I think this is a make or mar conference for Nigeria. I appeal to all delegates to understand the urgency of this period. Our country is falling apart. We need to put things right. Nobody should come to this conference with any sense of arrogance. We must not negotiate out of fear. We must come as equal partners to the Nigerian project and shed all our prejudices.

Chief Ndukwe Ikoh, leader of Progressive Peoples Alliance ,PPA, and a former governorship candidate in Abia State, in this interview, argues that what the state needs ahead of the 2015 governorship election is the best man for the job and not zoning.

Ibuchukwu Ezike is the Executive Director, Civil Liberties Organisation, CLO. He, along with three others was nominated by the South-East Coalition of Civil Society Groups, made up of over 70 civil society organisations that met in Enugu to nominate four delegates to the confab.

The Federal High Court judgment which advised the 37 Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, members in the House of Representatives who defected to the opposition All Progressives Congress, APC, brought humour in the Senate, on Tuesday, when two PDP senators who are the ‘tormentors-in-chief” of the opposition senators called on their 11 colleagues who had submitted a notice letter to the Senate President, David Mark, for their defection to the APC to come up with the letter again.

Chief Goody Uwazurike is the President of Aka Ikenga, the think-tank of Ohaneze Ndi Igbo. A lawyer, he is also a delegate to the on going National Conference in Abuja. In this interview,with Levinus Nwabuchiogu he reacts to Professor Ben Nwabueze’s position on the conference, describing it as petty.

Last Wednesday would have been a sad day for the 37 defected Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, lawmakers following the move to declare their seats vacant.

Light spotless skin, pretty face, poise and a gait that leaves men gaping in its wake are those assets that set Uche Benjamin apart from many others. The graduate of Biochemistry who found herself in acting because of her passsion for the trade has had enough of men, paid her dues and thus, has come out on top stronger in the spirit and mind.

To Chief Theodore Orji, the governor of Abia State, what is uppermost on his mind is to complete his transformation agenda for the state before he leaves office in 2015. After a project tour of Abia State, the governor took time out to field questions from Sunday Vanguard on issues ranging from his successor to the steps taken by his administration to transform the state. He also spoke on the challenges posed by kidnappers and baby factory operators in Abia.

Chelsea ended a run of two consecutive defeats and returned to the top of the Premier League after a comfortable victory over Stoke City at Stamford Bridge.

President Goodluck Jonathan has urged Nigerian couples to love and endure each other to guarantee a successful marriage.

THE people of Kiagbodo, the country home of former Federal Commissioner for Information, Chief Edwin Clark, in Burutu Local Government Area of Delta State, have never witnessed such as far as kidnapping is concerned in the Niger-Delta.

Some aggrieved members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) from wards in different Local Government Areas of the state on Saturday stormed the party’s state secretariat, demanding cancellation of congresses in some areas.

His task as the Commissioner of Police in-charge of Explosive Ordinance Device, EOD, was tasking. He was, however, able to surmount the challenges at a time insurgency was at its apogee. Suddenly, he was posted to Imo State as the police helmsman, a state facing kidnapping and armed robbery challenges, among others. His choice was seen as a step in the right direction based on the achievements he recorded while heading EOD. CP Abdul Mahid Ali bared his mind to our Crime Editor, Emma Nnadozie, in Owerri. Excerpts:

Gov. Aliyu Wamakko of Sokoto State says more governors have concluded plans to join the All Progressives Congress (APC).

Juan Mata scored twice as he helped Manchester United warm up for a daunting trip to Bayern Munich with a comfortable 4-0 victory over Newcastle in the Premier League at St James’ Park on Saturday.