ANAMBRA State elders and clergy have cautioned against turning the happiness of Anambra people to sorrow by some politicians who participated in the February 6 governorship election in the state, warning that the state would not tolerate any instability caused by such politicians and their agents.

The Alaafin of Oyo Kingdom and Permanent Chairman of Oyo State State Council of Obas and Chiefs, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi III, has kicked against the formation of National Council of Traditional Rulers of Nigeria, saying it is unconstitutional.

The Constitution provided that if the President is indisposed, the Vice President has to take over as Acting President. That ought to have been done much earlier and there was actually no basis for all the controversy. It was just that human beings were trying to circumvent the spirit of the Constitution. What has happened is not unusual. It happens in every democracy in the world.

ACTING President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday has said the Federal Government was determined to make electricity available for all Nigerians.

COUNSEL to the 28 convicted soldiers, Mr. Peters Adonu has said that the resolution of the National Assembly which empowered Goodluck Jonathan as acting President should not be taken as a subversion of the constitution.

The trial judge, Justice Mwada Balami who issued bench warrant against them had on December 11, last year declared all the four accused persons in the case wanted but later vacated the bench warrant on the 13th January, 2010 upon the application brought by the accused persons wherein counsel to the accused persons undertook to produce the accused persons in court on the next adjourned date being 22nd January, 2010.

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has launched the next phase of banking reforms stating that the mergers and acquisition process of the eight bailed-out banks are at the stage of technical due diligence.

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MAJORITY of the lawmakers in Ondo State billed to travel to the United States of America for a seminar have been denied visa by the Country’s embassy in Nigeria.

When the whistle for the race was blown, all manner of people indicated interest to contest the election on the platform of the party such that before the primaries to select a candidate for the party, no fewer than 50 aspirants paid the mandatory N5 million fixed by the leadership of the party. And when it became obvious that the party was going to settle for the former Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) governor, Prof Chukwuma Soludo, most of the aspirants swore never to work for him, despite overtures he made to them.

THE Councillor, repre-senting ward four in Uvwie local government area of Delta state, Mrs. Deborah Ogaga has executed a borehole water project, equipped with a 5.5 horsepower engine and renovated a community hall for her people with her salary.

The United States (U.S. A) Government has congratulated Acting President Goodluck Jonathan, even as it pledges to support Nigerian Government in actualizing its developmental goals.

The Conference of Nigeria Political Parties (CNPP) at the weekend, renewed its call on Acting President, Goodluck Jonathan to reconstitute the Executive Council of the Federation in view of the loss of credibility of some of its members, particularly those who tried to subvert the constitution in the recent succession stalemate.

The three tiers of government have shared a total of N329.706 billion from the statutory federation account and the Value added proceeds for the month of January.

Last Tuesday’s resolution which captured President Umaru Yar‘Adua’s BBC interview as a transmission to the National Assembly of his medical incapacitation may have stretched the limits of reasoning. But it undoubtedly was a definite solution to the constitutional logjam that befell the country.