The Nigeria Elections Debate Group yesterday said it has not received any letter or information from any presidential candidate opting out of the Presidential debate which begins today.

Former members of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Ogun State Chapter who recently moved to the Peoples Party of Nigeria, PPN, have petitioned the acting Chairman of the National Judicial Council, NJC, Justice Dahiru Musdapha, asking him to save them from Justice Abdu-Kafarati of the Federal High Court, Abuja.

THE Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, in Ebonyi State,weekend, expressed concern over the spate of political violence and insecurity in the state.

THE House of Representatives candidate of All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, for Ogbaru Federal Constituency in Anambra State, Mr. Victor Ogene, has called for the arrest and interrogation of the former governor of the state and senatorial candidate of Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, Dr. Chris Ngige to ascertain his level of involvement in last week’s arrest of his aide, Mr. Kingsley Ezenwenyi in Awka over illegal possession of sensitive Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, materials meant for the April elections.

The President and Chairman of Council of the Chartered Institute of Personnel Management of Nigeria, Mr. Abiola Popoola, has said that the state of the country’s economy and external reserve were worrisome. Mr. Popoola, who was returned unopposed as the President and Chairman of the institute, spoke at the the 42nd Annual General Meeting of the institution, in Lagos.

Ahead of the April general elections, the Lagos State Police command and other security agencies, charged with the responsibility of ensuring violence-free elections, embarked on a ‘show of force,’ yesterday, to send warning signals to troublemakers in the state.

THE signs are more ominous particularly with the official approach of always reacting to events.THE mayhem that has laid parts of Akwa Ibom State to waste was preventable.

GUBERNATORIAL candidate of Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, in Delta State, Chief Ovie Omo-Agege, has warned against all forms of electoral malpractice in the forthcoming elections, saying that those who plan to perpetrate such acts would meet their waterloo.

As past of efforts aimed at ensuring speedy dispensation of justice in Bayelsa State, the Chief Judge, Justice Kate Abiri, has said courts in the state would be provided with recording machines.

THE 2011 presidential contest, weekend, inched towards more suspense following renewed secret efforts by opposition candidates to mount a united front against President Goodluck Jonathan, candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.

The membership of an association such as a Nation State implies an inherent social contract between the individual and a geopolitical organ of Administration.

The benefits arising out of privatisation are too crucial for Nigeria to ignore in the context of its long-term growth plans:

VANGUARD for a Better Edo, VFBE, a socio-political pressure group in Edo State, has condemned what it called the ongoing use of police to arrest, harass and intimidate candidates of Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, in the April polls and their supporters in Edo State.

President Goodluck Jonathan has signed the National Human Rights Commission Amendment Bill into law, bringing to an end, more than eight years of legislative advocacy and executive lobbying.

For countries such as Nigeria dependent on natural resources as dominant sources of earning foreign currencies, Sovereign Wealth Funds, represent meaningful economic avenues to diversity their economies.