After months of horse‑trading and political manoeuvring, a member of the House of Representatives in EkitiState under the platform of All Progressives Congress, APC, Hon. Opeyemi Bamidele has finally dumped APC for Labour Party, LP.

The subject of reckless debt accumulation has been discussed in several articles such as “Another Useless Debt Burden” November 2006, “National Assembly Fiddles as Debt Burden Cripples” May 2008, etc (please see www.lesleba.com). Incidentally, when Nigeria’s Debt Management Office (DMO) was established in 2003, the excruciating existing burden of external debt was over $35bn; domestic debt, however, was still tolerable and manageable, with treasury bills accounting for about 60% at over N800bn, while treasury bonds accounted for about N430 billion.

Guaranty Trust Bank (GTBank) Plc and Access Bank Plc, both quoted banks on the Nigerian Stock Exchange, NSE have jointly built a waiting lounge at the Ikoyi passport office of the Nigeria Immigration Service , NIS as part of their Social Corporate Responsibility, CSR.

ANTI-RIOT policemen have been deployed to Ode-Irele in Irele council of OndoState to prevent a bloody clash by factions claiming rights to the town’s throne.

FORTY eight hours to the deadline given by the Federal Government to striking university lecturers to resume classes or be sacked, the union has remained adamant, advising parents not to risk the lives of their children by sending them to the campuses.