The maxim in politics is that there is no permanent friend, no permanent enemy but permanent interest. So, as the 2015 presidential election draws nearer, it is not surprising that more alignments and re-alignments are going on across the country. Groups, associations and states are reviewing their romance with the elected officers in the past years to know how far and how fair those given the mandates have justified the trust.

Many had admired their talents, others have envied them. It was all for daring to be what their peers were dreaming to be. Unfortunately, they were suddenly snatched away by death, leaving behind deep pains, and anguish. Ironically, these famous musicians through their works, are even becoming more celebrated today than when they were alive. WG imagines what they would have done more, if they had lived…

A KINGSHIP tussle is now threatening to tear apart the coastal settlement of Agrisaba in Nembe Local Government Area of Bayelsa State as the community’s Council of Chiefs has distanced itself from the purported emergence of an Acting Regent in the community.

DISCORDANT tunes have continued to trail the purported pull-out of the Catholic Secretariat of Nigeria, CSN, from the umbrella body of Christians, Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN.

Residents of Mushin, a thickly populated Lagos neighbourhood, have raised an alarm over incessant robbery attacks in the area. They have therefore called on the government to come to their aid.

Hon. Philip Shaibu is the Majority Leader of the Edo State House of Assembly. In this interview with Vanguard in Benin, he defended his presentation of the controversial Land Property Law, his role as the majority leader in the House and why he is opposed to indiscriminate creation of states among others. Excerpts:

National Association of Microfinance Banks, NAMB South West Zone has warned the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN on the imminent danger of the revised microfinance policy framework.

Super Eagles captain Joseph Yobo, said that today’s encounter against the defending champions will be a difficult game, but he submitted that Eagles will not lay down and be rolled over.

LOKOJA— Kogi State government has said that there would not be food crisis in the state this year, irrespective of the flood that devastated crops and farmlands last year because of the aggressive food production drive embarked upon by the state government.

In its determination to enhance the stock market breadth and width, the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE), has disclosed that it will roll out more Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) in the year 2013.

The battle-line is drawn. Today at the Mhombela Stadium in Nelspruit, two continental soccer giants, Zambia and Nigeria, would be involved in a battle of supremacy at the ongoing 28th Africa Cup of Nations.

Sterling Bank and RSL Derivatives have introduced Rent-A-Month scheme, a lending facility designed to help individuals solve rent problem.

ELDER statesman and prominent Ijaw leader, Chief Edwin Clark, yesterday, raised an alarm that the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, will soon explode as the governors elected on the platform of the party who are operating under the Nigeria Governors Forum have hijacked it and driving the country to madness with their selfish interests.

Chelsea winger Victor Moses, who missed Nigeria’s opening game, is expected to enter the Africa Cup of Nations fray against Zambia today.

A member of the House of Representatives, Mr. Frank Enekorogha, has said that the House was committed to the review of the 1999 Constitution to achieve an all embracing and people oriented constitution.