SECONDARY school students have called for a shift in the date of the September 10 governorship election to another date because it clashed with their GCE Mathematics examination.

THERE is tension in Edo ahead of the September 10 governorship election, as students writing the General Certificate of Education, GCE, examinations and their parents have vowed to stage a protest over alleged refusal of security agents to exempt those writing the examination from restriction of movement during the polls.

A top civil servant in the Governor’s office (names withheld) who received his text message during a church service in Benin City, yesterday, complained that the civil service was being turned into a political arena, in a move that could kill morale.

As a mark of appreciation to the Edo state Governor, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, for his intervention in reclaiming the gully erosion-ravaged areas of Ogbeson community, the leadership of the community has promised to massively vote for the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Mr Godwin Obaseki in the governorship election in the state, this Saturday.

Rumour peddlers in Enugu have been talking about alleged standoff between Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi and his predecessor,Sullivan Chime, following a motion adopted by the state House of Assembly to probe the Internally Generated Revenue,IGR,generated between 2008 and June 2015.

I believe the Federal Government has done remarkably well considering the situation we found ourselves in after we were sworn-in on May 29, 2015. People tend to forget that the economic downturn actually started manifesting in 2014 due to a growing mismatch between the profligate and reckless spending of the previous government fueled by high oil prices and the resultant shock to the system when prices started to fall. Nigeria’s case was worsened by the fact that with the falling oil prices, our production targets were affected by militant activities in the Niger Delta and outright theft of the nation’s crude on a massive scale perpetrated with the full backing of government officials.

AHEAD of the Edo State governorship election holding on Saturday, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu, in this interview, explains why he is in politics despite being a pastor of the Redeemed Christian Church of God and his plans for the state if elected into office.

Nigeria’s latest economy profile may have thrown up more challenges for the nation’s banks, the key economy intermediation sector.

CHIEF Solomon Edebiri, until recently a member of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and governorship aspirant, contested at the primary election and lost to Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu. Although he felt strongly that his former party and its leaders decided who got the ticket ahead of the primary, he maintains he has since gone on sabbatical politically.

Mr Osaro Onaiwu is the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) in Saturday’s election in Edo State. In this interview, Onaiwu says he will defeat his opponents and succeed Governor Adams Oshiomhole.