Former secretary to the Federal Government, Chief Olu Falae has advised President Goodluck Jonathan to forget his ambition of succeeding himself but to limit himself to conducting of a free, fair and transparent election that will be acceptable to all Nigeria

CHAIRMAN Senate Committee on Privatization, Senator Ayo Arise has said that President Goodluck Jonathan is free, under the 1999 Constitution, to contest the 2011 presidential elections.

THE emergence of Dr. Goodluck Jonathan as the President and Commander-in-Chief after the political uncertainty created by the ill-health and unfortunate demise of Alhaji Umaru Yar’Adua, seem to have restored hope in Nigeria’s ability to weather through its troubles.

OMRADE Chris Akomas, labour activist turned politician is the deputy governor of Abia State. He joined politics to continue the “struggle”. He says he is press shy. After several efforts, Sunday Vanguard was able to track him down to talk. In this rare chat with our Abia State Correspondent, Anayo Okoli, Akomas spoke about himself, why he is into politics, the office of deputy governor, the relationship between him and Governor Theodore Orji on the one side and Chief Orji Uzor Kalu, the party BOT chairman on the other side.

With the pronouncement of the Court of Appeal in Ibadan a year ago ordering a retrial of the case of the Action Congress governorship candidate in Osun State, Rauf Aregbesola and the further order that he should be allowed to tender from the bar, a document called “Final Police Report on April 14, 2007 Election in Osun State”, it was expected that the petitioner would briskly tender the document, call a few witnesses and close his case.