Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan of Delta State has assured farmers in the state of adequate protection from the aggression of some cattle herdsmen.

The Catholic Bishop of Aba Diocese, Most Rev. Vincent Ezeonyia, is dead. Ezeonyia died in an undisclosed hospital in Owerri, Imo State.

Following the postponement of the general elections to March 28 and April 11, youths of Gbaramatu Kingdom in Warri South West Local Government Area, Delta State, have appealed to Nigerians to re-elect President Goodluck Jonathan to enable him consolidate on his laudable achievements.

It was especially pleasant to see that following the emotional and thought- provoking premier episode of CSR-focused television series, Airtel Touching Lives, the tempo and delivery on promise has not dropped.

The Association of Advertising Agencies of Nigeria, AAAN has condemned in totality the spate of unhealthy smear campaigns by the political parties and shadow interest groups across the various media channels.

POOR Attahiru Jega! The distinguished Professor of political science and Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) is once again in the dock. Indeed, the first salvo against Jega in the court of public opinion is that he is biased. Those who say that Jega is biased cite his now aborted plot to create 30,000 polling booths eighty per cent of which would have been located in the North as evidence of his ploy to give his side of the country an edge over the rest of the country. Another charge against Jega is to the effect that the umpire has kowtowed to pressure from the opposition party, the All Progressives Congress (APC), to disenfranchise voters who are seen to be sympathetic to President Goodluck Jonathan and his ruling Peoples Democratic Party ( PDP). The story making the rounds in Lagos is that INEC, in solidarity with APC, has denied the Igbo who constitute more than 46 per cent of the population in Lagos the Permanent Voter Card (PVC).

Former Super Eagles captain Joseph Yobo is keen to find a route back into top-level action despite his six months of inaction.

The 34-year-old, who spent six months on loan at Norwich City last season, left Turkish side Fenerbahce in August 2014 after his contract was ended by mutual consent.

In celebration of Valentine, President Goodluck Jonathan, Saturday, hosted widows and children of soldiers who died fighting Boko Haram insurgents in the North East, pledging the commitment of his administration to their well being, according to a tweet by his Special Assistant on New Media, Reno Omokri.

WOLE SOYINKA knows that, in linguistics, there is something called register. Yet, while addressing students at a recent Lagos gathering, the Nobel laureate employed an elevated language suitable for addressing an international literary convention. Why? The answer must be found in the acute dilemma Soyinka found himself in. This author of such books as Death and the King’s Horseman and The Trials of Brother Jero, could easily have toned his speech to a level his listeners would readily understand. Instead, he delved into polysyllables, incessant subordinations and wanton opacity. Not without a good reason.

PEOPLES Democratic Party, PDP Presidential Campaign Organisation, PDPPCO, Sunday, a swipe at former President Olusegun Obasanjo, saying that he remained a major critic of the present administration because President Goodluck Jonathan has vehemently refused to be a stooge to Obasanjo, just as it said that he does not want genuine democracy as he only pretends to want it.

Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State has lambasted former President,Chief Olusegun Obasanjo , describing him as Nigeria’s number one enemy, who has lost his status as an elder statesman.

President Goodluck Jonathan has decried attacks on members of the nation’s security services, noting that what they need from Nigerians is appreciation and not unnecessary criticism.

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has called on all political parties in the country as well as all other relevant stakeholders in the electoral process to relegate all narrow group interests and join hands with the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to guarantee the success of the 2015 general elections.

The All Progressives Congress APC, in Osun State has described the Peoples Democratic Party PDP recent tactics to elongate the transition programme as the greatest threat to democracy in the country.

Around 1,000 people marched Sunday in Doha in solidarity with the three Muslim American students murdered last week by a white neighbour in what protesters in Qatar called “a terrorist act”.