Against the backdrop of the fear that the $26. 5million (about N3.8billion) plea bargain payment made to the Federal Government by a construction giant named in the $180 million Halliburton bribery scandal to escape prosecution may be missing, the development has attracted the attention of President Goodluck Jonathan.

In my Constituency for State Assembly, at the last count, there are 32 aspirants for Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN. There will be a few more for People’s Democratic Party, PDP and the others. Of course, posters have manifested – all saying the things they will do if they are voted to power. They don’t always do.

As the final countdown to the announcement of a consensus candidate by the North begins, the four Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, presidential aspirants (former military president Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida, former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, former National Security Adviser, NSA, General Aliyu Mohammed Gusau and Kwara State governor, Abubakar Bukola Saraki) on the bill of the Northern Political Leaders Forum, NPLF, are already holding talks on their individual and collective post announcement activities.

Imamuddeen Talba, the Chief Executive Officer, Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC), speaks on the measures put in place by the Federal Government to solve power crisis in the country.

Certainly, Sickle Cell Disorder is a global health problem with psychosocial implications. Unfortunately, Nigeria has the largest population of people with sickle cell disorder, with about 150,000 births annually. The incidence of sickle cell anaemia in Nigeria is among the highest in the world, with more than 100,000 Nigerian children being born each year with the disorder. Those with the disease suffer a higher than average frequency of illness and premature death, especially in infancy. The condition can also cause heart attacks, kidney failure, severe infections and sudden death.

“One should guard against preaching to young people success in the customary form as the main aim in life. The most important motive for work in school and in life is pleasure in work, pleasure in its result and the knowledge of the value of the result to the community” —Albert Einstein, 1879-1955.

Intrigues have set in as the sacked governor of Delta State, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan, and his main challenger, Chief Great Ogboru, get set for the rerun election in the state ordered by the Court of Appeal.

The Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON), has concluded plans to reward a select group of local manufacturers for the consistency of their products in meeting specified requirements of applicable Nigerian Industrial Standards (NIS) during the 2010 Nigerian Quality/World Standards Day celebrations.

A preview of the shape of things to come in Delta following the rerun ordered by the Appeal Court in the state.

The political pendulum in Delta State swung dangerously against Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan on Tuesday when the Court of Appeal sitting in Benin City, Edo State, upturned his election, thereby leaving unanticipated consequences for the sacked governor.

The kinsmen of Chief Great Ogboru in Abraka are looking beyond the rerun election ordered by the Appeal Court after it sacked Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan of Delta State.

President Goodluck Jonathan Saturday said that the Federal Government would ensure that enough funds would be provided for the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) even if it will squeeze itself for the Commission to conduct a free, fair and credible election in 2011.

Samson has always loved the good things of life. When he was a boy, one could tell that he was on his way to becoming the master of his game. He graduated when his mates did and immediately got a job in a reputable bank. Not too long, he went back to school for his masters and doctorate. These degrees gave him added advantage over his peers, so he got promoted and headed a branch of the bank in a short time.

The Defence Headquarters hinted, yesterday, of plan to “clean out”existing militant camps following the recent wave of attacks by those it described as “criminals masquerading under the guise of militants.”

In its resolved to rid the state of criminal elements, the Ogun State Police Command has begun raid of all criminal hideouts within the state.

When a Federal High Court presided over by Justice Okechukwu Okeke, ruled early in the week that the purported amendment to the 1999 Constitution remains null and void without the assent of the President, the upper legislative arm of the national assembly reacted immediately with a strong statement rejecting the ruling and consequently appealed against the decision of the court.