THE emerging global political thought is that most government leaders in developing economies solve personal and parochial problems with public funds while ignoring the common-health of their people. In such economies, the line between national wealth and the leader’s wealth is so thin that many of the leaders are seen as the state.

Less than three days to Saturday’s National Assembly election, former governor of Ekiti State, Mr Ayo Fayose, has alleged that some politicians in the state are planning to rig the election by conniving with corp members.

Intercontinental Bank’s shareholders have endorsed the signing of Memoran-dum of Understanding (MoU) on business combination between the Bank and Access Bank Plc, describing it as the surest safety net for their investments.

THE Ex-Movement for Emancipation of Niger Delta, MEND, Generals and Commanders Forum has appealed to aggrieved Northern politicians and leaders to support the presidential ambition of Goodluck Jonathan for the economic well being of the nation, charging them not to heat up the polity.

A leader of the National Union of Road Transport Workers, NURTW, Mushin branch, Taoreed Faronbi, was, yesterday, arrested by officials of the Department of State Security Service, SSS, in Lagos, with five pump action guns and two packets of live cartridges.

A World Bank team led by Ramiro Iturrioz has commended the Nigerian Agricultural Insurance Corporation (NAIC) for its efforts to sustain the specialised agricultural insurance scheme which provide insurance cover to Nigerian farmers.

THE bitter rivalry between Governor Theodore Orji of Abia State and PDP on one side and his former political mentor and ex-governor of the state, Chief Orji Kalu and his party, Progressive Peoples Alliance, PPA,on the other, came to a head Tuesday as a clash between their supporters at Ohafia left at least two persons dead.

AHEAD of Saturday general polls, Brigade Commander, Port Harcourt army barracks, Brigadier General Tukur Buratai has appealed to any one with intention to cause violence at election grounds in Rivers State to stay away from the polls because his men would not hesitate to deal decisively with anyone caught fomenting trouble that day.

IT is instructive that towards the end, the campaigns became quite intriguing. We therefore have no problem in picking our personalities of the week. They are the Comrade Governor of Edo State, Adams Oshiomhole (ACN); the Member representing Etsako Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, Hon. Abbass Braimah (PDP); and those courageous youths of Etsako Federal Constituency who decamped from the PDP to the ACN on the roadside, without waiting for all the niceties of a stadium declaration.

CHIEF of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Azubuike Ihejirika, has expressed satisfaction with the preparation of the 2 Division, Nigeria Army, Odogbo Ibadan, on the election which kicks off on Saturday across the country.