“Time for muddling through is over”. Robert Zoellick, World Bank President, in a speech delivered at George Washington University, recently. The Nigerian Federal Minister of Finance, our own dear (I mean that sincerely) Dr Okonjo-Iweala, must know Robert Zoellnick better than all 150 million Nigerians put together. He was her boss –until President Goodluck Jonathan took over the role of her ogapatapata.

Leadership of organized labour in Enugu State has confiscated attendance registers placed for the striking workers at the various ministries by the state government to compel the workers to suspend the indefinite strike.

OSOGBO- Speaker of Osun State House of Assembly, Najeem Salaam, has said the mass failure recorded in the National Examination Council, NECO, has again brought to fore the fundamental decay in the nation’s education sector.

AKURE- POLICE in Ondo State have arrested three more suspects including a herbalist over the death of a four-month old pregnant woman, Mrs. Adesola Eleso allegedly killed for ritual by her husband.

A fashion line launched to raise money for Nelson Mandela’s AIDS charity made its runway debut Sunday, with high-fashion incarnations of the vivid shirts that he often wore as president.

Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State has presented cheques of N48 million to 30 community associations in the state as part of FADAMA III project. The communities are made up of 145 FADAMA user groups.

The majesty of the moment is that the Governor epitomises a fresh faith in the old dream of the creation of Akwa Ibom.

Delta State Government has commended the people of Ugborodo Community of Warri South West Local Government Area for displaying maturity in ending the leadership struggle of the Ugborodo Community Trust, weekend, with the conduct of a free and fair election.

An Anambra State lawmaker, Chief Anselm Dunu, representing Anaocha 11 constituency in the state House of Assembly has rewarded farmerAs in the area with prizes as a way of encouraging agriculture in the country.

DEPUTY Speaker of the Edo State Assembly, Mr. Festus Ebea, has called for the amendment of the Constitution to provide for State Police, insisting that the growing insecurity to lives and property in the country would be greatly addressed if State Police was established.

Bishop of the Anglican Diocese of Egbu, Professor Emmanuel Iheagwam, has advised the management of Federal Polytechnic, Nekede, to punish anybody found to have participated or masterminded the colossal damage done to public property in the school.

FCT Minister, Senator Bala Abdulkadir Mohammed, has extolled the late Professor Mariam Ikejiani-Clark as an outstanding Amazon of excellence who contributed her quota to the development of FCT and the nation at large especially during her tenure as the FCT Minister of State.

Makau pulled away after 27 kilometers (16.8 miles) and finished in 2 hours, 3 minutes, 38 seconds.

ENUGU—Protests have continued to trail the outcome of last Thursday’s councillorship primary elections of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Enugu State as some stakeholders of the party were accused of imposing unpopular candidates on the party.

Saudi King Abdullah on Sunday granted women the right to vote and run in municipal elections, in a historic first for the ultra-conservative country where women are subjected to many restrictions.