Angered by the exclusion of Ndokwa with the outcome of Delta State Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, governorship primaries, the Ndokwa Survival Project has thrown its weight behind the governorship candidate of All Progressives Congress, APC, in the state, Mr. O’tega Emerhor.

Yenagoa—Bayelsa State Government has described as mere rumour and misinformation, claims by some politicians in the state that Governor Seriake Dickson was not qualified to run in the 2016 governorship election, insisting that he was qualified by the constitution and performance in office.

DEPUTY Majority Leader of the House of Representatives, Leo Ogor, has described Senator Ifeanyi Okowa as a tested and reliable politician that the Isoko nation can trust.

Mr Dickson Oarhe, who emerged candidate of Social Democratic Party, SDP, at its primary election on November 29, 2014 for House of Representatives, Owan federal constituency, Edo State, yesterday, in Otuo town, Owan East Local Government Area, expressed his readiness to uplift the agro-finance base of Owan youths by partnering youth bodies such as the Initiative for Youth Awareness on Migration, Immigration Development and Reintegration, IYAMIDR.

The Unity Party of Nigeria, UPN, in Ogun State yesterday accused the All Progressives Congress, APC, supporters of allegedly destroying the billboard of its governorship candidate, Prince Rotimi Paseda in the Sagamu area of the state.

Lagos—The Nigeria Medical Association, NMA, yesterday decried the ongoing strike by public sector health workers as unjust.

Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has condemned Tuesday’s attack on President Goodluck Jonathan by thugs suspected to be supporters of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and its presidential candidate, General Muhammadu Buhari in Katsina.

The founder and General Superintendent of Deeper Life Bible Church, Pastor William Kumuyi, has predicted that the votes of Nigerians in the forthcoming elections will count, adding that it would be a free and fair election devoid of rigging.

VICTOR Moses is under orders to bang in more goals now that he is fit again and shaping up for the final four months of Stoke’s season.

The order doesn’t come from manager Mark Hughes, however, but from injured team-mate Peter Odemwingie.

President Goodluck Jonathan’s performance in the aviation, power, railways, education, sports, basic infrastructure and the maritime sectors among others qualifies him for re-election, a group, South South Democratic Vanguard for Goodluck Sambo 2015, SSDV, has said.

Though feeling the pang of the Super Eagles’ failure to qualify for and participate to defend their continental crown at the 30th Africa Cup of Nations finals on-going in Equatorial Guinea, President of Nigeria Football Federation, Mr. Amaju Melvin Pinnick has been soaring high in his role as Match Commissioner at the tournament.

I THINK the lead story of DAILY TRUST of January 16th, 2015, captured the essence of the visit; it announced that: “Jonathan sneaks into Maiduguri”. Because in truth, that was what President Jonathan did! Not because he truly loved to visit that city, but because the national and international contexts had become very inconvenient for him. All through the previous week, international media outfits like the BBC and CNN were carrying reports of Jonathan’s patently absurd position.

CLEARLY, the Mbaka episode is multi-dimensional and it is getting messier by the day. It has reached a point where President Goodluck Jonathan and his wife cannot remain mute for too long, lest they will continue to be misunderstood. The theatricals are still unfolding.
Act I: Scene I – Dame Patience Jonathan visits the Catholic Adoration Centre in Enugu, a church headed by Revd Father Ejike Mbaka. Madam is pleasantly received and Father Mbaka eulogises her husband to the high heavens. So impressed was Dame that she dropped N5 million in the offering bag. And this was marvelous in the sight of Mbaka.

As part of its efforts in eradicating torture in Nigeria, Avocats Sans Frontières France, ASF, has successfully enforced the fundamental human rights of three victims of torture in Kaduna State.

The West African Examinations Council, WAEC, has said that General Muhammadu Buhari can apply to the examination body for the verification of his results. It said such verification can only be forwarded to the appropriate institution where the results is needed.