In fairness to the National Assembly, given the importance of the issue at hand, at the time that the Hon Minster of Transport defended his budget before the relevant committees of the Senate and the House, with the rail project included, the Committees could have accepted the inclusion of the project as they rightly did.

CHIEF Moshood Salvador, a former member of the House of Representatives and delegate to the 2014 National Conference is seeking to succeed Capt. Tunji Shelle (rtd) as the state chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Lagos state. In this interview, he speaks on the forthcoming local government elections in the state boasting that the PDP will defeat the All Progressives Congress , APC, in the state.

PROFESSOR Itse Sagay, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, is the chairman of the Presidential Committee on Anti-Corruption and one of the country’s foremost experts in constitutional law. A human rights activist, Sagay has undoubtedly paid his dues in the struggles for egalitarian society. Sagay who was part of the pioneer law class of the former University of Ife, subsequently took to academics and rose to become the dean of the law faculty of his alma mater before transferring his service to the University of Benin. At the height of military rule in 1986 he was one of those who ran into trouble with the authorities of the University of Benin for supposedly teaching what he was not paid to teach; which was an axiom for his perceived inclination to the promotion of civil rights in the university campus.

FORMER Minister of State for Education and a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Olorogun Kenneth Gbagi, in this interview assesses the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari, his foreign trips, his party, the PDP, attacks on Minister of State, Petroleum, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu and the governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Mr. Godwin Emefile among other issues.

FORMER Minister of State for Education and a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Olorogun Kenneth Gbagi, in this interview assesses the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari, his foreign trips, his party, the PDP, attacks on Minister of State, Petroleum, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu and the governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Mr. Godwin Emefile among other issues.

Mr Okharedia Ihimekpen is a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and one of the political foot soldiers of a former Chairman, Board of Trustees of the party, Chief Tony Anenih. In this interview, he says the party will ensure that a credible governorship candidate emerges ahead of Edo 2016, just as he criticises an aspirant of the party, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu, over his comment that he left the PDP when he was de-registered:

PROFESSOR Itse Sagay, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, is the chairman of the Presidential Committee on Anti-Corruption and one of the country’s foremost experts in constitutional law. A human rights activist, Sagay has undoubtedly paid his dues in the struggles for egalitarian society. Sagay who was part of the pioneer law class of the former University of Ife, subsequently took to academics and rose to become the dean of the law faculty of his alma mater before transferring his service to the University of Benin. At the height of military rule in 1986 he was one of those who ran into trouble with the authorities of the University of Benin for supposedly teaching what he was not paid to teach; which was an axiom for his perceived inclination to the promotion of civil rights in the university campus.

Edo State governorship election has been scheduled to take place on September 10. The process to nominate the flag bearer of the former ruling party in the state, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), now the opposition, has reached feverish pitch. The four aspirants, itching to become the candidate of the party in the election, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu, Chief Solomon Edebiri, Hon. Matthew Iduoriyekwmwen and Earl Osaro Onaiwu, are eminently qualified to represent the PDP and govern the state, but only one of them will get the nod at the end of the day.

Mr. Kenneth Kobani is the Secretary to Rivers state government. He, however, has a reputation that precedes his present position being a scion of one of the famed families from Ogoni land in Rivers State.

The occasion was the thanksgiving service to celebrate the birthday of Engr. Chris Ogiemwonyi, a governorship aspirant in Edo State on the platform of the All Progressives Party, APC.