PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan, yesterday, said that the launch of the Gas Revolution: Rebirth of Industrialization agenda was bound to deliver the country from hopelessness and truly reposition it to become the industrial giant of the continent.

Penultimate Tuesday, Rivers State Governor, Rt. Hon Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi took the battle to retain his seat to Okrika, the homestead of his main opponent, Dr. Abiye Sekibo of the Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN. He spoke to reporters after the rally on why he is seeking re-election, his fears for the April polls and how to make the elections credible.

Coach of Ethiopia national team, Iffy Onuora has boasted that his team will show no respect for the Super Eagles when both teams clash in the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier at the Abuja national stadium.

If the gist reaching the ears of Society Plus has a good stink to it the estranged Nollywood top actress and Glo ambassador, Monalisa Chinda’s lonely nights may just be coming to an end.

Dagrin may have spent only a little time in the music industry, but the impact he left behind remains unequalled.

There was palpable tension at the Ministry of Justice complex situated at the Central Business District of Abuja, yesterday, following an alleged tip-off by persons suspected to be members of the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta, MEND, warning that series of bombs that had been planted in the building would be detonated within the vicinity.

Nigeria’s Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, standing trial for attempted bombing of an American airline on Christmas day in 2009 had considered launching the strike in the skies above Houston or Chicago but he could not afford the flight tickets to these cities. He therefore refocussed the mission on a cheaper destination: Detroit, United States, current and former counter-terrorism officials have said.

FIRST Lady, Dame Patience Jonathan, Wednesday hosted over 809 female candidates from all the registered political parties nationwide and doled out undisclosed amount of money to each of the candidates for the April polls.

Two reports thrilled me this week.
The first was from Simon Kalika. It was on their perception of what Eagles should look like on the field. The second was from his boss Samson Siasia emphasising what Kalika had said.

QUITE recently, Dr. Ogbonnaya Onu, the National Chairman of the ANPP, generated a divertional media controversy, away from the actual statistics of the potential strength of his party in Ebonyi State.

HOW important is competence in appointment of public officers, especially in assignments at ambassadorial levels? The Senate, the confirming authority for ambassadorial appointments, thinks competence belongs elsewhere.

Action Congress of Nigeria, acn, senatorial candidate for Lagos Central, Chief Oluremi Tinubu, has said that her party, ACN, has 100 per cent chance of winning the presidential election.

At tempt by gunmen to disrupt the political rally of the Labour Party in Bayelsa State, where the party governorship candidate, Mr. Timi Alaibe and others were formally presented the party’s flag was, yesterday, foiled by the police.

GOVERNOR Gbenga Daniel of Ogun State, yesterday, continued his tough stance in the politics of the state by declaring that those who promised to send him to jail after his tenure would have their forefathers sent to jail.

EIGHT days to the first round of elections, Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, yesterday, urged Christians in the country to take a stand against rigging and other forms of electoral malpractices, including political violence.