Supporters of the PDP in Kano took to the streets of the city, Sunday, to celebrate the inauguration of the new governor of the state, Dr Rabi’u Kwankwaso.

GOVERNOR Emmanuel Uduaghan of Delta State, Sunday took his oath office for a second tenure at exactly 8.58am, with a promise to focus his attention in creating five hundred thousand new jobs towards tackling youth unemployment in the state.

President Goodluck Jonathan, Sunday, was sworn in as the President and Commander-in-Chief of the federal Republic of Nigeria, at a colourful ceremony held at the Eagles Square , Abuja.

The efforts of the personnel of one of the intelligence agencies in the country may have paid off as the financial assistance sought by a group of northern youths to carry out protests with a view to disrupting the inauguration of President Goodluck Jonathan didn’t materialise, as the nation is set for the event today.

Details of the 2011 Appropriation Bill signed into law by President Goodluck Jonathan showed N1.136 trillion deficit. The deficit is about 2.96 percent of GDP (compared to 4.23 percent of GDP in the Appropriation Bill passed in March), according to the Minister of Finance, Mr. Segun Aganga, in Abuja, yesterday.

Nigeria still bears the paradoxical and ugly reputation of a country with abundant resources, but where the wealth from this abundance fuelled corruption and spawned privileged elites that engaged in internecine struggles for the control of the wealth.

Former governor of Central Bank, Professor Chukuemeka Charles Soludo, says the only way out of the economic quagmire in Nigeria is for government to stop depending solely on oil and focus on other economic ventures especially agriculture.

The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) in Ogun State has described the departure of out-going governor of the state, Otunba Gbenga Daniel, for the United Kingdom (UK) Friday, as a serious security lapse and charged President Goodluck Jonathan to leave no stone unturned to ensure his immediate repatriation and prosecution for alleged crimes he perpetrated while in office.

Globacom has congratulated the government and people of Nigeria on the occasion of Democracy Day celebrations.

As Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State takes his oath for another four-year term today, the state government has warned residents living along the Ogun-Osun River tributaries in the state to evacuate to avoid impending flooding during this year rainy season.