‘Why I want to be in Lagos Assembly’

He might be a political bigwig in the country but in his residence in Lagos, Mr. Jude Emeka Idimogu is a philan­thropist with a distinction, a humble man to a fault. He has decided to contest for Lagos State Assem­bly under the umbrella of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for Oshodi- Isolo Constituency. He is from Imo State but has lived in Lagos for long, hence the decision for aspiring to be a legislator in the state. In this inter­view, he speaks on various issues. Excerpts:
What prompted your aspiration to run for Lagos State Assembly?

Constitution amendment: Why we endorsed LG autonomy –Ihedioha

Deputy Speaker of the House of Rep­resentatives, Eme­ka Ihedioha has said the National Assembly decided in favour of full ad­ministrative and financial autonomy for local govern­ment areas in the consti­tution amendment bill to shield them from abuse by state governments and to enhance devolution of pow­ers in the federation.

Akwa Ibom guber: I can’t step down for Udom Emmanuel –Ntekim

The immediate past at­torney general and commissioner for jus­tice in Akwa Ibom State, Mr. Ekpenyong Nte­kim, has said he will not step down for the former secre­tary to the state government (SSG), Mr. Udom Emmanuel, or any other gubernatorial aspirant in the state.

Glad tidings for tobacco firms, smokers

 …As Senate rules out total ban on tobacco products Two players drive the global to­bacco industry – the legal and the illegal players. While the former group comprised the registered corporate entities that have known ad­dresses, business structures and em­ployees, who pay the appropriate taxes and comply with laws of the different countries in which they operate, the latter group is unknown and cannot be regulated. Examples of the legal players in the country are the British American Tobacco Nigeria, International Tobacco Company, Ilorin, and Leaf Tobacco, Ka­duna.

2015: 5 Enugu commissioners, SAs resign to contest elections

Five commissioners in the Enugu State executive council have resigned their appointments to enable them contest different po­sitions in the forthcoming general elections in the state.
Those, who resigned are Chukwuka Utazi, com­missioner for transport; Dr. Chukwuemeka Ujam, com­missioner for lands; Joe Ma­mah in charge of ministry of tourism as well as Ikechukwu Ugwuegede, commissioner for capital development au­thority.

Police arrest customs officer over daughter’s death

A senior customs of­ficer (name with­held) was yesterday arrested by the po­lice in Meran area of Ijaye, Ojokoro, Lagos State, over his alleged involvement in the mysterious death of his 17-year-old daughter and for reportedly beating his wife to a state of coma.

Reps summon CDS, service chiefs, IG, others, over use of hoods

House of Repre­sentatives yester­day, ordered its security-related committees to summon the heads of the nation’s secu­rity agencies over the indis­criminate use of face masks and hoods by their opera­tives.