Customers of the three nationalised banks are disagreeing over the take-over of the banks by the Federal Government.

Two weeks ago, the Federal Government through the Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation, NDIC, took over the assets of former Afribank Plc, Bank PHB Plc and Spring Bank Plc following the revocation of their licences by Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN.

Stories are told of how husbands lost wives and how wives lost husbands on account of squatting in the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Abuja. Those stories are not fiction.

The Federal Government may sanction Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) if it heeds the call by the Ogoni people in Rivers State, Niger-Delta, for the revocation of the license granted the Anglo-Dutch oil giant to carry out oil exploration activities in Nigeria, following the revelations by the United Nations Environment Programme, UNEP, that the company polluted their land and caused life-threatening health hazards.

EVENTUALLY, the Chief Justice of Nigeria wrote a letter to the President, Court of Appeal on 18/02/2010 attaching the petitions and asking for comments on the allegations made and the President of the Court of Appeal was asked to ensure that further action on the judgment is put on hold.

SINCE last month, fierce-looking soldiers, with armored personnel carriers, APCs, stationed at strategic locations, have been on the alert at the oil –rich Ekpan community in Uvwie Local Government Area of Delta State, following a dusk to dawn curfew slammed on the community by the state government as a result of the uprising and butchery by rival youth groups, which has claimed at least 16 lives.