IN what many would described as endorsement of River’s Governor, Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, as the PDP’s standard bearer in the 2011 election, National Secretary of the party, Alhaji Abubakar Baraji, yesterday in Port Harcourt, cleared the governor to run on the platform of the party in the next gubernatorial election.

Early this year, a Non Governmental Organization held a national summit on Violence Against Girls in Schools. As part of that event, girls from schools in various parts of the country and from primary through tertiary institutions converged on Abuja.

FORMER Chairman of the Nigerian Ports Authority, NPA, and a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Chief Olabode George and five other members of his board were yesterday sentenced to 28 years jail term without an option of fine by an Ikeja High court.

THE National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) reported last week a decline in the inflation and interest rates, which analysts attributed to the current banking reforms and the relative stability in the prices of crude oil which they believed may have returned Nigeria to the path of economic stability.

By Vincent Ujumadu AWKA—The leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Anambra State has planned what it called a unity rally to take place in Awka today to drive home its position that the state executive of the party was still in firm control of the majority members of the party in the state. […]

What was that show of might before unarmed civilians all about? Why was it necessary for the Airforce to transport by road military hardware(?) that could be better airlifted? Where were their cargo planes?

The aura and the enthusiam of the defendants and their lawyers were high. They were hopeful and convinced that they have done their best and also proved their innocence on the 68-count charge levelled at them.

For OLABODE GEORGE, yesterday would be one very long nightmare.Like a bad dream, it is one day he would never like to remember. A politician, Nigerian politicians have always loved to cherish their name more than any other thing.

PRESIDENT of the Senate, Chief David Mark and a delegation of Nigerian Senators on an oversight visit to Sudan survived an air emergency, yesterday, after the landing right of their military plane was cancelled mid-air by the Sudanese authorities.

The G-16 Heads of Regulatory Agencies has given a thumbs-up to the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), for its leadership role in ensurimg high standard and good quality of drugs.