THE recent publication of a cartoon advert entitled “”Delta 2015, Governorship Race” (Vanguard newspaperJuly 22,2014, page 61), to all intent and purpose is the onset of a series of smear campaign directed at assassination of the character of key political actors from Delta North who are considered to be strong contenders in the 2015 governorship race.

GENERAL Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, RCCG, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, after a meeting of the Governing Council of the church, yesterday, announced some changes in the church hierarchy with the retirement of two members of the council after attaining the retirement age as stipulated by the constitution.

A renowned Japanese stem cell scientist who co-wrote research that was later retracted in an embarrassing scandal has been found dead in an apparent suicide, police and officials said Tuesday.

The Nigeria Bar Association (NBA) on Monday advised the Federal Government against banning Hijab (Muslim female headscarves), saying such proposal would be unconstitutional.

The Sector Commander, Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) in Osun, Mr Muhmmad Husaini, says the commission will deploy 1,550 officers during the Aug. 9 governorship election in the state.

The World Bank has pledged $200 million to help contain the deadly Ebola virus reaping panic across west Africa, as Nigerian authorities say a doctor in Lagos has contracted the disease, the second case in the sprawling city.

In a seeming determination to show muscle this Saturday, the APC yesterday directed all its elected office holders to flood the state.

IT was Hamumurabi of Babylon who instituted a code of behavioural laws and this covered a range of areas of human conduct. The rules state that if a house collapses and kills the owner, the builder will be put to death.

A traditional medical practitioner, whose identities are yet to be ascertained, was last weekend shot dead by some vigilante operatives for allegedly possessing some substances suspected to be charms and fresh animal parts.

EKITI and Osun take too many things for granted. The victor or loser in the Osun State governorship election on Saturday would be decided by issues that are strictly Osun.

Hon Funmilayo Olasehinde-Mustapha, served as a local government chairman of Ifedayo on the platform of PDP between 1998 and 2002. She was a member of the Osun State House of Assembly from 2003-2007. She is currently the Director of Organisation, the Omisore/Bello Campaign Organisation. In this interview she takes a swipe at the APC, among other issues.

The Ijaw Youth Council, IYC, has kicked against what it described as “the deliberate and indiscriminate posting of Ijaw graduates to the Northern part of the country for the compulsory National Youth Service Corp, NYSC, scheme.”

BAUCHI — The Bauchi State Police Command has disclosed that some unknown ritualists attacked and removed the eyes of a nine-year-old boy in Toro Local Government Area of the state.

IT was a sort of homecoming for President Goodluck Jonathan to Osun State last Saturday. Not too far away from Osogbo, the state capital in Iresi in Boluwaduro Local government area, was home to the young Jonathan many years ago when he partook in the compulsory National Youth Service Corps scheme. But this time around, Dr. Jonathan was in for a purely political event, to fan the momentum for his own political ambition to stretch his hold on the Nigerian presidency in 2015.

THE death toll from the worst recorded outbreak of Ebola has reached 887, the World Health Organisation has said. It is an increase of 158 since the global health body released figures on July 31.