IT was with utmost pride and satisfaction that we received the news that Nigeria ’s new Minister of Finance, Mr Olusegun Aganga, had been elected as the Chairman of the Board of the Bretton-Woods Institutes, the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF), after a keen contest.

A law suit filed by former Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, Mr. Farouk Aliyu, before an Abuja Federal High Court, seeking to compel the Executive Council of the Federation, EXCOF, to pass a fresh resolution declaring President Umaru Yar’Adua unfit to govern on account of his failing health, yesterday, suffered a fresh setback.

TRADE Union Congress of Nigeria ( TUC ) and its affiliate, Precision, Electrical and Related Equipment Senior Staff Association, PERESSA and Siemens Limited Nigeria, have settled their lingering dispute over the termination of the appointment of a official of Simens, Mr. Moses Onibudo, and other issues.

By Tony Edike ENUGU—RESIDENTS of the academic town of Nsukka, Enugu State were gripped by fear, yesterday, following alleged reports that a gang of armed robbers planned to launch another deadly attack on some banks in the town. All the banks operating in the town remained closed throughout yesterday for fear of being attacked by […]

A former militant commander with the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta, MEND, in Bayelsa State, Mr. Eris Paul, popularly known as ‘Commander’ Ogunboss, has called on the Presidency to probe alleged arrest and detention of 54 ex-militant leaders and youths in Rivers State.

AHMAD Sani Yerima is easily the strangest and possibly most dangerous creature ever to emerge on the Nigerian political scene. He was the Governor of Zamfara State for eight long years and now occupies a prestigious seat in the Nigerian Senate. If his gamble had worked, he would have been the president of Nigeria, since he vied for that office in 2007 even though he could not make it through the presidential primaries of the All Nigerian Peoples Party (ANPP).

Enugu—Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria, IPMAN, has urged the new management of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, to reopen its depots in the South East that were shut four years ago. Mr Chukwudi Ezinwa, Enugu State Chairman of IPMAN told newsmen, yesterday in Enugu that this would help in sustaining the availability of […]

Cross River has been described as the best models in the country for the United Nations Country Team to show-case its international donor programme, considering its visionary leadership and serene atmosphere.

THE Senate, Wednesday, began the formal probe of one of its members, Senator Ahmed Sani Yerima, over his alleged marriage to a 13-year old Egyptian minor with a charge on its committee on Ethics and Privilege as well as Public Petitions to investigate the matter.

THE National Association of Nigerian Students, NANS, Zone D has denied the report that it was planning some rallies to protest the declaration of former President Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida for the 2011 Presidential election.