By Emmanuel Aziken & Inalegwu Shuaibu …expresses concern over 2009 budget ABUJA — The Senate is to fast track the process of constitution review to ensure that a reviewed Electoral Act is available for the 2011 elections, the Senate disclosed yesterday.

By Henry Umoru ABUJA—GOVERNORS and elected public officers who may have been adopted ahead of the 2011 general elections by State Chairmen of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) would have had their hopes shattered as the National Chairman, Prince Vincent Ogbulafor yesterday warned all state chairmen of the party against adopting any candidate or face […]

In an interview with the Financial Times of London published yesterday, his very first interview since assuming office, Sanusi will be preoccupied with three issues in the first few months of his term. These are transparency, accurate disclosures of the bad loans in the banking industry, and systemic risks that may appear from handling individual risks of some banks.

CHIEF Justice of  Nigeria, Justice Idris Legbo Kutigi, usually a very sober man, had harsh words for lawyers when he ruled in what should hopefully be the last of the series of court cases, Chief Andy Uba unleashed over the governorship of Anambra State since 2007.

It is in the same manner as we demarcate the period of reform in the USA by the election of Obama contextualised by the 1857 Dred Scott Decision of the Supreme Court of the United States, in similar manner we should demarcate the context of reform by the decision of the colonial government to plan for responsible government in the colonies. Independence of the colonies was and is a phase in the reform of the British colonial state.

By  Patrick Ugbe THE  media has been awash of late with the news of the delisting of Cross River State from the oil-producing states league and the ceding of 76 of its oil wells to Akwa Ibom State.

By Bose Adebayo Possibly in a matter of months, the new over-head bridge being constructed by the Lagos State government at Cele Bus-stop along the Oshodi-Apapa Expressway will be completed. Work from every indication is progressing at a rapid pace which suggests an early completion of the project. Part of this indication is the sacking […]

But government did not treat ASUU patience and restraints with sincerity.We have embarked on this strike because the situation because the situation had remained unchanged since the end of the two week warning strike on May 31 2009.

He came into office with a lot of goodwill, a goodwill which extended beyond Ondo State as was evident when he made a late appearance, days after being sworn-in, at the Obafemi Awolowo Centenary Lecture that was delivered by Professor Wole Soyinka at the NIIA in March.

“The soldiers have been professional in their conduct. They have lived very well with us,” he said, adding that the council was taking steps to re-orientate, reform and rehabilitate deviant youths from the area.

He reiterated what the group told members of the National Assembly during the attempt to review the constitution, saying “we told them that more than the fact that it establishes a democratic form of government, it is the democratic process through which it is adopted that essentially defines the character of a constitution as a truly democratic one.

By Jude Njoku AGAINSTthe backdrop of worsening road infrastructure in Lagos State and the fact that the level of funding required to provide or maintain the existing ones far exceeds the budgetary and resource capacity of the State, the government in 2004 enacted the Lagos State “Roads Law”.

…explains delays in FOI bill By Emmanuel Aziken & Inalegwu Shuaibu ABUJA — The Senate is not involved in the business of awarding contracts, the President of the Senate, Chief David Mark has said. Senator Mark equally expressed the Senate’s interest in the passage of the Freedom of Information (FOI) Bill but nevertheless restated his […]

By AbdulSalam Muhammad KANO — The Presidential Task Force on Nigeria Customs Service Reform has assured the nation of its resolved to reposition the Service in line with the Vision 2020 dreams.

By Tina Akannam Dutse — Governor Sule Lamido of Jigawa State has stressed the need for the mass media to disseminate information that will promote the cultural and political values of African continent.