The weekend press was, as usual very generous with its pages dealing with the Special Adviser to the President on Media, “my friend before, before” as we say in everyday parlance, Dr. Reuben Abati. Reuben was joined in the attack against General Muhammadu Buhari’s refusal, this time to attend presidential political debates, by his “cousin in office” Reno Omokri.

Last Saturday’s demonstration of the use of the card reader in selected states of the country has left the political class perplexed. Those against the use of the card reader cannot openly come out to denounce the device given its effective blockage of fake Permanent Voter Cards, PVCs. At the same time, those in rabid support of the use of the device are also constrained by the shortcomings as seen in its failure to effectively read the thumbprints of a significant number of potential voters in many places it was used.

Minister of Culture and National Orientation and Supervising Minister of Information, Chief Edem Duke speaks on the preparations for the forthcoming election and calls on Nigerians to hold those who are threatening violence if they lose the election accountable. He also speaks on a number of other national issues

Mr. Ben Murray-Bruce, Icon of business and entertainment, is vying for a seat in the Bayelsa East Senatorial District to represent his people in the Nigerian Senate. In this interview, he justifies his entry into the race, talks about his vision for Nigeria and explains what he wants to do differently in order to bring about an unprecedented impact on Nigerians at home and abroad

The test run of the Card Reader Machines proposed for the forthcoming general elections, carried out in 12 states, yesterday, exposed the flaws in the new voting technology introduced by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).

In this interview, the Special Adviser to President Goodluck Jonathan on Media and Publicity, Dr Reuben Abati, speaks on some national issues. Abati says that rather than vote for the past which General Mohammadu Buhari, the APC presidential candidate in the March 28 elections, represents, Nigerians should vote his principal, vying on the platform of the PDP, in order to consolidate on what has been achieved. According to him, the President will deploy the military to guarantee security in the country and ensure that no voter is intimidated during elections.

A group mobilising support for President Goodluck Jonathan’s re-election, the Goodluck Lagos Grassroots Project, has said that propaganda will not save the All Progressives Congress presidential candidate, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari, from losing the March 28 election.

In his fourth pursuit for the presidency, Muhammadu Buhari is in his old age adopting new patterns of political behaviour. How the rebranding will help him is another matter.

The All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA Senate candidate for Enugu North Senatorial Constituency, Chief Willy Ezugwu, in this interview, speaks on the struggle between his party and Governor Sullivan Chime over the adoption of Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi as the next governor of the state among other issues.

Electoral offences are arguably the most widespread infractions of the law in this season. However, few are ever punished in Nigeria. The most notable are offences leading to the election including violations of campaign expenses and the use of government facilities for campaign.

CHIEF Frank Igwebuike is the Delta State Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Movement, PDM and the State Chairman of Inter-Party Advisory. Igwebuike who was a member of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, is a founding chieftain of the PDM. In 2010, he was the Special Assistant to the PDP National Chairman on National Assembly Matters. He was also a youth leader in the defunct Unity Party of Nigeria, UPN in the Second Republic

Women in Plateau state hardly take the opportunity of challenging men in the political sphere but Mrs. Eunice Sambo, the All Progressives Congress, APC candidate for the Plateau North Senatorial zone has taken the bull by the horns as she is challenging the incumbent governor, Jonah Jang who is aspiring for the same seat on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party.

Advertising guru turned politician, Senator Akin Odunsi is the SDP governorship candidate for Ogun State. He is presently the senator representing the Ogun West Senatorial district

SEnator Gbenga Obadara, representing Ogun Central Senatorial District, represents the governor’s constituency in the Senate. He in this interview responds to several issues concerning the state and assertions that the governor has been favouring his constituency with projects and appointments

Chief Segun Adesegun, the deputy governor of Ogun State gives reasons why he and others left his principal behind in the APC.