IT did not come as a surprise to wary Nigerians that President Goodluck Jonathan called for a national conference. When the Senate resumed for its new legislative year in September this year, its President, Senator David Mark, had backed the call for a “national conference of ethnic nationalities.”

The 2015 Campaign posters of President Goodluck Jonathan’s presidential ambition, yesterday, flooded strategic spots in Ilorin Central Eid praying ground, Kwara State.

SENATOR-elect for Delta Central senatorial district, Chief Emmanuel Aguariavwodo, yesterday, described his victory in the just concluded by-election in the district as a testament of the Urhobo nation’s desire to return to the mainstream of the politics of the country.

General attitude of Nigerians towards motor third party insurance. The attitude of Nigerians – the insurance buying public towards motor third party insurance is lukewarm and not in any way different from their general perception of insurance products and services as gambling, betting, fraud, or deceitful transactions. Quite often, buyers of the motor third party insurance are statutorily compelled to buy the third party cover under the provision of the Motor Vehicle Third Party Insurance ACT of 1945, before anyone could drive or put their vehicles to use on the highway.

TRADE Union Congress of Nigeria, TUC, yesterday, urged Nigerians to use the opportunity offered by the Eid-el-Kabir celebration to reflect on the challenges facing the country and submit to the will of Allah in the belief that only Allah could help the country to overcome the challenges.

THE eight human rights and civil society groups operating in the South East geopolitical zone, yesterday, urged the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to publish the final list of voters for the November 16 governorship election in Anambra State.

GOVERNORS elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, yesterday, charged Nigerians to use this period of sallah celebration to examine themselves and reaffirm their belief in the unity of the country, regardless of ethnic or religious diversity.

THE Plateau Government says it spent more than N42 million to purchase items which were distributed to some Muslims in the state as Eid-el-Kabir gifts.

THE question of who succeeds Bauchi State governor, Isa Yuguda has become the central issue ahead the 2015 gubernatorial elections in the state.

PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan, yesterday, said the outcome of the proposed national conference will be forwarded to the National Assembly for consideration.

The Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry, LCCI, has disclosed that the Business Confidence Level Index, BCI, dropped in the last quarter of 2013.

Delta State Governor, Dr Emmanuel Uduaghan, has described the late Professor Omo Omoruyi as a patriot and nationalist who had a burning passion for the unity and improvement of democracy in Nigeria.

The circumstances surrounding the death of a septuagenarian monarch, Chief Sunday Osune Nwaka, in his village, Mputu,15 kilometres away from Onitsha in Anambra State is giving police detectives serious concern. In fact, in spite of the fact that one of the sons of the monarch is being fingered over the gruesome murder, family members are calling for justice, insisting that all the suspects so far arrested should be charged to court.

Almond Productions Limited, producers of Almond Finance and Wealth Report on Television and Wetin Insurance Dey Do Sef, on Naija Fm is organising the first Insurance Consumers Forum (ICF) in Nigeria.

Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) will be meeting with the Electrical Dealers Association of Nigeria and the General Electrical Dealers Association at the Alaba International Market in Lagos on Saturday.