The factional National Chairman of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, Chief Maxi Okwu, has lost his bid to get the Supreme Court to compel the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to accept his list of candidates for the 2015 general elections in the country.

An Ijaw group, Sokebolou/Yokiri Peoples Congress, weekend, called on President Goodluck Jonathan to prevail on Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan of Delta State, not to exclude Ogulagha Kingdom from the scheme of things in the Export Processing Zone, EPZ, project or risk imminent catastrophe in the area.

Certainly, the Naira will continue its free fall unless the market supply equilibrium between Naira supply and the dollar is redressed in favor of the Naira. If however, excess Naira supply continues to be driven by CBN’s substitution of Naira allocations for dollar derived revenue, then a Naira rate of N300/$ would soon evolve to drive fuel prices well above N200/litre with disastrous consequences for inflation and consumer demand, and ultimately on manufacturing capacity and employment opportunities.

Nigeria opened its African Youth Championship campaign on a positive note as Taiwo Awoniyi scored twice in a 3-1 win over hosts Senegal at the Stade Leopold Senghor last night.

The ordinary meaning of that clause would appear to have excluded the jurisdiction of any courts in any other country other than England. Why an African bank, with global stakeholders should select England for the resolution of disputes, controversies and claims between it and others need not delay us here. But, one can speculate that the integrity of British Courts must be one of the reasons. Indeed, the fact that an African Court, in any country on the continent, would entertain a case in which its jurisdiction had been specifically ousted should be an indication of the low regard disputants and litigants have for our Courts in Africa.