1. Senate President, David Mark has assured that notwithstanding the anxieties and fears being expressed ahead of the 2015 general elections, Nigeria is adequately prepared for a peaceful, free, fair, transparent and credible exercise.
2. The Defense headquarters yesterday came hard on the Cable Network News, CNN, describing its recent report on the prosecution of the war against terrorism as blackmail against Nigeria.
3. Yesterday, January 15, 2015 being the annual Armed Forces Remembrance Day for Nigeria’s fallen heroes, Chocolate City rapper, M.I Abaga hit the studio to record a special tune dedicated to the memory of the country’s fallen men and women titled ‘Another Man’.
4. Enugu Catholic priest and founder of the Adoration Ministry, Rev. Fr. Ejike Mbaka, yesterday raised the alarm that he has been receiving threat messages following his New Year Eve controversial statement that President Goodluck Jonathan should be booted out of office.
5. Reports reaching DAILY POST suggests there is a growing unease in the camp of the All Progressives Congress, APC presidential candidate, General Muhammadu Buhari over the refusal of ex-President, Olusegun Obasanjo to endorse him ahead of the Feb. 14 presidential election.
6. “We know that you are very strategic; we know that you are very influential and we know that you are very popular among the people. “We are launching you to win your units, win your wards, win your friends and relations and then translate that to your local government area,” Adeniran charged serving and former counselors elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party at a meeting in Abuja, urging them to help sell the candidature of President Goodluck Jonathan to Nigerians.
7. The Catholic Archbishop of Lagos, Cardinal Olubunmi Okogie has called on Nigerians to rise up and save the country from imminent and irredeemable destruction.
8. Mr. Fabian Benjamin, JAMB Public Relations Officer, has told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos that the board would be migrating to computer-based mode of examination for the first time, and that no fewer than 1.4 million candidates nationwide would write the 2015 All Computer Base Test (CBT) on March 4.
9. Prominent Nigerians and political parties have continued to react to the signing of a peace pact, now referred to as “Abuja Accord” by President Goodluck Jonathan, General Mohammadu Buhari and nine other presidential aspirants, committing themselves to violence free elections next month.
10. Newly invited Arsenal youngster Alex Iwobi has revealed that he is here to represent his country even though he is quite aware that the playing style in Nigeria is very different from that of Arsenal.