THE name Pastor Power Ziakede Aginighan occupies a visible and positive place in the struggle of the Niger Delta. He has been an advocate of development and peace in the region. Some call him Odudu a nickname derived from his zeal and passion to transform his own corner of humanity. He is a peace broker, a bridge builder.

It was in good faith that Dr. Orji Kalu, the former governor, and the people of Abia State, threw their weight behind Governor T.A. Orji in 2007 on the platform of the Peoples Progressive Party (PPA), having gained experience as a seasoned civil servant and Chief of Staff under the Orji Kalu administration. No one could have believed that a bureaucrat of that caliber could betray his people by failing to meet their yearnings and aspirations.

THE recent case of gang rape in India brings to the fore the highest level of cruelty, wickedness of man against humanity, violence against women as well as the failure of the State to protect its citizens from abuse and danger.

IT could be recall that Abia State was no go-area between 2009/2010 especially during Yuletide and New Year seasons. Going to the state then was a security risk due to kidnapping, assassination and other vices that scared people including indigenes away from returning to the state for such occasions. Even when such occasions became inevitable, it is mostly organised in secrecy to avoid the attention of the kidnappers that held sway in the state. Saying that the state was then under siege, is stating the obvious.

HONOURBLE Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, Speaker of the House of Representatives, is 47 today. To his country men and women however, it is not attaining the milestone that is of much concern to them, rather, it is the direction which the amiable lawmaker from Kebbe/Tambuwal federal constituency is leading the country that has continued to elicit positive reactions from people across all walks of life.