AS we celebrate the life of Nelson Mandela, it is important to highlight what makes him so exemplary, especially on an African continent so bereft of good leadership. Why are there so few Nelson Mandelas in Africa?

ABUJA- In a bid to cut down on energy poverty in the country, the Federal Government, has launched the Rural Women Renewable Energy Security, RUWES, initiative.

A 35-year-old mechanic, Saheed Adegbola, was yesterday docked before a Lagos Magistrate’s Court, sitting in Ikeja, for allegedly stealing a bus worth N800,000.

In a deft move to curb corruption in the oil and gas sector, the Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Imitative, NEITI, is partnering with the Civil Society Organisations, CSO, to disseminate information to the public domain on activities in the sector to expose graft.

Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Elder Godsday Orubebe has summoned the contractors handling the Skill Acquisition Centre in Ikot Nakanda, Cross Rivers State to his office in Abuja to explain the reasons behind the slow pace of work at the site in spite of huge funds committed to the project.

The Golf is ‘Car of the Year 2013/14’ in Japan. Thus, for the first time in the 34-year history of this prestigious award a foreign car has beaten the local competition.

The Senate has explained the reason for the delay in the passage of Social Housing Bill, saying it was due to further deliberation on some grey areas at the committee level.

Presidency that the call for the impeachment of President Goodluck Jonathan amounted to treason were, yesterday, debunked by lawyers and opposition politicians, who claimed that charges of incompetence were currencies for traffic by the opposition in a democracy.

OVER the years, several incidents of rape, and other forms of sexual assault/abuse have not been investigated or pursued to logical conclusion either because the victims, who are usually girls and young women (single or married) failed to report the incident, or even if they reported, the culprit/culprits were not apprehended and prosecuted.

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, is to spend N93 billion to conduct a hitch-free general election in 2015, even as it disclosed, yesterday, that elections may not hold in strife-torn sections of the North-East.

Officers of the Lagos State Command of Nigerian Police, yesterday, demolished over 600 structures erected on 65 hectares of land in Mowo Phase II, Badagry, Olorunda Local Council Development Area, LCDA, accusing the owners of trespassing on its land.

Abuja—President Goodluck Jonathan, yesterday, directed that no new project should be embarked upon by the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, until all ongoing projects were completed.

WARRI—President Goodluck Jonathan and Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan have been commended for successfully completing the Memorandum of Understanding, MoU, with Julius Berger Nigeria and the Ugborodo community for the take-off of the multi-billion dollar petrochemical and fertilizer projects at Ogidigben in Warri South Local Government Area of Delta State.

The Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, has assured consumers of financial goods and services of maximum benefits which would result in not only enabling people to take charge of their financial well-being but also enhance economic development.

Ssangyong Motor (CEO Lee Yoo-il), part of the USD 16.2 billion Mahindra Group, announced that the company sold a total of 14,092 units in November 2013 – 6,540 units in domestic sales and 7,552 in exports, including CKD kits. Its sales in November exceeded 14,000 units for the second consecutive month, highly increasing by 17.9% from a year earlier and by 21.6% on an accumulated basis.