With a little over three weeks to the gubernatorial election nationwide, the PDP candidate in Akwa Ibom State, Udom Gabriel Emmanuel, is set to win the race in a landslide. Apart from Akwa Ibom being a decidedly PDP state, Emmanuel’s message of hope, industrialization, human capacity development, job creation, a call for unity, and a gale of endorsements across all the three senatorial zones and numerous socio-political organizations and a campaign message based on issues, devoid of character assassination, vile rhetoric or morally objectionable approach has struck a chord among the electorate, making his victory all but a fait-accompli.

Olorogun Grace Aghovghovbia is the managing director, Unique Personal company in the United Kingdom, a strong woman leader and advocate of women empowerment in Nigeria. At present, she is championing the crusade for diaspora voting in 2015 general elections. She speaks on the need for the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to put measures in place for Nigerians abroad to exercise their civic right and why the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) would win the governorship election in Delta State.

IT was a tragic day in Onitsha, Anambra State, when about seven persons lost their lives, while about 20 others sustained various degrees of injuries after a trailer lost control at the Upper Iweka axis as a result of brake failure.

As the battle to clinch the governorship slot in Abia State thickens, the candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, in the state, Dr. Alex Otti, has vowed that no amount of intimidation would stop him from spreading his message of hope and restoration to the people of the state.

ESAMA of Benin Kingdom, Chief Gabriel Igbinedion, yesterday, vowed that those who burnt his television studio would not go unpunished.

Malachi 3:8-10 is one of the favourite scriptures used by pastors to cajole people to give in churches. It says those who withhold tithes and offerings are robbing God.

The Africa Magic Viewers Choice Awards which held penultimate Saturday has left us many talking points. Apart from award hauls, the joy of victory and the agony of defeat, what is left with us, are the red carpet moments. As usual, they come with different intentions, statements, emotions, attitudes, and by all means glamour and glitz that remain long after the event. Here are some moments that defined the evening.

Kenneth Okolie has described working with Shirley Igwe and Yvonne Jegede as wonderful but the most interesting statement he made to Potpourri was the one concerning his celebrity crush. The former Mr Nigeria and first runner-up Mr World blatantly admitted he used to have a crush on Nse Ikpe-Etim and Ufuoma Ejenobor, adding that the crush for Ufuoma has never dissipated.

The relationship between religion and politics is a historically complex sub-ject and a frequent source of disagreement through-out the history of religion even in our 21st century. Some schools of thought hold the strong opinion that religion and politics should be allowed to operate separately without the one interfering with the other. Those who hold this view argue essentially from the position that religion mixed with politics is most likely to imbibe various vices associated with politics.

“I have forgiven Prince Ekeh because he came to apologise to me that he’s sorry for all that happened. If he hadn’t come to beg me, I wouldn’t have let it go. However, as far as taking him out of the country again is concerned, my brother, that one is out of the question. If someone tries to shoot you the first time, and you survive, would you want the person to shoot you again?” she asked rhetorically.