The glorious exit of Ikenna Ndaguba (MFR), broadcaster par excellence, the quintessential wordsmith who was an epitome of excellence in the art of the spoken word, and a reference point for guidance and professional knowledge in every ramification of broadcasting, no doubt, is a colossal loss to the entire nation, the Nigerian media and public affairs management where he excelled spectacularly.

Professor Bolaji Akinyemi has been nominated by the Federal Government for the award of the national honour of the Commander of the Federal Republic (CFR).

Like the mythical phoenix, the PDP in Edo State has risen from the ashes of Tuesday, November 11, 2008 rebranded, re-focused and re-engineered for the struggles ahead by accommodating all shades of opinions and soothing frayed political nerves across the divide that cost it political power.

UNFOLDING events across the country have now made it imperative for Nigerians to hold their leaders accountable and should demand for good governance.

No doubt elements of subsidy exist in the pricing of petrol and kerosene sold in Nigeria. But before the federal government throws all of us into an unprecedented confusion by an unplanned removal of this subsidy we must ask questions because once the nation starts to burn you never know.

MANY have continued to wonder what happened to the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Edo State in 2007 that led to its loss of the governorship seat to the Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, at the Appeal Court.

Other areas of advancement in healthcare delivery recorded within the period under review included: *Participation of 300 children in the study on the inclusion of zinc in the household management of childhood diarrhoea in Nigeria.

IT has become the established ritual that most successor governments in Africa tend to rubbish or totally obliterate the strides, contributions and achievements of their predecessors through jaundiced commentaries or outright selective amnesia – all in the name of politics.

POLITICAL developments and governance in Edo State since 1999 have clearly shown how unfortunate the state, popularly referred to as the “Heartbeat of the Nation”, has been without sincere and committed governors to direct its affairs and lead it to the proverbial Promised Land.

IN a remarkable commitment to the sustenance of its zoning and rotational arrangement, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in a bid to deepen the roots of democracy in the country and also maintain its vast electoral fortune has zoned the position of its National Chairman to the North East geo-political zone of the federation.