Mr Joseph Nkoro, the governorship candidate of the Young Progressives Party (YPP) in Abia, has said that the party relies on the people’s goodwill and the Electoral Act to win the 2019 governorship election.

ABA—Gunmen operating on a motorcycle yesterday attacked a yet-to-be identified female bureau de change operator in Aba, Abia State, carting away millions in foreign currency.

PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari must have surprised many Nigerians when he took the quite unprecedented step of writing an op-ed that was obviously meant for Nigerians in a foreign newspaper, Christian Times. The surprising thing about the entire episode is that a notoriously taciturn President, one who apparently finds it difficult to talk, to say nothing of him offering an explanation for any of his action, chose to put down his thoughts in print.

THE delay in the resuscitation of the Eastern railway network is a great disservice to efforts to diversify the economy. Cognisant of this, the Senate Joint Committee on Land Transport and Local and Foreign Debts chaired by Senator Gbenga Ashafa, recently invited the Minister of Transport,  Chibuike Amaechi, to explain factors behind what is being seen as the “exclusion” of the Eastern rails from the Muhammadu Buhari regime’s railway agenda.

GOVERNOR Nasir el-Rufai of Kaduna State has said the 2019 general election is a contest between thieves and honest people, adding that the people of the state cannot afford to bring back looters into office.

LAFIA— THE  All Progressives Congress, APC governorship candidate in Nasarawa State, Engr. Abdullahi Sule has vowed to end all forms of killings in the state  if given the mandate in the forthcoming governorship elections.

The normally feisty political chieftains in Oyo State have been unusually quiet. However, the quietness is not what many are taking for granted as the 2019 General Election approaches.

The release of the much-publicised Policy Document by Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, the Presidential candidate of the PDP was an anti-climax as it was full of vague promises without any substance whatsoever.

THE majority of Nigerians still haven’t learnt any lessons from the recession. If we had, we would be a lot more worried about the future, beyond the elections. Analysts say we are more than likely on the brink of another recession, irrespective of who wins the elections.

Undaunted by past gubernatorial failures, Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, candidate in Lagos State, Mr Jimi Agbaje, at the weekend strongly reiterated his renewed resolve to end what he sees as the prevailing administrative hegemony in Lagos by dislodging the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, from Government House, Alausa, Ikeja.

The Vice Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Peter Obi,has asked Nigerians to stop attacking Mbaka over last Sunday’s incident at Adoration Ministry.

AFTER five quarters of economic contraction (Q1 2016- Q1 2017), Nigeria exited recession. With a positive 0.72 per cent GDP growth in Q2 2017, economic recovery has been slow and grinding, reaching 1.9 per cent in Q1 2018 and declining to 1.5 per cent in Q2 2018. Consequent on this, the economic wellbeing of many Nigerians has been unsatisfactory. Indeed for many, there is actually no evidence that the recession was over.

CALABAR—House of Representatives Committee on Niger Delta has expressed dissatisfaction with the state of work on East-West Road, which has been under construction for the past 12 years.

ENUGU—Following the transfer of the former South East Zonal Head of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Enugu, Mr. Adamu Hamisu Danmusa to Maiduguri, Borno State, a new head has been appointed for the zone. He is Assistant Police Commissioner, ACP, Usman Ahmed Imam.

Political thugs, weekend, stormed the house of Nigeria’s former Minister of Commerce, Bello Maitama, and vandalised two of his official vehicles and that of the Speaker, Jigawa State House of Assembly, Isa Idris.