. Bukola Saraki of Kwara state to continue.

THE uproar against Governor Gbenga Daniel’s emergence as Chairman of the Nigerian Governors’ Forum, NGF, boiled over at the meeting of the governors in Abuja last night leading to the constitution of an ad-hoc committee to articulate a succession plan for the forum.

THERE was panic at Government House Asaba this afternoon about 3 pm following explosions suspected to be bombs.