The battle for the governorship ticket of the Congress for Progressive Change, CPC in Sokoto state rages on with claims and counter-claims between an aspirants, Alhaji Dahiru Yusuf Yabo and the State Chapter of the party at the party congress, which took place recently.

THERE was a mild drama at a registration unit at Demonstration Primary School, Ijebu-Jesa ward three unit seven, in the Oriade Local Government Area of Osun State as an alleged under-aged boy was caught registering in the presence of some policemen. He was questioned by some newsmen who were at the centre to assess the progress of the exercise.

AS the two-week long nationwide voter registration entered its seventh-day, yesterday, prominent Nigerians including Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State, have called on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), to immediately rectify the logistics problems confronting the exercise.

The statement by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) that the number of banks in the country may further shrink from 24 to 20 in a reform that is underway appears unsettling to some stakeholders in the banking industry who warn that the reform, if it becomes a reality, will bring about further loss of jobs.

THE national leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, yesterday cancelled the governorship primary elections in Kogi and Kano states, just as the party has fixed Tuesday for the re-run.

Some victims of Automated Teller Machine, ATM, fraud, have objected to an application by the First Bank Plc, praying a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, to remove its name from the N50 billion suit, against the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, the 24 commercial banks and Interswitch Nigeria Limited.

As more and more Nigerians continue to turn out to register as voters, the decision by INEC to either extend or stick to the two-week allotted for the exercise would be determined by the content and context of reports from its field officers across the country, Sunday Vanguard can reveal.

Over fifty youths under the banner of Lagos Peoples Vanguard, a multi ethnic coalition group, led by Comrade Sola Omoshola, yesterday, protested at the domestic terminal two of the Murtala Muhammed Airport , Ikeja, Lagos against alleged plans by President Goodluck Jonathan to incite some ethnic groups in the state against the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN).

HUNDREDS of aggrieved members and aspirants of the Action Congress of Nigeria yesterday staged peaceful protest round major streets in Ibadan metropolis over alleged imposition of Senator Abiola Ajimobi and other candidates of the party.

The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), said the slow pace of the ongoing voter registration by INEC would make it impossible for all eligible voters from across the country to be registered.

As the 2011 Women’s World Cup draws nearer, Super Falcons coach, Eucharia Uche says preparation for the big competition has just began, as they are out scouting for new players that will beef up the team.

THE Presidency, yesterday, dismissed the claim by former Senator Kennedy Waku that President Goodluck Jonathan manipulated the presidential primary of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to secure the ticket, saying he is simply ignorant of democratic rules.

This report examines the present undercurrents that are swirling and which would shape the contest for April’s presidential election. More importantly, the report examines the chances of the main contenders and how the ambition of one stands to affect the aspiration of the other. The report then draws conclusions as to where all these would lead the Nigerian state – call it post election scenario.

“Who calls them the happy people of Columbia?” I asked.
“Everyone’, said Dudley. “That’s why nothing ever happens here. The government doesn’t do anything here. They don’t have to. They know the people are happy, so they don’t give them anything”.

Following the power play being showcased by the executives of both the Nigeria Premier League, NPL and the Nigeria Football Association, NFA, it clear that the country’s football is heading for more crisis.