Immediate past National Chairman of APGA, Chief Victor Umeh, is the senatorial candidate of the party for the rerun election in Anambra Central. In this interview, Umeh speaks on his mission in the Senate if he wins. Excerpts:

The results of the Benue South senatorial rerun election held, yesterday, started trickling-in, last night, with the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, candidate, Senator David Mark, establishing an early lead.

THE Redeemed Christian Church of God, RCCG, King’s Court Parish and a France-based non-governmental Christian organization, Justice Acts, have called on the Nigerian government, parents and various stakeholders in the country to join hands in the onerous task of arresting human trafficking in the country.

Political leaders, royal fathers and academicians gathered on Wednesday, February 10 to listen to Governor Adams Oshiomhole, who proffered solutions to the economic crisis facing the nation, particularly the dwindling revenue from crude oil at a lecture organized by the Correspondents Chapel of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) in Edo State.

The crisis rocking the financial sector has deepened as exchange rate rose to over N370 per dollar. The foreign reserve also declined by $1.14billion. Non-Performing Loans (NPLs) in commercial banks, according to statistics averaged 4.7 percent last year and may increase to 10 percent in the medium term by 2016, due to the banks exposure to oil and gas sector. At present, NPLs in 17 banks are estimated at over N9.9trillion, even as the World Bank’s loan to Nigeria stands at over $6.29billion.

When Bukky’s husband died suddenly of a heart attack in his early 60s, she was inconsolable. They’d been inseparable over the decades and the obituary she put in the papers would draw tears from a sadist’s eyes. She cut a pitiable figure as her husband laid in state in the beautiful expensive casket she had insisted be bought. As sympathizers filed past the corpse, a little boy of about ten stood rooted to the spot, gazing with the morbid fascination children have for the dead The widow was now curious. “Whose child is that’

The condemnable attempt a few days ago by just 5 Kogi State legislators to remove their Speaker, Momoh Jimoh Lawal, ought not to be referred to as news. This is not to suggest that negative issues don’t make news because everyone knows that bad news is the most popular news. But considering that the newer and fresher an event is, the easier it is for it to make news, hooliganism which has since become a hobby of our legislators and which is no longer new, ought not to make news in the ordinary sense; rather it should make condemnable news. In other words, it shouldn’t even be described as news but as a story which the teller presents in a negative sense. Unfortunately, we the narrators hardly remember to sensitize the people that it is the story of shameless actors.

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) said that it compelled banks to return N6.2 billion excess charges to their customers in 2015 Director, Corporate Communication Department, CBN, Alhaji Ibrahim Muazu stated this in a press release titled, “Alleged Excess, Illegal Charges by Deposit Money Banks (DMBs)”

Valentine’s day may have come and gone, but the memories of that day linger on. Zaina Agoro, the svelte beautiful pop-star was among the entertainers who captured the memories of the special day by embarking on a Valentine’s Day themed photo shoot. The Sarewale sensation opened up on the reason for the photo shoot.

If you were to complain about three main things in your environment today, I’m very that one of those things top on your list would have something to do with our roads. Traffic is a major deterrent to the proper functioning of our daily activities. In the past the roads used to be predictable, but today we experience all sorts.

Last week, Vanguard reported a curious drama during the State House briefing after the meeting of the National Executive Council, between State House Correspondents and the Minister for Information, Mr. Lai Mohammed. It seemed like the Buhari cabinet did not have much to talk about. There is of course much going on. Boko Haram is still killing and pillaging. The Chibok girls are as good as lost. To remove the sheen from that fact, the President was reported a while ago to have pointedly told parents of the girls of Chibok to go home as there’s not much else he could do for them.

African CEOs will be arriving Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire for the 4th edition of the annual AFRICA CEO FORUM. To be held from March 21 – 22 2016, participants at the forum will discuss a range of economic issues and current affairs. Based on the event’s central theme for the year, issues such fall of commodities prices and slump of foreign direct investments are expected to hog the limelight in the wake of Africa’s uncertain environment.

When the president was last in the UK he gave an interview to the Daily Telegraph. There was an uproar due to some of his comments in the interview. It seems that his remarks cut too close to some peoples’ sensitivities and perhaps, too honest,way too honest for some. It is not a secret that there are some, I mean, a higher than acceptable level of criminality among Nigerians and these criminals are feted in a big way. In other countries, they lock their criminals and they make an example of them.

Do not envy David Cameron on this Europe issue. And do not begrudge him for celebrating his “victory” at the Brussels office of the European Union last week Friday. Rather, give it to him for his doggedness and resoluteness to ensure he writes himself into the United Kingdom and EU history books. If you ask this young man what his motivation is, he probably would tell you, it is the love he has for his people.

Mr Akinyinka Akinnola is a governorship aspirant on the platform of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Ondo State.An engineer with experience spanning over 30 years in building services, manufacturing and infrastructural development, Akinnola says all that should matter is for the next Ondo governor to be somebody who is able to get the job done regardless of where he comes from. He bares his mind on why he is the best man to occupy. Alagbaka House. Excerpts: