The newly appointed Director General of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Ms Arunma Oteh , said yesterday that the Commission would implement zero tolerance policy and warned operators in the capital market to desist from sharp practices capable of eroding investors’ confidence in the market

The pains of this inevitable end called death, as gathered, started with the deceased mother about six years ago. Two years after, the deceased’s wife also died; thereby saddling Mr. Owolabi Balogun with the responsibility of catering for the entire family including his two children

Lagos State Governor, Mr Babatunde Fashola (SAN) on Thursday commissioned six different projects in various spheres like housing, healthcare, potable water and transportation with a promise that things can only get better for the residents of Lagos.

Elder Statesman, and founding father of Arewa Consultative Forum, Alhaji Tanko Yakasai has withdrawn his membership of the Northern Socio-cultural political organization over the body’s recent pronouncement that ailing President Yar’Adua should transfer power to his deputy.

By Olasunkanmi AKONI Oba Rilwanu Akiolu of Lagos has said that the incumbent Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State would be given a second term under Action Congress (AC) in Lagos like his immediate predecessor and godfather, Senator Bola Tinubu.

The Nigeria Guild of Editors had added it voice to the growing call on President Yar ‘ Adua to hand over to Vice President Goodluck Jonathan.

No country should ever treat its President’s illness the way we have so callously, so carelessly, handled President Umar Yar’Adua’s sickness. Seeking to clothe it in a veil of secrecy, the fragile cover devised only allowed for the emergence of a variety of speculations, suppositions and plain mischief.

The journey has been that of grace. I think that is the best way to put it. The journey has been that of mercy of the faithfulness of the Almighty God, the plenitude of His grace. I think that is just the way to put it. It has been grace, grace all the way.

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) yesterday said that the 2007 temporary voter’s card would be accepted for today’s Anambra governorship election to answer queries on the acceptability of the voters’ register for the election.

The Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Alhaji Yayale Ahmed may be appointed Vice President anytime President Umaru Yar’Adua submits his letter of resignation to the National Assembly in view of his incapacitation due to ill health at Saudi Arabia where he has been in hospital for over two months now.

The Anambra State Association,World (ASA-World) has called on all Anambra state citizens to exercise their rights and fulfill their civic duty during today’s gubernatorial election. The body also calls on the citizens to come out en masse to vote so that Anambra will make history by giving their mandate to the candidate of their choice.

The Federal Government yesterday charged a total 109 suspected ‘terrorists’ who were allegedly behind the orgy of violence that seized Jos, the Plateau State capital, last month, before a Federal high court sitting in Abuja.

Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has insisted that the Constitution must be followed over the state of health of President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua and the state of the state of the Nation.

On yes, no law obligates that FEC to prove to us that Yar’Adua is fit to rule, so, as demanded by the court, they have done what the constitution asked them to do – pass a banal resolution that is totally false, because unsubstantiated, that the president is in “perfect health”. So, end of story, and the pillage of the country is accelerated beyond whatever this country has ever experienced.

The Senate has in recent years expressed its intellectual prowess through the oratorical expertise of its spokespersons.
The concept of Senate spokesperson was conceived by the Anyim Senate which appointed Senator Jonathan Zwingina as its official spokesman.