As the bell rang to usher in 2015, an Enugu-based Catholic priest,Fr. Ejike Mbaka, was more concerned about President Goodluck Jonathan’s resignation than imbue his congregation with spiritual upliftment to navigate the new year.

Civil rights group, The Peoples Forum, PF, has joined the demand for investigation into the alleged funding of the campaign of the presidential candidate of All Progressives Congress, APC, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (rtd).

Confederation of African Football president, Issa Hayatou was of the view that Nigerian football legend, Austin ‘Jay Jay’ Okocha deserved to have won the highest African football honour for all his masterful displays during his playing days.

Atleast 100 people including security operatives were feared killed when suspected members of Boko Haram launched coordinated attacks on Baga, a border town with Chad Republic, last weekend, even as the District Head of Baga, Alhaji Baba Abba Hassan, debunked the report of a second attack on the town which said that over 2,000 people were killed, describing the report as outrageous.

The presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, General Muhamadu Buhari (rtd), flagged off his campaign at the Adokiye Amiesemaka Stadium in Ikwerre local government area of Rivers State with an assurance that he would tackle corruption and the challenge of insecurity plaguing the nation.

Director of Social Communications at the Catholic Archdiocese of Lagos, Rev. Monsignor Gabriel Osu, also speaks on the Father Mbaka saga.

Rivers State Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, yesterday, accused the All Progressives Congress, APC, of killing two of its members.

We thank Mr President for finding us worthy of being at the helm of his campaign team. It is an honour every member of this team holds dear and we assure that we will do everything within our power to achieve the set target of returning our candidate to Aso Rock Villa via a free, fair and transparent election.

AS the clock ticked towards 12 midnight on December 31, 2014, the family of Ekee looked into the new year with hope when, suddenly, three suspected assassins appeared from nowhere on a motorcycle (Okada) and shot dead their breadwinner, Chief Emmanuel Denis Ekee, JP.

Edo State government has taken step to recover some landed properties around the old GRA that over years have been occupied by some officers of UNIBEN. When the University of Benin was set up, the then military governor, Dr Samuel Ogbemudia, in his wisdom, decided to assist some of the officers with that accommodation.

It was a pitiable sight on Monday, January 5, 2015 seeing the immediate past Vice Chancellor of the University of Benin (UNIBEN), Prof.Osayuki Oshodin, at his official residence in GRA, Benin City, as bulldozers were unleashed on the building on the orders of Edo State government. It was about 5pm that day when the bulldozers went to work. Oshodin, who was relaxing after the day’s job, was shocked.

Many residents of southern Kaduna are gripped by fear following the pace at which alleged Fulani gunmen are capturing villages on strategic hills in the area.

Recently, a former Minister of External Affairs, Professor Bolaji Akinyemi, warned of a possible post-election crisis this year and the need to do everything possible to avert or minimize it. There have also been calls from some quarters that the military has the right to protest. Following this development, Sunday Vanguard sought the views of forensic criminologist and the Security Coordinator at the American University of Nigeria, Yola, Dr Lionel Von Frederick Rawlins.

Engineer Segun Oni is a former governor of Ekiti State. He is presently the Deputy Chairman, South, of the All Progressives Congress, APC. He explains, among other issues in this interview, why General Muhammadu Buhari, his party’s presidential candidate, if elected into office in the February general elections, will not run a corrupt government.

Bothered by the recurrent crisis that trails elections in Benue State, and the heightening tension in the state ahead of the February elections, Catholic bishops, last weekend, organized a two- day Prayer Pilgrimage for Peace in the state.