Mr Dickson Oarhe of Social Democratic Party, SDP, in Edo State, who emerged consensus candidate of the party at the November 29, 2014 primary election for House of Representatives, Owan federal constituency, of the state, yesterday, called on the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Chairman, Prof. Attahiru Jega, to list his name as the rightful candidate of the party for the February 14 polls.

THE coming elections hold vast handles for assessing fairness and readiness of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC. The most important issue appears to be the permanent voter’s card, PVC, which INEC has not delivered to prospective voters. More than 30m – almost 50 per cent of the registered voters – have not collected the cards.

Chairman, Board of Directors, National Institute for Hospitality and Tourism (NIHOTOUR), Chief Kanayo O. Kanayo, has advised the Federal and state governments to have unified laws guiding operation of hospitality businesses in Nigeria.

The Federal Government has said it held back from taking stringent action against Indonesia over the execution of two Nigerians for drug related offences because of the need to engage the country in order to secure the lives of 12 others on death row

GOVERNOR Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State, yesterday, said that the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has run out of lies and was fishing for new ones, after failing with the School Certificate lie they tried to pin on the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Major-General Muhammadu Buhari.

Speaker of Delta State House of Assembly, Peter Onwusanya, has called on members of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to forget their differences and come together to record a landslide victory in the February 2015 elections.

CHAIRMAN of House of Representatives Committee on Diaspora, Mrs. Abike Dabiri-Erewa, has said that except the Federal Government intervenes, more Nigerians who are on death row in Indonesia may still be executed.

THE Anambra State committee of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Presidential Campaign Council, PCC, was yesterday in Awka inaugurated by the South East coordinator of APC PCC, Senator Chris Ngige.

Former Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN) head coach, Amelia Edet has reiterated the need to invest in the youth, sportwise.
“….There is no substitute for talent hunt. There is a limit to the recycling of athletes. It is about age and performance and sooner or later, if you don’t invest in the youth, failure catches up with you…..” she said

All Progressives Congress, APC, General Muhammadu Buhari (ret), has promised to boost infrastructure and social services through funds realised from blockages to corruption in government.