THE Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, yesterday, said it would await the decision of the courts in states where results of its congresses were being challenged in the law courts.

Trade Union Congress of Nigeria, TUC, has said the N18,000 new minimum wage will expose state governors who are anti-workers, arguing that any governor who does not want to implement the new wage should be considered anti-workers’ governor and should be treated as such.

IT WILL certainly be a Tuesday to remember for most staff of Vanguard Media Limited. It was a day they had the honour and privilege to receive a man of God of great repute.

HUNDREDS of residents have fled Mosogar community in Ethiope West Local Government Area of Delta State, following resumption of hostilities between two rival youth factions, which resulted in the maiming of several persons and arson.

The British government has said it will condemn any use of violence to intimidate or distract the democratic process in the 2011 general election.

EDO State Governor, Mr Adams Oshiomhole, has presented a budget estimate of N105.994billion for the 2011 fiscal year.

Though, it seemed that the issue of the President’s assent to the amendment of the constitution has been laid to rest with the verdict of the Federal High Court, Lagos following the suit by Chief Olisa Agbakoba, SAN, Chief Robert Clarke, SAN, however, insist that the President’s assent was not necessary, since the state Houses of Assembly had also passed the bill into law.

UGHELLI, headquarter of Ughelli North Local Government Area, Delta State, was, yesterday, thrown into mourning, following the murder of Mr. Emmanuel Akaranwuan, a vhief nursing officer attached to the Mariere Central Hospital, Ughelli.

The Federal Government has said efforts were being made to ensure that HIV/AIDS had its own budget provision in all ministries to further enhance its position in the fight against AIDS.

Permanent Secre-tary/Auditor General of Local Governments in Lagos State, Mr. Mohammed Hassan, has blamed the loss of accruable revenue in Local Governmenst, LGs, and Local Council Development Areas, LCDAs, on lack of professionalism on the part of the employees.

About four persons were feared dead, yesterday afternoon, in a multiple auto crash involving three vehicles at Ganmo along Ilorin – Ajase-Ipo road, Kwara State.

THE Senate has amended the 1999 constitution to confer constitutional powers on the National Industrial Court to operate as a court of superior record.

Edo State former governor, Senator Oserheimen Osunbor, has said the one man, one vote mantra of the present government would be difficult to actualise during the 2011 elections because of corrupt judges handling election petition matters.

IS it really necessary to keep reminding ourselves that the moment people no longer know what to do, they begin to do everything and that the loss of one genuine purpose would lead to the pursuit of a dozen pseudo purposes?

The Vice Chancellor, University of Ilorin, Professor Ishaq Oloyede, yesterday, called on stakeholders to fully explore the available potentials that abound across the country to create massive employment for the teeming unemployed young graduates.