The Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF) yesterday announced the selection of the first 1,000 African entrepreneurs for the Tony Elumelu Entrepreneurship Programme (TEEP).

In this interview, the Presidential candidate of the National Conscience Party, NCP ,Mr. Martin Onovo maintains that there is no party that can defeat NCP in a free and fair election.

WITH Nigeria’s electoral map indicating that about 56, 431,255 people have so far collected their Permanent Voters Cards, PVCs, out of 68 million registered voters, the country for the first time appears poised for a more robust participation.

WHERE two or three Nigerians are gathered, you can be sure we are busy running down our country. Nigerians like to bad-mouth Nigeria. This has played well into the narrative of the APC, which has used the social media to promote a false and prejudicial perspective of Nigeria under the Goodluck Jonathan administration.

UGHELLI—A pipeline explosion, Sunday night, rocked Ekuigbo community in Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta State.

PORT HARCOURT— THE Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Rivers State, formerly received the state Deputy Governor, Engr. Tele Ikuru, and a handful of other decfectors from All Progressives Congress, APC, in Andoni Local Government Area into its fold, yesterday.

MARITIME Workers Union of Nigeria, MWUN, yesterday, commenced a three-day warning strike over demands for a review of their condition of service.

Ahead of Saturday’s presidential election, business moguls under the auspices of Corporate Forum, CF, yesterday, endorsed the re-election of President Goodluck Jonathan, saying it took the step because the President has fulfilled his 2010 campaign promises anchored on the Transformation Agenda.

Jalingo—Gunmen, suspected to be Fulani herdsmen, killed about five persons and wounded dozens when they attacked Ananum village in Donga Local Government Area of Taraba State, yesterday.

LAGOS—The All Progressives Congress, APC, governorship candidate in Lagos State, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode, yesterday, joined members of the state’s National Union of Local Government Employees NULGE, to celebrate this year’s Local Government Workers’ Day.

Al-Qaeda’s Syrian affiliate and Islamist factions launched a multi-front offensive Tuesday against the regime-held northwestern city of Idlib, a monitor and activists said.

Former Super Eagles coach, Christian Chukwu has warned that the delay in naming a coach for the senior team was undermining the progress of the three-time African champions.

Enugu State chapter of All Progressives Congress,APC, yesterday,lampooned the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, over the concession of Enugu city water supply which the party claimed was shrouded in illegality.

LAGOS—Four days to the presidential election, Lagos metropolis was literally brought to a halt yesterday, as the two leading political parties in the state, All Progressives Congress, APC and Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, held rallies at different parts of the metropolis to woo voters which resulted in heavy traffic gridlock.

The Presidential candidate of African Democratic Congress, ADC, for the March 28 presidential poll, Ambassador Mani Ahmed has stepped down for the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, President Goodluck Jonathan.