Two weeks ago, it appeared as if the Peoples Democratic Party was going to burst at its seams when the National Executive Committee of the party announced the election of the former governor of Borno State, Senator Ali Modu Sheriff as its chairman. Even by the notorious standard of the PDP, it was one decision that shocked even the most optimistic of the party’s supporters as many critics believed that it was the final nail on the coffin of the party

ABUJA — The Consumer Protection Council, CPC, and the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission, NERC, have resolved to enforce the mandatory 60-day order to electricity distribution companies, DISCOs, to either metre or stop billing consumers under the Credited Advance Payment for Metering Implementation (CAPMI) scheme.

Prince Bimbo Olashore, the Chairman Board of Trustees of Olashore International School, has disclosed that quality education will make a difference in the new tough Nigeria, given the unprecedented level of challenges in the global and Nigerian economy, as well the compelling need for Nigeria to be more globally competitive.

ABUJA—FORMER President of the Senate, Senator David Mark, was yesterday, sworn in for a sixth record time as a senator.

Lagos—Former Director General of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority, NCAA , Dr. Harold Demuren yesterday described the Bilateral Air Services Agreement, BASA, entered into between Nigeria and other countries of the world as good politics but bad economics because the country cannot match other countries to benefit from the principle of reciprocity.