This certainly is not the best of times for Nigerians in Indonesia as they are presently living in palpable fear said to have been fuelled by recent hostile actions of the government of that country which culminated in 21 Nigerians being condemned to death.

PORT HARCOURT—There was heavy presence of soldiers in major areas of Port Harcourt yesterday, apparently due to the postponement of the general elections.

ABUJA—The All Progressives Congress, APC, yesterday, accused service chiefs of conspiring with the Presidency to postpone the scheduled elections despite earlier repeated guarantees that the elections would hold.

Akwa Ibom State Resident Electoral Commissioner, REC, Mr. Austin Okojie, yesterday justified the postponement of the general elections by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to March 28 and April 11, 2015, disclosing that the commission will require 16, 016 support staff for the rescheduled elections.

GOVERNOR Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State has told the state Coordinator of Goodluck/Sambo Campaign Organisation, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu not to get him involved in the crisis between him and Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, youths in the state who accused him of diverting N1.5 billion meant for the youths when the campaign train of President Goodluck Jonathan visited the state last week.

The Minister of State for Power, Mr. Mohammed Wakil, said that the Federal Government is set to enforce quality control and standardisation of electricity materials installations. Wakil gave the assurance during the official commissioning of the remodeled National Meter Test Station and opening of the Technical Inspectorate Service Field Office in Lagos.

ABIA State governor, Chief Theodore Orji, has said he was seeking a senate seat to fight for things denied the zone and the state before now.

The United States Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr. James Entwistle, has denied, for the second time, a report that Nigeria would cease to be a nation in 2015, saying no US official or government made such prediction.

Dr Alex Otti was the former Managing Director of Diamond Bank and presently the assumed governorship candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, (APGA) in Abia State.

Jos—Pensioners in Plateau State yesterday blocked the entrance to the state secretariat demanding an upward review of their current N5,140 monthly pension to a more humane sum.

The Federal Government is being forced to revalidate contracts entered into by the defunct Power Holding Company of Nigeria, PHCN, for the supply of electricity metres to Nigerians before the privatisation of the generation and distribution segments of the power sector.

President of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), Amaju Pinnick says his board will work towards having young and talented players to play for the senior national team, the Super Eagles.

Stallion NMN, the Nissan sales company in Nigeria has unveiled the third generation (T32-series) Nissan X-Trail and second generation Nissan Qashqai at a media brief in Lagos, where local automobile media later put the vehicles to test from the Stallion NMN Gbagada showroom to Victoria Island Lagos. The two new models reflect Nissan’s pedigree in the production of state of the arts SUV.

As the nation grapples with the challenge of providing affordable housing for itscitizenry, a leading mortgage Bank, Resort Savings and Loans Plc recently got an approval for N1.5 billion mortgages for more than 125 beneficiaries underNational Housing Fund Scheme in January, 2015.

The campaign organization of Senator Annie Okonkwo, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, candidate for Anambra Central Senatorial District, for the March 28 elections, have described as wild and baseless rumours that he has been replaced as the candidate of the party by another aspirant.