THE senior special assistant to Governor Peter Obi ofAnambra State on media and publicity, Mr. Valentine Obienyem, has decried what he called playing to the gallery by some persons and organizations in the state all in the bid to undermine the noble activities of Obi. The aide was reacting to the recent security summit on Anambra.

THE King of Pop seemed driven and upbeat in the weeks, even hours, before his death as he rehearsed rigorously for a series of 50 concerts in London that were to begin a late-career comeback. Friends and colleagues said Friday that Jackson appeared in recent months to be rejuvenated by the prospect of performing again.

Dr. Taiwo Oloruntoba-Oju who was the chairman of the Unilorin branch of the Academic Staff Union of Nigerian Universities (ASUU) at the time and one of the beneficiaries of the Supreme Court ruling says but for the understanding and support of their families and friends, some of them would have regretted their stance. He said in an online chat that the solidarity of the generality of Nigerians since their ordeal began had been enormous. Efforts were on, according to him, to get judgement for the remaining 44.

Obong Umana Okon Umana, Secretary to the Government of Akwa Ibom State, brings to bare, in this interview, the policy rationale behind the state administration’s development agenda

BARELY 48 hours after deposing two traditional rulers for allegedly aiding and abetting kidnapping in the state, Abia state Government has banned motorcyclists, popularly known as Okada from operating in certain areas of the state.