My interest in this year’s elections goes beyond casting my vote. I have been attending campaign rallies and town hall meetings. During this time, I take time to observe people, especially youngsters in the villages, as they mill around. I have noticed some very disturbing trends among youths in the villages.

DAURA, the country home of the president-elect is still agog with celebrations since the Independent National Electoral Commission INEC declared him winner of last weekend presidential and National Assemblies elections.

Chairmanand Publisher of Leadership Newspaper, Sam Nda-Isaiah, has said that with the victory of Gen. Muhammadu Buhari in the 2015 election, change has come to Nigeria.

Ndi-Igbo Germany (NIG), the umbrella Organisation of all Igbo ethnic groups and Associations in the Federal Republic of Germany has sent its Congratulatory Message to Gen. Muhammadu Buhari.

Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State yesterday said the result of the presidential elections finally uprooted the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP from the country, saying “Don’t replant its seeds on April 11th, when you will be casting your vote for the governorship and House of Assembly elections.”

A consultant to Act Technologies Limited, one of the firms that supplied the Card Reader Machines, CRM, that were used for the Presidential and National Assembly elections last week Saturday, Mr. Muhammad Sani Musa, has dragged the Department of State Security, DSS, before the Federal High Court in Abuja over his continued detention by the security agency.

National Information Communication and Telecommunication solutions provider, Globacom has congratulated Christians in Nigeria on the successful completion of the Lenten fast and the commencement of the Easter celebrations. Globacom, in a statement, encouraged Christian faithful to be sober and circumspect as they celebrate the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus Christ.

Nasrul-lahi Fathi Society of Nigeria, NASFAT, has congratulated President-elect, General Mohammadu Buhari over his victory at the last presidential election, saying his election came when Nigerians needed new direction. In a statement signed by the society’s president, Engr. Yomi Bolarinwa, NASFAT also saluted all the major stakeholders in the recently concluded Presidential and National Assembly elections.

THE Nigeria De-fence Adviser to the United Nations, Maj.-Gen. Lincoln Ogunewe, has paid tribute to his UN military counterparts for standing by him at a time of grief. Some accredited UN military attachees to their various countries were in the country for the funeral rites of late Dr Kenneth Okoye, his (Ogun-ewe’s) father-in-law. The deceased, Okoye, 82 was a medical doctor and former Chief Medicine Director, Nnamdi Azikiwe Teaching Hospital, Nnewi as well as Chairman, Medical Advisory Committee of the hospital.

Breastfeeding provides a nutritious, easily digestible food when a sick child loses his or her appetite for other foods. Continued breastfeeding during diarrhea reduces dehydration, the severity and duration of diarrhoea, and the risk of malnutrition.

The sweetness of sugar is an obsession. Excessive consumption of refined sugar, a.k.a. the world’s most exotic spice, or “white gold” is indeed the No.1 cause of dental decay. Growing consumption of sugar is significantly increasing the incidence of dental caries, tooth decay and cavities. There is a raging epidemic of dental cavities and caries. Experts say it is a social epidemic spreading through urbanization.

Former boss of the Nigeria Football Federation, Anthony Kojo-Williams, in this interview with JOHN EGBOKHAN challenges President-elect Mohammadu Buhari to run sports the way he wants to fight corruption.

My passion for humanity, injustice and my inability to withstand any form of violence against women inspired this movement.So far; it’s been a worthwhile journey.

Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Kayode Aderanti, could thumb his chest and say eureka! This is because, his constituency recorded a rare feat in the just concluded Presidential and National Assembly elections. In the past, elections in the city witnessed skirmishes and violence. This time it ended peacefully. In fact, the police recorded the lowest number of arrests in election matters in the state. Crime Guard spoke with the police helmsman in the state and he opened up on how the feat was achieved.

Recently, four daring bandits carried their luck too far when they struck at the ever-busy Federal Highway Barracks in Ikeja, Lagos. Interestingly, they carried out the operation in an area where both policemen and other security agents throng heavily. The popular but dreaded Area F, police command is also located close to the barracks. This did not however, deter the dare-devils from waylaying their victim and robbing him of his precious valuables which included; Laptop, I-phone 4, two blackberries, PSP game, two wristwatches and N12, 000 at gun point.