SENATE Committee Chairman on Media and Publicity, Senator Eyinnaya Abaribe, has called on Abia State Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, members to put behind any mixed feeling arising from the recent governorship primaries in the state and work towards the party’s victory in all the elections.

The Federal Government to take sustainable, viable and proactive steps to addressing the consequences of the falling crude oil prices instead of punitive measures against ordinary Nigerians especially workers.

Nnewi — Chairman of Onitsha Newspaper Directors and Distributors Association ONDDA, Mr. Jude Oguzie, has called on the people of Anambra Central Senatorial district to vote for the emergence of the National Chairman of All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, Chief Victor Umeh, as senator to change the district for better.

No fewer than 11, 500 wheat farmers in Kano State will benefit from the Federal Government’s fertilisers and other farm inputs during the current dry season farming.

IN the ingenuity of the politician, the future of Nigeria is tied to elections. When politicians, who call themselves leaders, engage in phased discussions of Nigeria, they are not contemplating legacies that would enhance the development of Nigeria. Their entire concerns are elections, the struggle for power, the decisions about who becomes what, and those marked for nothingness.

The Nasru-llah-il-Fatih Society of Nigeria has said it will continue to offer prayer for peace and development of the country especially during this auspicious time of electioneering.

The Peoples Democratic Party National Chairman, Ahmed Adamu Muazu, said yesterday, that the President Goodluck Jonathan deserves a second term ticket because of the enormous work he had done to put Nigeria on a sound track.

THE Federal Government, yesterday, bowed to pressure on the implementation of the 70 per cent tariff on imported used vehicles by postponing its enforcement to April 30, 2015.

Against the backdrop of the failure of the Super Eagles to qualify for the forthcoming 2015 African Cup of Nations (AFCON) tournament kicking off in Equatorial Guinea on January 17, the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has promised to raise a national team that will make Nigerians proud again.

STYLE-Plus was one of the hottest groups in the modern day Nigerian music scene,which made waves in the early 2000, with the smash singles, “Runaway” and “Olufunmi.”

It seems palpable calm will return to Ekiti State this new year, following the spiritual visit of sorts, by the General Overseer of Redeemed Christian Church of God, RCCG, Pastor Enoch Adeboye and the Founder/General Superintendent of Deeper Life Bible Church, Pastor William Kumuyi to the state during the Christmas for an evangelical work.

In what was termed a bleak Yuletide for civil servants in Ogun State, following the alleged failure of the state government to pay their December salaries, hope seems to be lurking around for the workers, as the government, Tuesday, said it has paid the said salaries with a 10 per cent bonus.

LAGOS—The New Year celebration was a sour one for residents of 2, Morountola Street, Ijanikin area of Lagos, as a seven-month-old baby boy, Raphael Olawola, was reportedly burnt in a fire that consumed a bungalow in the area.

FACED with inadequate time to tour the length and breadth of their constituencies for campaigns, some politicians have devised new and quicker ways of reaching the electorate.

Abuja — President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has enjoined Muslims in the country to use the occasion of the commemoration of the birth of Prophet Mohammed to pray for peaceful elections in the country.