MR. Richard Dowden, Director of African Society, London, yesterday, identified endemic corruption, bad politics, failed economic policies, over-dependence on oil, favoritism for appointments and the country’s bad reputation for the continued slow pace of development.

The National Human Rights Commission, NHRC and Lagos lawyer, Ms Carol Ajie, have welcomed the progress recorded in the investigation of alleged gang rape of an unidentified female victim at Abia State University, Uturu.

BENIN CITY- THE faction of the Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, in Edo State, led by the South South Vice-Chairman of the party, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu, has passed a vote of no confidence on the Deputy Governor of the state, Dr. Pius Odubu.

Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Minister, Senator Bala Mohammed, has called on parents, guardians and other care-givers in Abuja to make available their children for the ongoing house-to-house anti-polio immunisation.

THE insurance industry is estimated to have lost as much as N200 billion to the meltdown in the stock market, as such the National Insurance Commission (NAICOM) should carry out an industry wide capital adequacy verification exercise to evaluate the stability of the sector.

The National Association of Nigeria Students, NANS, has appealed to the Federal Government and Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, to resolve their disagreement in the interest of Nigerian students and future of the nation.

GroFin, world’s leading multi-national financier and advisor to Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs), has launched a property finance offering for small businesses in Nigeria.

Deputy Governor of Ebonyi State, Engineer Dave Umahi, last Thursday commissioned the latest Gloworld shop located in the state capital, Abakiliki. The shop is the first such outlet to be opened by any telecommunications company in the state.

BENIN CITY-Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, SAN, has tasked Nigerian media practitioners, on the need to subject news items for publication to test, as to whether such information should be shared about the country.

ABUJA-PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan Tuesday expressed optimism that Nigerians have the capacity to transform the country into a world-class economy, but prescribed the building of strong institutions in all sectors of the economy as the antidotes needed to heal her current socio-economic and political woes