NIGERIAN party politics since civil rule in 1999 has been dominated by factions, internal crises, irreconcilable differences, open disagreements among members of the same party, especially those in high public offices. Three parties at the starting line – Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, the All Peoples Party, APP, later All Nigerian Peoples Party, ANPP, and the Alliance for Democracy, AD in 1999 – morphed at a point to more than 50 parties. Their politics is indiscernible.

ASABA—AS Nigerians still bask in the euphoria of the Christmas and New Year celebrations, the Federal Road Safety Commission, FRSC, yesterday, said 120 deaths were recorded during the yuletide.

Property worth millions of naira were, in the early hours of yesterday, destroyed in an inferno that gutted two residential buildings and some shops on Okoduwa and Dillion streets at the Kirikiri area of Lagos.

Akure—FORTY-SEVEN students, who allegedly injured three policemen and manhandled Ondo State government officials during a protest over alleged non-payment of their bursary allowance have been arrested and detained by the state Police Command.

lagos—THE governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Enugu State, Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi has been presented with the party’s flag with a mandate to lead the PDP’s campaign and ensure victory for the party in the February general elections.

My wife always demands money from me before allowing me to have make love to her, a retired civil servant, Mr. Chibuzo Obiedefu, told an Igando Customary Court, Lagos, yesterday.

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, Lagos State Command, has said it uncovered a residential building in Okota area of Lagos, allegedly used for the manufacture of methamphetamine.

Police in Lagos State have arrested a 37-year-old robbery suspect, Kazeem, a self-acclaimed one-man robbery squad, who specialized in stealing vehicles with a master key in Lagos State and its environs.

ABEOKUTA—Former president, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, yesterday, said that he can never sacrifice his life for the Peoples Democratic Party, but, will be ready to die for the country.

Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State says the Peoples Democratic Party has begun a campaign of lies to deceive the people and further impoverish them since they have no record of performance to present to the people.

Meanwhile, a Fulani friend gloomily informed me two years ago (we were discussing President Goodluck Jonathan’s unimpressive performance and wondering whether he would up his game before he completed his first term) that his people often say that one can tell by Wednesday what kind of weekend one is likely to have. Both statements, though contradictory, make sense. Wilson’s implies that political outcomes can never be accurately predicted because anything – ie, all manner of unexpected developments – can happen during any seven-day timespan. The Fulani one implies that most outcomes can be predicted on the basis of recent occurrences.

President Goodluck Jonathan, Thursday, dismissed the alleged endorsement of the Presidential Candidate of the All Progressive Congress, General Mohammadu Buhari by the Movement for the emancipation of Niger Delta, saying that no person who mean well for the country should be excited by the endorsement of a terrorist organisation.

Responding to the high demand of affordable smart phones, Microsoft Devices Group has announced the introduction of Nokia 215, its most affordable Internet-ready phone to the mobile phone ecosystem.

‘’Hey, stop there, you don’t look like one of us. I saw you as soon as you alighted from the motorcycle near the Baale’s house and I have been following your movement. Can you explain your mission to this community…?’’—resident

Boko Haram launched renewed attacks around a captured town in restive northeast Nigeria this week, razing at least 16 towns and villages, a local government and a union official told AFP.