Mr. Timi Alaibe, the governorship candidate of Labour Party (LP) in Bayelsa State, flagged off his gubernatorial campaign at the weekend, at Kaiama, the “official capital of the Ijaw nation”, with a pledge to be a servant leader to the people of the state.

The bid by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), to introduce Islamic banking in the country has sparked controversy. In this interview, the Director- General, West African Institute for Financial and Economic Management (WAIFEM), owned by Central Banks of Anglo-speaking West African countries, Professor Akpan Ekpo, speaks on the banking innovation and ATM fraud.

“Presido, RE: PIB. What u said about Mark and Bankole is, as usual, monumental. They can make history & name. Let us watch and see what they do.” Chukwukere, Garki.

In this second part of General Muhammadu Buhari’s interview, he touches on the very essence of his challenge against the elite in the country.

The traditional council of Oluyole Local Government Area of Oyo State has commended the chairman of caretaker committee of Oluyole Local Government, Alhaji Kehinde Olaosebikan, for the “initiatives he has introduced within the short time of his tenure,” describing him as a unique politician with uncommon positive features and profound capacity to deliver satisfactorily in any position.

MKO Abiola Resurgence Group is defending Ogun State Governor Gbenga Daniel’s absence at the launch of the South-West campaign of President Goodluck Jonathan on the grounds of the unfair treatment of the governor on the state PDP crisis.

ABIA State chapter of the opposition group, CNPP, has blamed the problem of underdevelopment of the state on the ruling PDP, saying the group wishes the party dead as it has left the state worse than it met it.

Former Super Eagles coach Christian Chukwu has told current national team coach, Samson Siasia to base his selection of players on fitness rather age as Nigerians clamour for the drop of old players from the team.

As early as 9 a.m. last Tuesday, the Ilaro venue of the political rally organized by the elders of the Ogun West Senatorial District for the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ogun State, Chief Adetunji Olurin, was filled with a crowd of party supporters and people of the area who trooped out in celebration of a dream about to be fulfilled.

The swell of public anger rose so high in the last three weeks in Egypt, it sustained the push for what many now call the “Egyptian Revolution.” The protests and the popular movement ousted President Hosni Mubarak who had led Egypt under the emergency law since the assassination of Anwar Sadat on October 6, 1981.