Have you noticed the gradually increasing and worrisome political notoriety of some elements of the Nigerian Army? Shortly after President Umaru Musa Yar’ Adua assumed power and posted core Northerners to high and sensitive command positions, certain high-powered elements started inching the nation’s supreme force back to some of the behaviours which in the past occasioned the massive campaign for a return to democracy.

THE Senate Committee on Banking, yesterday expressed support for plans to abolish the Universal Banking scheme and was preparing plans to split the Central Bank into two distinct bodies for effective regulation of the financial services industry that will emerge.

THE 8th triennial National Delegate Conference of the Trade Union Congress of Nigeria, TUC, is taking place between today and tomorrow in the ancient city of Benin, Edo State, to elect new leaders to lead the umbrella body for senior staff associations in the country. Incumbent President-General, Comrade Peter Esele, who is seeking a re-election, in this interview with Labour Vanguard, gave insight into the transformation going in TUC

Being the first working day of the week, a trader Mrs. Rebecca Okafor was full of expectations. She was to follow her husband to the market to sell some farm produce, a business that has been the source of livelihood for the family for years. Unfortunately, an unforgettable incident put paid to her optimistic expectations and at the end of it all her husband was left almost bleeding to death.

THE Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, Oyo State chapter has condemned Governor Adebayo Alao-Akala for flouting court order by his continued withholding of the check off dues meant for the Nigeria Union of Teachers, NUT, in the state.