The first leg of the 10th Governor’s Cup Lagos Tennis ended weekend with Israeli and Slovak players taking away the star prizes of the Men and Women’s Singles respectively.

NIGERIA Labour Congress, NLC, weekend in Lagos said it had uncovered plot to scuttle the implementation of the N18.000 new minimum wage by private sector employers, even as its leaders today begin a three-day meeting in Abuja, to take a decisive decision to compel government to implement the new wage increase agreed to over six months back.

Trial of the former Chief Executive Officer, CEO, of Intercontinental Bank Plc, Dr Erastus Akingbola, over an alleged mismanagement of N364 billion linked to him by the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, will start today before a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos.

THE relationship between the Chairman of National Union of Road Transport Workers, NURTW, Alhaji Lateef Akinsola, a.k.a Tokyo and Governor Adebayo Alao-Akala of Oyo State can be described as that of two close friends who fell apart so badly that the enmity that eventually developed became lethal.

Minister of Finance, Olusegun Aganga, has disagreed with the Fitch Ratings revised outlook of the Nigerian Economy from “stable” to “negative”, saying it was punitive.

THE Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, has begun talks with General Muhammadu Buhari and his political party, Congress for Progressive Change, CPC.

More than one week after Dr. Kayode Fayemi assumed office as Governor of Ekiti State following the judgment of the Court of Appeal in Ilorin, Kwara State, which declared him winner of the rerun election, People Democratic Party, PDP, has petitioned the National Judicial Council, NJC asking it to undertake a review of all judgments relating to the elections in Ekiti State since 2007, particularly, the last one that declared Fayemi winner.

ABA and Onitsha are cities in the South-East of Nigeria with an importance that sets them apart. They have never been regional or even state capitals, yet they tower above most of the “A” grade urban metropolises in Nigeria, most of which enjoy the status of political capitals.

APGA governorship aspirant for 2011 elections in Abia State, Reagan Ufomba, has doubted the possibility of having credible elections next year.

PRESIDENT of the Nigeria in Diaspora Organization, NIDO, Namibia chapter, Professor Edosa Omoregie has said that Nigeria as a country has spent $82 million in peacekeeping operations, just as he said that Nigeria has lost about 2000 soldiers and more than $10 billion in the same process in the last five decades.

SKYE Bank Plc and Sterling Bank Plc have concluded plans to apply for international and national banking licences respectively.

ABOUT 3,400 retired staff of the University of Ibadan, UI, have threatened to disrupt this year’s convocation of the institution in November if the Federal

Emir of Bauchi, Alhaji Rilwanu Adamu, has urged aspirants to exercise decorum in their campaign activities by observing the rules of the game.

FOR the fourth time in three years, electoral tribunals have ousted governors after lengthy judicial processes that have exposed the ineffectiveness of electoral tribunals in granting justice timely.

AS historical time goes a hundred years is just like an evening past, but for us mere mortals it is indeed a “century” … a long time few men and women ever get a live through.