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REP SLAPS SECURITY MAN. A member of the House of Representatives, Hon. Chinyere Emmanuel Igwe, caused a stir yesterday at the entrance of the National Assembly as he traded blows with a security official. Igwe, a Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) member, represents Port Harcourt 2 Federal Constituency, Rivers State. He said he was embarrassed by the security operative. The security personnel, Mr. Chinelo Nwulu, said he was attempting to establish the identity of the lawmaker as he (Igwe) tried to enter the National Assembly. Witnesses said Igwe was apparently angered by the request of the security operative that he should identify himself before entering. They said Igwe gave the security operative "a dirty slap on the right side of his cheek without uttering any word." Igwe was said to have threatened to deal more blows on Nwulu, but was prevented by other security men who rushed to save their colleague from the grip of the lawmaker. He was casually dressed in black trousers and

If you’ve got the power to change one thing, what would that one thing be? …remember, it‘s just one thing.

What has gotten into us people? Why do we act in the way we do? We abuse those in power, yet we do exactly what they do. …in a lower scale that is. We complain, we murmur, we get angry…we get even We want a change…but at what price? We want a revolution…but who will go first? How do we resolve the issue of our nation? What really is the way forward? …We need that before we can ACT on that which we know. Feel free to chip in your 50 kobo.