The Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA) has cautioned political parties and supporters not to drag Islam into the ongoing campaigns.

RESIDENTS of Kubwa, especially those living at Arab Road, a suburb of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Abuja, have in the past three weeks been living in fear as armed robbers terrorize the area, carting away vehicles and other items.

Kano Pillars made a bright start to the their CAF champions league campaign by beating Al-Malakia 2-0 in the first round elimination match decided yesterday in Juba South Sudan.

For the NSA, his advisory statement paid off. Many may have, before now, accused him of being too silent on the seeming security situation in the country. But his recent trip to London proved that he could at least speak. Read about the shock wave that flashed through the camp of the opposition party, the All Progressives Congress, APC, following the postponement of the general elections, which would have commenced yesterday, by the independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, at the early hours of Sunday, last week.

Mr Mike Igini is the Resident Electoral Commissioner in Edo State. The INEC chief spoke to Sunday Vanguard in Benin-City on Friday, in reaction to the postponed general elections and the integrity of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) ahead the rescheduled elections. He insisted that the Prof. Attahiru Jega-led Commission was determined to supervise the “best elections in the history of the nation”, assuring that electoral body remained independent and cannot be controlled by any political party

It is no longer news that the hitherto scheduled and anticipated 2015 Nigeria General Elections did not hold yesterday. Instead Nigerians went out joyously to celebrate Valentine’s Day. We did not vote, but the day was not wasted. Lovers were all over the town. Husbands and wives “feigned” love as they present their spouses with flowers, cards and chocolates. To them, love should only be “expressed” once a year on Valentine’s Day. And for some wives, yesterday was no different, as their husbands still “played away game” with the excuse of official “duties”. To these set of people, they would have preferred the election held, so as to keep the husbands indoors. But it never happened.

According to media reports, Gen. Buhari has rejected invitation to debate with President Jonathan as proposed by the Broadcasting Organisation of Nigeria (BON). Probably, he is unaware that presidential debate has become an accepted feature of normal democratic practice, given that it offers a great opportunity for aspirants to speak directly to a wide audience and for the electorate to assess spontaneously the intellectual quality of those aspiring to govern them.

Golden Eaglets’ Head Coach, Emmanuel Amuneke, has predicted a tough test for his wards when they open their 11th African U-17 Championship account against Niger at the Stade Général Seyni Kountché (SGSK) in Niamey today.

Only a fool would have expected the presidential elections to hold yesterday. That it took INEC until a week ago to realize their error merely proves, once again, that people can be very intelligent, but not wise. Professor Jega is the author of what will follow from now on.

What do Nigerians and indeed the media expect of the military in the face of contemporary challenges? This was a question I sought to answer in April 2013 at an interactive session on civil military relations organized by the Nigerian Army in Lagos. At the end of my paper, it was clear I had upset the military judging by the responses of the top most military officers who were participants at the conference. The session was so combative that I was forced to fight back by telling them not to invite me to future sessions if they only want to hear what would please them.

We are on our way to a city where the Lord is all in all. He is the water, the food, the clothing, the heat, the light and shield.

The Special Assistant to President Goodluck Jonathan on New Media, Reno Omokri, has threaten to drag Saharareporters to court if it fails to publish an apology within three business days over what he termed a malicious story published by the New York based online news medium.

Ebere Agbapuluonwu and Nwamaka Onyeocha are the latest addition to the long list of Nigerian athletes and coaches that have been lured by oil rich Arab nations. Reports have it that Ebere who was the 400m champion at the 2013 School Sports in Port Harcourt, Rivers State is making waves and the she has caught the eye of the king of Bahrain.

Between Attahiru Jega and his God, he knows what has gone down.
For this column, we also know, in details, what went down on Saturday, February 7, 2015. But do Nigerians know? Do Nigerians care to know? Do Nigerians want to know? Do Nigerians need to know?
We take them one after the other. Nigerians in their millions, across the partisan divide, do not know what went down before Jega’s announcement of the postponement of the 2015 elections.

The Presidency has accused former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo of trying to foist an interm government on nigeria and it citizen.