LAGOS — The All Progressives Congress, APC, yesterday alleged new plans by the presidency and the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to scuttle the forthcoming elections using the National Council of State.

Chief Olisa Metuh, lawyer, politician, real estate manager, from Otolo Nnewi, Anambra State has without break been on the National Executive Committee, NEC of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. Presently the national publicity secretary of the party, Metuh in this interview with journalists responds to issues emanating from the campaign.

ABUJA— As the nation prepares for the general elections this month, the Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Justice Mahmud Mohammed, yesterday handed down a serious warning to all judicial officers in the country saying ‘judiciary must never again be used as tool to truncate our democracy’.

SERVING and retired workers of the nation’s seaports, yesterday, lauded the achievements of President Goodluck Jonathan’s administration in the maritime industry, saying the it had not only positively affected human capital, but also material resources in the sector.

The furore over the withdrawal of the All Progressives Congress, APC presidential candidate, General Muhammadu Buhari from the scheduled debate proposed by two media groups has unsettled some. But it is nothing new.

AS you approach her, she averts eye contact, preferring to look at the ground; call her name, she nods her head without saying a word. She is equally not forthcoming when you try to engage her in a conversation. Yet this is a girl who was said to be outgoing and playful before her most recent traumatic experience.

Former Governor of Lagos State and National leader of the APC, Bola Tinubu in his tribute said Pa Molade Okoya Thomas’ death saddens him deeply. According to Tinubu, “he was too good, too humane, quiet unassuming and extremely generous with his time and resources. His breed is very rare. I am deeply saddened by his demise.”

A civil society group, Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, SERAP, has sent a Freedom of Information Act request to the Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, urging her to “urgently provide information about spending of the alleged missing N30 trillion, which represents some accruable income to the Federal Government in the past four years.”

DELTA State Governor, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan, has said that peaceful elections in Nigeria cannot be compromised as the country cannot afford to toy with its unity.

AHEAD of this month’s general elections, former Archbishop of the Lagos Metropolitan See of the Catholic Church, Anthony Cardinal Okogie, has frowned at the attitude of some Nigerians whom he accused of mixing religion with politics.

Following Super Eagles’ failure to qualify for the ongoing 2015 Africa Cup of Nations most Nigerians don’t seem keen on what has been going on in Equatorial Guinea. People who, ordinarily would have spent hours glued to the television if Nigeria had qualified, don’t seem to bother about the tournament in neighbouring country.

GOVERNORSHIP candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Lagos State, Mr Jimi Agbaje yesterday expressed optimism that he will defeat the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Mr. Akinwumi Ambode.

Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State, yesterday, formally held a meeting with the newly deployed Assistant Inspector General of Police, AIG, to Zone 2, Mr. Joseph Mbu apparently over security issues.

THE Lagos State Government, yesterday, accused members of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, of vandalising the Gani Fawehinmi Freedom Park at Ojota stating that they carted away some historical relics.

IN a serious democracy, a candidate who refuses to present himself for a major debate like the presidential debate would lose the election. Neither his reasons, nor his name would be important in the public reaching the decision on this. He would suffer the consequences of ignoring the public, and his party would be entangled in the resulting public odium his decisions would generate.