Nigerians are turning the heat on members of the National Assembly following the weekend revelation by the CBN Governor, Mallam Sanusi Lamido that as much as 25% of the nation’s overhead is used to service the legislative arm alone.

IF there was any ambiguity that the Joint Task Force, JTF, on the Niger-Delta was not battle-ready to wipe out renegade militants in the Niger-Delta, who returned to the creeks following their alleged dissatisfaction with the post-amnesty programme , it was cleared on Wednesday, December 1, when they invaded Ayokoromor community in Burutu Local Government Area of Delta in search of the leader of the Niger-Delta Liberation Force, NDLF, “General” John Togo and his fighters.

Dr Olusegun Kokumo Agagu, former governor of Ondo State has faulted the emergence of a Northern Consensus Presidential Candidate, saying it has no basis. In this interview with Vanguard, the one-time Minister of Power and Steel, said the Adamu Ciroma-led committee could not speak on behalf of the entire North. Among others, he attributed the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, loss in the South West zone to questionable court verdicts made the party lose in the region.

FOR three and a half years Governor Rauf Aregbesola fought to reclaim the mandate freely given to him by the people of Osun State on April 14, 2007 before the Court of Appeal sitting in Ibadan declared him as the true winner of that election . In his maiden press conference on Monday with journalists in the state, he spoke on a number of issues ranging from how he wants to be addressed and his programmes for the people of the state.

After the euphoria that greeted his declaration to run the 2011 presidential race, there has been an unusual quietness in the camp of Kano State two-term Governor, Malam Ibrahim Shekarau.