Following the seeming resolution of the issues surrounding the educational qualification of the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Maj-Gen Muhammadu Buhari (retd), the prospect of redirecting the campaign to core issues remains a variable for the political gladiators

The Governor of Osun State, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola has commended Ipetumodu and Ashipa communities for embracing peace four days after they entered into agreement to end hostilities.

TRADE Union Congress of Nigeria, TUC, yesterday condemned recent attack on President Goodluck Jonathan and his delegation during their visit to the house of Hajia Dada, mother of the late President Umaru Yar’Adua in Katsina, by some youths, describing it “as an embarrassment to the country.”

The Vice President, Namadi Sambo has said that the Federal Government would spend N50 billion to boost the agricultural sector and improve food security this year.

A week after Islamic terrorists murdered 12 employees of French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo in Paris, the victims’ colleagues defiantly featured a provocative cartoon of the Prophet Mohammed on the magazine’s front cover.

Few hours after the reconnection of Borno State to national grid, President Goodluck Jonathan has ordered the opening of two new sources of power supply to the area.

How interesting would it be if there is a final debate between President Ebele Jonathan and his challenger, General Muhammed Buhari on the topic of Security. The venue should be SAMBISA FOREST with Chief Femi Fani-Kayode and Rotimi Amaechi as Moderators.

HON. Solomon Edojah was a former Commissioner in Delta State and member of the House of Representatives. A stalwart of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, he was in Kwara state for 6 months to help salvage the state chapter of the party after the mass exodus of most politicians in the state from the party to the opposition All Progress Congress, APC. He aspired for the Delta Central senate seat in the recent PDP primaries but failed to secure the ticket. In this interview, he speaks on his experience and the chances of PDP in the forthcoming general elections.

The Lagos State Police Command has arrested eight suspected members of a trans-border robbery gang, among them a 59-year-old man, who confessed to have carried out robbery operations in Benin Republic, Mali, among other countries within West Africa.

Abuja — The Federal Government has announced a plan to put together contingency funds to make lifelines available to poultry farmers who have suffered losses following the outbreak of bird flu in parts of the country.

The National Commission for Museums and Monuments (NCMM) recently requested the permission of the Kano State Emirate to establish an Islamic art museum at the defunct British Council’s premises in Kano.

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, yesterday said the deployment of card readers for the February polls would eliminate rigging in the electoral process.

The Dutch textile and design company, Vlisco Group, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding, MoU with the Federal Government of Nigeria to create a platform for significant expansion in Nigeria’s economy.

Comrade Emeka Ekpunobi is a journalist of 21 years standing. Ekpunobi was rooted in buisness reporting until the emergence of the Fourth Republic when he became one of the pioneer reporters of the National Assembly and served for six years as the chairman of the Senate Press Corps

NIGERIA Employers Consultative Association, NECA, has called on the Federal Government to use the opportunity of the current decline in the price of crude oil in the International market to commence implementation of the policy on deregulation of the downstream sector of the oil industry.