PEOPLES Democratic Party (PDP)’s Stalwarts in Rivers State, yesterday, threatened that President Goodluck Jonathan and the party would lose over two million votes from the state, if the party imposes the former Minister of State for Education, Nyesom Wike as its governorship candidate in the forthcoming election.

It was walk over for All Progressive Congress consensus candidate, Alhaji Umar Ganduje who pulled a resounding victory over the former military Governor of Kaduna state, General Jafaru Isa in a keenly contested primary Thursday night in Kano.

South Africans on Friday began marking one year since the death of Nelson Mandela with services, blasting of vuvuzelas and a cricket match to honour his enormous legacy as an anti-apartheid icon and global beacon of hope.

For leading an illegal duty, a Police Inspector and three other police officers are in soup in Ondo state Police Command.

Bi-Courtney Aviation Services Limited, operators of Murtala Muhammed Airport has urged the Federal Government to restructure the aviation industry to allow the private sector to lead and thereby attract massive investment.

PRESIDENTIAL security is given high priority everywhere, so it is not out of place for the same rule to be applied to Nigeria. What we are finding out of place is the growing acceptance that lives of others would be disrupted, so often for the safety of the President, without any measures being taken to accommodate the convenience of the public.

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has accused the DSS of resorting to the use of torture to obtain forced confessions from the workers who were arrested during the first raid on the party’s Data Centre in Ikeja, calling it a contravention of the UN Convention against Torture to which Nigeria is a signatory and a violation of the citizens’ fundamental human rights.

Selecting hosts for the Fifa World Cup is an important and competitive process as the tournament can have a significant impact on nations and the pride that comes with international success is difficult to match. But intense and sometimes unfair competition for hosting rights has continued to provide opportunities for corruption in the bidding process and the operations of the once revered organization.

Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode, former Accountant-General of Lagos state has won the APC Lagos Primaries with 3, 735 votes.

BOMADI–A Niger Delta group, Delta Izon Democratic Mechanism, DIDM, has endorsed President Goodluck Jonathan and Mr. Nicholas Mutu, the member representing Bomadi/Patani federal constituency in the National Assembly for their re-election to continue in 2015.

Governor Ayo Fayose of Ekiti yesterday, unveiled a six-point cardinal programme which his administration would pursue with vigour.

Protesters yesterday stormed the state secretariat of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Osun state chapter, over alleged plan by the party’s leaders to impose candidates for the 2015 general elections.

LAGOS—Investors in the nation’s bourse lost N1.18 trillion in November following pressure caused by drop in oil price at the global market. Statistics from the Nigerian Stock Exchange, NSE, for the period under review showed that the market capitalisation dropped by N1.18 trillion to close at N11.404 trillion against N12.579 trillion achieved in October.

Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo State, yesterday, kicked-off the cleanliness and beautification competition among the 637 communities in the state, to revive the culture of village and community sanitation exercise.

Disturbed by the do-or-die attitude of politicians ahead of 2015 general elections, a coalition of 40 Igbo groups, the South-East Self-Determination Coalition, SESD, has urged politicians to desist from heating up the polity and preparing grounds for post-election violence and killings.