PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan, yesterday, promised to ensure the creation of an additional state in the South-East and also address issues of infrastructure decay in the zone if re-elected.

Allegations levelled against the Federal Government by Lagos State Governor, Raji Fashola over the fate of the Lekki Deep Seaport project has been described as false.

Governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Mr Nyesom Wike and his counterparts in the All Progressives Congress, APC, Dr Dakuku Peterside and Labour Party, Prince Tonye Princewill, have agreed to tackle the issue of multiple taxation if any of them is elected governor of the state.

There is no love lost between farmers and herdsmen in many parts of the country. For quite some time now, the media have been inundated with reports of conflict after conflict between farmers and herdsmen in different parts of the country and at the end of the day, several innocent lives are lost, farms and cattle destroyed. Farmers in Benue State, the food basket of the nation, are worst hit, causing many to believe that if nothing is done urgently to stem the tide, widespread hunger may be staring Nigeria in the face. In this report, Vanguard Features, VF, takes looks at the recent attacks in Oyo, Benue and Enugu states and the best way forward.

WHO are contesting for seats as your legislators: State House of Assembly, House of Representatives, and Senate? Do you know them? Have they spoken to you? What would be the bases of your decision about these men and women, who in their numbers and memberships really rule Nigeria? Do you realise the importance of their decisions? Do you appreciate the implications of the stand you take when you tick one, and not the others?