I want to correct this impression; there is no controversy on the zoning of the governorship position to Abia South. What the PDP did has been accepted overwhelmingly by the greater majority of Ukwa/Ngwa people across the nine local government areas of the zone. If there are pockets of dissenting voices, it shouldn’t make any story. It is natural that one or two interest groups may feel agitated. If at all they exist, they are in the negligible minority because what the party has done is our wish. 99.9% of the Ukwa/ Ngwa people support the decision and are grateful to the governor and the party.

The first Nigerian Ebola patient has been discharged from the quarantine unit of the Emergency Operation Centre, EOC, at the Mainland Hospital, Yaba, Lagos.

To understand the infamous trail of tears is not enough to know about the gamut of emotions that a senior sister and aged parents feel, grieving the tragic death of their loved ones. The intense heart-breaking and anguish signpost a deep connection that has been severed

Effort to create enabling environment for the deployment of communications infrastructure across the nation has started yielding the expected result as Anambra state has joined the league of states in the smart state initiative

Ogbeni Lanre Banjo is a three-time governorship candidate in Ogun State. He is a Certified Public Accountant (Chattered) with wealth of experience in both government and governance. He had served as a Treasurer for a member of the United States’ House of Representatives, Mayor of the District of Columbia, and a Council member. He headed the Policy division of the entire District of Columbia Government, led the Accounting and Budget Division of the University of the District of Columbia before his appointment by Governor Ibikunle Amosun as the Ogun State Representative in Development Agenda for Western Nigeria (Dawn).

In simple words, the occasion of Alhaji Abdul Jelili Adesiyan’s birthday on August 14, 2014 presents another opportunity to reflect on the political profile of this ever-blossoming star on the political scene. This is a man whose life and politics continue to leave positive and enduring impacts with the capacity to expand the frontiers of progressivism and constitutional democracy.

Senate Minority Whip and frontline All Progressive Congress, APC, governorship aspirant in Lagos State, Senator Ganiyu Olanrewaju Solomon, has predicted that his party’s victory at the just concluded election in Osun State is a clear pointer to what the South-west people and indeed Nigerians at large should expect in 2015.

Following last Monday’s midnight demolition of Ebenezer Anglican Church, Oyolu-Oze, Nkwelle-Ezunaka in Oyi Local Government Area of Anambra State, Governor Willie Obiano yesterday visited the site and announced the setting up of a four-man panel of inquiry to investigate the cause of the demolition and those behind it.

The church also expressed satisfaction on the conduct of elections in Ekiti and Osun states by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), urging the electoral body to ensure the conduct of free and fair elections at all times especially in 2015.
It also charged the Nigerian electorate to desist from selling their votes and ensure they vote for credible candidates who will work for their interest on assumption of office. “Nigerians should shun all acts of violence and blood shedding,” the statement adding while encouraging Christians who are so inclined to participate in politics and vie for political office.

This is not an issue for the President. The President is not a military man. He is a civilian and can only employ wisdom and prayers to handle this. I know he also believes that no life should be lost in attempting to rescue the Chibok girls. Even the lives of the Boko Haram people must be precious to him because he is the President of every Nigerian. But he can dialogue with them, and counsel them to change their mind and tread the path of peace.

Some group of People’s Democratic Party (PDP) governorship aspirants in Oyo state stirred the hornet’s nest recently when they brought politics to the base level of sectional interest in their struggle for the party’s gubernatorial ticket. Granted that politics is about interest and pursuance of such, yet it could be least expected that gladiators in a party that seeks to wrest power from the incumbent All Progressive Party (APC) government would indulge in a flagrant and undignified course of action

Jaiye Kuti is a woman of many parts. She is an actress, producer, businesswoman and the Chief Executive Officer of Jaylex Aesthetic Productions, a company which specialises in film, video and television productions. The sultry actress explains the secret of her success both at the home front and the make-believe world despite the peculiarities of her chosen career.

Apostle Paul was chos-en by Jesus Himself to preach the gospel to the Gentiles. Jesus made a perfect choice and you cannot question Jesus’s choice. If you do, then, you doubt Jesus. And, if you doubt Jesus, you are not a Christian, and, if you are not a Christian, you are at liberty to write anything many Christians will consider nonsense.

The popular adage that failure is an orphan while success has many relations was inhibited in the life of Professor Oluwole Soyinka as people from all walks of life struggled to be part of his 80th birthday celebration.

Auwalu Yadudu is a constitutional lawyer, professor of law and teacher at Bayero University, Kano. He was a delegate representing North-west at the just concluded National Conference in Abuja. He served at the Deputy Chairman of the Conference Standing Committee on Law, Judiciary, Human Rights and Law Reforms. In this interview, he explains why the north was initially opposed to the adoption of the final report of the conference