SUNDAY PUNCH of August 11, 2013, on pages 70 and 71 provided the names and pictures of people it called “Opposition Power brokers: The Strongmen of APC”. It reads to me like pictures of WANTED men at a Police Station. For a start, the list had no single woman – that tells us a lot about the gender discrimination in the new political organization. It is doubtful if this new “progressive” political contraption is what will take us to the promised land.

Could the decision by the Lagos State government to appeal the Court of Appeal judgement that freed Major Hamza Al-Mustapha from jail consume the All Progressives Congress, APC.

ABUJA—A group, Nigerian Young Professionals Forum, NYPF, Wednesrday, warned two chieftains of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Chief Bisi Akande and Mallam Nasir el-Rufai, to tender an apology to President Jonathan for using bad language on him or face its wrath

Senator Emmanuel Bwacha represents Taraba South senatorial district on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. He entered the Senate following a stint in the House of Representatives. In this interview with journalists he responds to issues in the polity including the 2015 presidency contest and the slant of the opposition in the country. Excerpts:

LAGOS—No fewer than 5,000 members of various parties have defected to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ijebu North Local Government Area of Ogun State.