When sometime in the life of the 6th Senate the presiding officer, Senator David Mark jovially recognized Senator Joy Emodias the Joy of the Senate, it easily stuck with both senators and staff.

Three months after the first case of coronavirus in Nigeria, the National Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, has become one of the better-known agencies of the Federal Government. It has earned its renown for the skilful management of the pandemic that shut down Nigeria and over 200 countries of the world. 

Just before the House of Representatives wenton the break enforced by the fury of the novel Corona Virus Disease AKACOVID-19, I was looking in the direction of the National Assembly’s lowerchamber to see what it would make of its desire to get pay television operatorsin the country to adopt a pay-as-you-go (PAYG) billing system. I bet there werethousands of Nigerians waiting-expecting, actually-to see the House compel theabolition of the monthly contract billing model for the a la carte-likePAYSG.  Following the adoption of amotion by Hon. Unyime Idem from Akwa Ibom State, the House resolved tointerface with MultiChoice, the biggest of the pay television serviceoperators, and its competitors to bring about the envisaged PAYG model, asubscriber’s wet dream for as long as I can remember.

I am a politician, but not a partisan politician. I move with animating passion and compassion for Anioma women. I am concerned by the absence of Anioma women in the National Assembly, NASS. It is unfortunate

The political battle in Edo State is fast approaching the climax with party primaries just a few days away. Governor Godwin Obaseki, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu, Matthew Iduoriyekemwen, Pius Odubu, Chris Ogiemwonyi, Osaro Obaze among others will slug it out at the APC primary while Ogbeide Ihama, Gideon Ikhine and Kenneth Imansuagbon are leading the aspirants in PDP.