THE National Human Rights Commission NHRC, has called on politicians to avoid using hate speeches in their campaigns and utterances in the forthcoming  2019 general election to create tension in the country, as all acts of hate speech and election violence will henceforth be investigated and prosecuted.

On a day mixed reactions continued to trail the advice of former Defence Minister, Lt. General T.Y. Danjuma (retd), to Nigerians to defend themselves against herdsmen to avoid what he described as ethnic cleansing, some Taraba residents, yesterday, alleged that operatives of Ayem A’Kpatuma (Cat Race) military operation were aiding killer herdsmen in the state and harassing people.

Super Eagles captain John Obi Mikel has revealed his frustration and pain at missing the pre-world cup friendlies against Poland and Serbia today in London.

A Chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Prof. Henry Ugboma, has assured the supporters of the opposition party in  Rivers State that the party will win the governorship seat and other elective positions in the state in the 2019 polls.

Yesterday’s plea for forgiveness by the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, profuse as it was, however, did not mark out the sins of the former ruling party in its 16 years in power