APC to decide guber candidate today

As the All Progressives Congress (APC) today chooses its candidates in all the states across the country for the gubernatorial election slated for February 28, 2015, of major concern to the party and to the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) will be the stature of the person who will emerge in Lagos, BusinessDay can authoritatively report.

Analysts say the future of the APC will be

57% Nigerians say political campaigns not addressing current issues – Polls

As the 2015 elections loom, political campaigns are not focusing on the country, according to a recent public perception poll conducted by NOIPolls.

In a bid to gauge public perception regarding the general elections in 2015, NOIPolls, an Abuja based research firm, conducted a poll to assess the opinion of the public towards the elections.

The results from the polls showed that 57 percent of Nigerian adults believed political campaigns by politicians do not address present issues.

Most residents in the South-West (66%), and North-East (62%) zones revealed that recent political campaigns have failed to focus on current issues in Nigeria.

Despite Nigeria’s democracy dating back to

2015 general elections will not deplete Nigeria’s fortune – Emefiele

The Governor of the Central Bank Governor (CBN), Mr Godwin Emefiele, has said that the 2015 General Elections would not deplete the fortunes and reserves of the country.

Emefiele gave the assurance on Wednesday in New York, at the Africa Business Summit, a high level international forum on Africa’s investment climate and market with the theme “Africa is Rising, There Are Challenges, Still We Rise.’’

He said that the nation’s economy was currently doing well and the 2015 elections would not let it take a downturn.

He further said that Nigeria currently had a reserve of about 41 billion dollars, “which is the highest in Africa.’’

The CBN governor said though people were predicting a drop in crude prices and revenues, with 41 billion dollars reserve supporting imports and production for the next seven to eight months, “Nigeria’s economy is