Activities marking this year’s Democracy Day celebration kicked off on a combative note yesterday as President Goodluck Jonathan tackled the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Aminu Tambuwal over which arm of government should be blamed for the failure of government policies.

Nigeria had a uniform electoral calendar until the landmark case of Mr Peter Obi of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) and Dr. Chris Ngige of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) who was initially returned as winner of the 2003 gubernatorial election in Anambra State.

AHEAD of the July 14 governorship election in Edo State, the state Police Command, yesterday, in Benin, alerted citizens of the state of moves by some politicians to recruit thugs to unleash terror in the state before the election.

Tension is mounting in Adamawa State as Igbo traders, yesterday, shut shops and other businesses to protest the killings of their kit and kins.

Super Eagles yesterday commenced final dress rehearsal for their World Cup qualifier against Namibia on Sunday in Calabar. Head Coach, Stephen Keshi, wasted no time in naming Vincent Enyeama, as the skipper for the duel against the Southern Africans.