THE European Union Increasing Non-State Actors’ Implementation and Development Expertise, EU-INSIDE, has said it will collaborate with non governmental organisations in the country for the sustenance of democracy in Nigeria.

As the clamour for the release of late General Sani Abacha’s former Chief Security Officer, Hamza Al Mustapha, gains prominence in some quarters, Vice Chairman, Senate Committee on FCT, Senator Anthony Agbo, has thrown his weight behind the call, appealing to President Goodluck Jonathan to tamper justice with mercy.

State Acting Governor Prince Sam Obi, yesterday, denied hatching any plan to dissolve the state executive of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, led by Chief Peter Nwaoboshi, saying that he does not even have the power to do so.

President Goodluck Jonathan has described his late Senior Special Assistant on Political Matters, Senator Polycarp Nwite, who was buried last weekend amidst tears, as a man who exhibited the will and courage to face life, no matter the challenges before him.

Governor Gabriel Suswam has lamented that sectionalism and tribalism had been the bane of the nation’s democratic growth, advising that Nigerians should discard such primordial sentiments when choosing their leaders in 2011 in the interest of the nation’s socio-economic growth and development.

Trading on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) resumed Monday, on an impressive note as the indices for measuring the performance of listed equities, the market capitalisation and the All share index both appreciated by 0.22 per cent each.

Despite the harsh operating environment in the domestic economy occasioned by dearth of adequate infrastructure, the Dangote Group has restated its commitment to job creation and poverty alleviation.

People who donate blood are actually the beneficiaries of that gesture, Dr. Sunday Bolorunduro, the North-Central Zonal Coordinator of the National Blood Transfusion Service, has said.

Nigerian Banks under the umbrella of the Bankers’ Committee have resolved to provide funding to critical sectors of the economy in a bid to ensure sustained economic development in the country by floating development bonds.

The Power Holding Company of Nigeria, PHCN, has challenged communities and residents accusing its workers of culpability in the series of equipment vandalism in the state.