The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has taken a swipe at the President Muhammadu Buhari- led All Progressives Congress (APC) government, saying its “minus zero” scorecard cannot win the confidence of voters in 2019.

The National Christian Elders Forum, NCEF, yesterday, described the allegation by the  Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs, NSCIA, that the Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, was Islamophobic over the latter’s objection to Sukuk Bond by the Federal Government was untenable and purely mischievous.

THIS article could have been titled FRIENDS OFBUHARI, PLEASE TELL HIM THE TRUTH. Last week, a few names were disclosed of people regarded as Buhari’s close confidantes.

Erstwhile National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Chief Olisa Metuh, has urged Nigerians to avoid subjecting his issues with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC to a media trial.

Nigeria’s Christopher Bulus failed in his bid to land a major international title over the weekend, following a 0-6, 1-6 loss to Eliakim Coulibaly of Cote d’Ivoire in the final of the ITF U18 Circuit in Togo.

ON the front burner of West African regional politics now is the quest for Morocco’s membership of the Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS, the only intergovernmental institution formed to foster unity and cohesion among Africa’s West coast nations.

YOUTHS under the aegis of Anambra Youth Movement, AYM, weekend, threatened to liaise with youths from other South-East states to shut down the region if the Federal Government refused to heed calls for restructuring of Nigeria as demanded by several groups and individual Nigerians.

Strong support for Asiwaju Bola Tinubu’s call for restructuring came from across the geopolitical divide, yesterday, with friends and foes saying his endorsement for power shift from the federal level to states had made the issue imperative.

Patients continue to bear full brunt of the health workers’ strike called by the Joint Health Sector Unions, JOHESU, as essential services remain grounded in federal hospitals across the nation, even as intern nurses provide skeletal services.

The fate of Morocco’s application to formally join the ECOWAS sub-regional group as a full member would be determined in December by the ECOWAS Heads of State.