The Gen. Muhammadu Buhari Campaign Organisation on Wednesday received N64 million to add to the initial N54 million realised in December to fund his campaign in the 2015 general elections.

ABUJA — Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Professor Attahiru Jega, has promised that every eligible Nigerian would be provided with his or her Permanent Voters’ Card, PVC, before the general elections next month.

The Federal Government, yesterday, responded to the allegations made by former President Olusegun Obasanjo against the administration of President Goodluck Jonathan, including an alleged squandering of the nation’s $55 billion foreign reserve.

ABUJA—The Department of State Services, DSS, has accused the All Progressives Congress, APC, of an elaborate plot to hack into the voters registration data base of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC. It alleged that the purpose was to clone voters and party membership cards to match those in the data base.

CALABAR—All Progressives Congress, APC, presidential candidate, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari yesterday warned that Nigerians would not recognise themselves in four years time if they allowed the degenerations under the present administration to continue for another four years.

Cote d’Ivoire skipper Yaya Toure will battle Nigeria captain Vincent Enyeama and Gabon striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang for the biggest individual accolade on offer in African football.

Lagos—Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State yesterday said the Federal Government was clueless about the challenges confronting the country.

The Executive Secretary of Tertiary Education Trust Fund ,TETFUND, Professor Sulaiman Bogoro in this interview explains why TETFUND must be supported to addresses the fundamental challenges affecting the education sector and why private universities cant benefit from the Fund. Excerpts

Following the disclosure by the Minister of Education, Ibrahim Shekarau, of the Federal Government’s intention to establish federal Polytechnics and Colleges of Education in states where there are none, educationists are sceptical on the workability of such a project, saying government should rather focus on adequately catering for the existing institutions.

NFF president Amaju Pinnick has stated the football federation hope to take the right decision on Stephen Keshi hence the delay in any announcements regarding the future of the out-of-contract coach.

The late Professor Chinua Achebe never lied when he asserted in his book, The Trouble with Nigeria that; “The only thing Nigerians learn from experience is that we learn nothing from experience.”

Like any other year, the year 2014 would have started on a promising note for the education sector but for the almost half the year ASUU strike in 2013 occasioned by the Federal Government’s insensitivity to the sector at tertiary level. This, set the tone for the sector in 2014.

BENIN—STUDENTS of the University of Benin, UNIBEN, yesterday, attacked property of the Edo State Government in retaliation to the demolition of property given to the university during the administration of Dr. Samuel Ogbemudia.

The Police in Lagos State have arrested four suspected hired assassins, who were allegedly contracted to kill a Nigerian returning home from London.

The late Professor Chinua Achebe never lied when he asserted in his book, The Trouble with Nigeria that; “The only thing Nigerians learn from experience is that we learn nothing from experience.”