Mr Mike Igini is the Resident Electoral Commissioner in Edo State. The INEC chief spoke to Sunday Vanguard in Benin-City on Friday, in reaction to the postponed general elections and the integrity of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) ahead the rescheduled elections. He insisted that the Prof. Attahiru Jega-led Commission was determined to supervise the “best elections in the history of the nation”, assuring that electoral body remained independent and cannot be controlled by any political party

Between Attahiru Jega and his God, he knows what has gone down.
For this column, we also know, in details, what went down on Saturday, February 7, 2015. But do Nigerians know? Do Nigerians care to know? Do Nigerians want to know? Do Nigerians need to know?
We take them one after the other. Nigerians in their millions, across the partisan divide, do not know what went down before Jega’s announcement of the postponement of the 2015 elections.

The traditional stool in every African society brings with it awe, wealth and imperial satisfaction to make the traditional ruler the envy of most people. However, for the Oche Achega, the paramount ruler of Achega in Agatu Local Government Area of Benue, his reign has been marred by the burden and sorrow of being a continual mourner. Agatu, once a serene, prosperous local government area, producing large quantities of food stuff and fish, is now a ghost of itself, no thanks to deadly attacks by Fulani fighters since 2013.

“ Love is patient, love is kind; it does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud; It does not dishonour others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs.

AT a public lecture delivered at the Chatham House in London last month, the National Security Adviser, Colonel Sambo Dasuki, (retd), disclosed that he had “advised” the Independent National Electoral Commission to postpone the election.