The moves launched by President Goodluck Jonathan to get northern leaders to support him ahead of the 2015 presidential election appear to have failed, Sunday Vanguard has learnt. One of the moves was the emissary sent to the Northern Elders Forum (NEF) at a meeting in Abuja.

Despite efforts by security agencies to stem the recurrent invasion of parts of Benue state by armed Fulani herdsmen, no fewer than 17 persons have been killed in Akough village in Guma local government area of the state by suspected Fulani mercenaries.

Mixed reactions have trailed President Goodluck Jonathan’s assessment of his administration in which he said he has done well. Many operators in the private sector dismissed the pass mark which the President awarded to himself, saying that available field experiences and data do not bear him out completely.

President Goodluck Jonathan, yesterday, gave a robust defence of his administration’s performance at mid-term and dismissed public and media assessment of his ministers, saying the criticisms were mostly bereft of objectivity.

Forces opposed to the return of Governor Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers State as the Chairman of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum, NGF, yesterday, made fresh moves to unseat him as governor.

Hours after he was suspended from the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Governor Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers State, yesterday, solicited prayers from citizens of the state against desperate persons who he claimed were after his life.

Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF) may have finally broken up after a segment believed to be loyal to President Goodluck Jonathan set up a parallel body to the one led by Governor Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers State.

The Governor of Rivers State, Hon. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, CON, was yesterday re-elected as the chairman of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum, NGF.“Amaechi, whose re-election was fiercely opposed by both President Goodluck Jonathan and the leadership of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, got 19 votes to beat his challenger, Jonah Jang of Plateau State who got 16 votes.

Uncertainty fired by a web of intrigues, last night, shadowed aspirations of three of the nation’s governors ahead of today’s election of a new chairman of the Nigerian Governors Forum

AWKA, the capital of Anambra State stood still, yesterday, as the body of the literary icon, Professor Chinua Achebe arrived the state for its final journey to Ogidi, his home town, in Idemili North Local Government Area. His remains will be interred later today.