THE two chambers of the National Assembly crossed a historical legislative milestone before embarking on a recess to end the Third Legislative Session when they passed the Constitution Amendment Bill.

Not unexpectedly, the Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) has jumped onto the bandwagon of opposition to the growing agitation for President Goodluck Jonathan to contest the 2011 Presidential elections.

The mass failure of Nigerian candidates in the WASSCE and NECO examinations in the last couple of years has elicited feelings of frustration and outrage from parents, the candidates and the generality of Nigerians.

Saturday May, 29, 2010, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Edo State pushed aside their many problems to honour two of their own who were given appointments by President Goodluck Jonathan.

UNTIL June 12, 1993, Nigerian elections were always characterised by massive rigging driven by bloated census figures(politics being a game of number), pre and post-election violence and bad-blooded court cases, with the plaintiffs and defendants trying to outdo one another in bribing the judges of our courts so much so that one of them had to tell Nigerians that his hands were tied.

IN Nigeria a sudden twist and trend toward the use of vice to acquire wealth took its toll during the early ’90s this began with the formation of dubious banks which drained investible money from the citizens. When this began to diminish another one took its place nick-named 419 which is simply a scam.

THE smiles were always genuine. It came from the heart. To Peter Anagha Okorukwu (Ugara), everyone was special. Even in the hawkish world of business, particularly, clearing and forwarding where he was an icon, he put the interest of other persons before his. While he hailed from Idima Ohaeke Abam, Arochukwu Local Government Area, Abia State, Abam generally was his canvass. Now, the mourning has just started for many.

IS Chris Nwabueze Ngige stepping out for a political baptism? Ngige, who may not qualify as a former governor of Anambra State, does not cut the picture of an opposition politician. His many maneuvers tend to portray him as a wily politician.

WHY I organised my own funeral” is the title of a report published in the metro section of Vanguard newspapers of Thursday April 29. 2010.

Those who were terribly disgraced and who poured venom against the party are happily welcomed back. PDP is extremely magnanimous. PDP is all inclusive, it is a non-discriminatory political institution. In spite of the blackmail that it is a retrogressive and conservative party, it is the PDP and not another party that mainstreamed gender consideration in its structure by waiving nomination fees for women; it is the PDP that conceived zoning as its inept affirmative action for politically marginalized part of Nigeria.