I am not aware of any other candidate in the race who has a legion of teams that are organised, passionate or committed to the cause. Ndi Anambra are tired of the politics of old.

THE Senate at plenary yesterday, approved 350 million dollars World Bank loan for Ogun State Development Policy Operation, DPO, as contained in the 2016-2018 Rolling Plan.

Although development is a continuum and no administration can lay exclusive claim to all the achievements, Anambra has recorded in recent years in the security and infrastructure sectors

ABUJA—The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, yesterday, narrated before the Federal High Court in Abuja, how Shamsudeen, son of a former Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Mr. Bala Mohammed, allegedly paid a cumulative sum of N1.1billion to acquire properties in different parts of Abuja.

ABUJA—THREE years after the last Armed Forces Council meeting in 2014, President Muhammadu Buhari, yesterday, presided over the first since he came on board as a civilian president.

Dr. Tony Nwoye is someone I have known forever. Our paths crossed way back in our pre university days. He was in Metropolitan College Onitsha while I was in Christ the king College (CKC). Being a very intelligent and socially active person, Tony was a constant feature in the inter-school contests. He led his school in quiz competitions, debates, JET club contests and the likes. I led mine in same events. So we started off as adversaries really but had mutual respect for each other.

A member of the Peoples Democratic Party’s, PDP, Board of Trustees, Amb. Mrs. Justina Eze, has applauded the sportsmanship displayed by 37 out of the 40 registered political parties in Enugu State, in accepting defeat and endorsing the outcome of the November 4 Local Government Elections in the state.

GOVERNOR Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola of Osun State has identified unearned income from rent, rather than productivity, as the major challenge facing Nigeria in terms of its economic development.

THE federal government has rejected the call to extend the deadline for the execution of the Voluntary Assets and Income Declaration Scheme (VAIDS).

ABUJA— The two arms of the National Assembly, Senate and House of Representatives, have begun a holistic investigation into the discovery of dead bodies of  26 young Nigerian girls, ages 14 to 18, in a Spanish warship, Cantabria.