AHEAD of 2015 Presidential election, strong indications have emerged that President Goodluck Jonathan was at the moment under pressure to drop Vice President Namadi Sambo and replace him with Jigawa State governor, Alhaji Sule Lamido as his running mate for the election.

The battle for the removal of Governor Murtala Nyako of Adamawa State from office for allegedly insulting President Goodluck Jonathan has gathered momentum with no fewer than seven top Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, members jostling for the governor’s seat.

THE Governing Council of National Development Summit of Traditional Rulers, NDSTR, has directed its subjects nationwide to provide adequate support to security agencies and the intervening foreign security agencies to ensure the defeat of Boko Haram terror.

FORMER Secretary to Delta State Government, Obarisi Ovie Omo-Agege, has begun consultations for his 2015 gubernatorial ambition with a vow to carry all parts of the state along if elected.

EDO State chapter of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has accused Governor Adams Oshiomhole of dragging the traditional institution in the state into politics.

The Igbo community in Jos has confirmed that 36 of its kinsmen and women were killed and 42 others injured in last Tuesday’s twin bomb blast at the terminus area of Jos metropolis in Plateau State.

ABUJA— The Abuja Division of the Federal High Court, yesterday, fixed June 19 for hearing in the suit challenging the powers of the Public Accounts Committee, PAC, of the House of Representatives to investigate Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke, over allegations that she spent N10 billion on chartered private jets.

YES, you heard it right, entrepreneurial revolution has began in Nigeria, and the Transformation Ambassadors of Nigeria, TAN, are leading the revolution. One of the major challenges facing developing and underdeveloped countries of the world is poverty. It has been so endemic as a result of the high rate of unemployment that has become the major characteristic of the developing and underdeveloped countries of the world.

DESPERATE attempts by northern delegates to adopt a proposal for scrapping the Ministry of Niger Delta Affairs and the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, hit the brickwall as delegates overwhelmingly opposed the proposal.

Experts and other stakeholders who participated in the maiden Professional Development Conference and Exhibition PDC, organised by the American Society of Safety Engineers ASSE, Nigerian chapter, have called for the adoption of global best practices in occupational safety, health and environment to enhance the country’s international economic competitiveness.