ONCE I read the article entitled “Uwechue’s sad swan song (1)” on the back page of the Sun of Monday October 25, 2010, I decided on examining the question it addressed. Upon reading the second half of the piece a week later, it became obvious to me that Uche Ezechukwu, the author, had needlessly degraded and devalued the integrity and cathedral majesty that his weekly Capital Matters column should normally commands.

If the findings of NOI Polls are anything to go by, most Nigerians are ready to pay more for regular power supply.

An Abuja-based Motor Company, Ineh Mic Ltd, narrowly escaped falling prey to the antics of a con-man, one Mr. Jidedia Ezenwa, for the second time in six months as he attempted to buy six brand new Prado Jeeps worth about N40million with a dud cheque.

Ekiti State Governor, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, has approved the implementation of the Consolidated Medical Salary Structure, CONMESS, and Consolidated Health Workers Salary Structure, CONHESS, for medical and health workers in the state.

THE Nigerian government yesterday fingered its Iranian counterpart as the brains behind last month shipment into Nigeria of 13 containers loaded with weapons such as grenades and rocket which were intercepted at Apapa port by the State Security Service, SSS.

IF feelers from Wednesday’s secret talks between President Goodluck Jonathan and sacked Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan of Delta State are anything to go by, then one may be compelled to draw the conclusion that Aso Rock may have settled for the candidacy of the ex-Governor in the re-run election.

Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan until last Tuesday, Delta State governor would have heaved a sigh of relief, November 9, when he packed out of the Governor’s official residence in Asaba following the nullification of his election by the Court of Appeal, not necessarily because he was fatigued of the office, but he had been buffeted from all corners in the last three years, and he needed time off, which the 90-day period for a re-run poll has offered to settle, to re-strategise and settle scores once and for all.

IT is an accepted political saying that the people get the type of government they deserve if the electoral process is clear and needs no ambiguity in interpretation. This means that a progressive society would certainly vote for a progressive administration while a docile population could end up with a smooth appearing dictatorship in the borrowed garb of democracy.

THERE is no doubt that the politics of Edo state took another dimension on the 12th of November, 2008, with the coming of the former President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Comrade Adams Aliu Oshiomhole as Governor of the state. After the protracted legal battle between the gubernatorial candidate of the now Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) in Edo state, Comrade Oshiomhole and Professor Oserhiemen Osunbor of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), over the conduct of the 2007 governorship election in the state, the Appeal Court had on 11th November, declared Oshiomhole as the authentic winner of the April 14, 2007 governorship election in the state and was subsequently sworn in on the 12th November, 2008. This brought the over ten_year reign of the PDP in the state to an end.

LAGOS — THE Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, has released the rules and regulation governing the implementation of the modified universal banking model which is billed to take off Monday.
In the new banking model, three classes of banks will be permitted to operate in the country. They include commercial banks, merchant banks and specialised banks.