ACTIVITIES were paralysed for over two hours, yesterday, along Akpakpava Road and Ring Road of Edo State, when thousands of market women protested against what they described as the alleged misappropriation of N15million by the Women Affairs Ministry.

THE National Executive Committee, NEC, of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, yesterday, ratified the decision of the Board of Trustees, BoT, and its extended caucus to sustain the zoning and rotation arrangement of the party, just as it said that President Goodluck Jonathan should contest for the 2011 Presidential election.

THE Federal High Court has so far received two suits challenging the amendment of the 1999 Constitution by the National Assembly.

The director general of the National Sports Commission, Patrick Ekeji, like the three impeached top executives of the Nigeria Football Association will continue to visit the federal government’s anti graft agency, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, until investigations into the finances of the NFA are concluded.

For 50 years the world has looked for magic bullets to tackle world poverty, an issue which gnaws at the conscience. What we have learned is that there is no single recipe for health and well-being, and that the complexities of development vary everywhere.