An Igbosere Magistrates’ Court in Lagos on Monday remanded seven members of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) in prison custody for the alleged murder of five men.

Some critics would define the emerging characteristic features of the 2012 budget as unexpectedly inchoate and belated! A host of admirers had hoped that the return of the vibrant Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala from the respected citadel of the IMF would signal the advent of progressive growth in economic and social welfare!

The police on Monday arraigned a 24-year-old mechanic, Chinweuba Nwere, before a Karu Upper Area court over alleged criminal breach of trust and car theft.

West African leaders gathered in Dakar on Monday for a meeting on the unfolding crisis in Mali, in which they are expected to decide whether to cut off Mali’s trade and financial ties to its neighbours.

Senegal’s new president Macky Sall, 50, was sworn in on Monday after a crushing election victory over outgoing leader Abdoulaye Wade and a transfer of power hailed as an example of democracy on the continent.