Vanguard has been reliably informed that whereas some senators are having informal discussions on the way forward, specifically on how to amend Sections 144 and 145, and how to fine-tune their strategy when they resume tomorrow, some powerful individuals, including ministers and some very close aides to President Yar’Adua are attempting to frustrate the move.

THE Senate is launching, this week, an initiative to resolve the political impasse created by President Umaru Yar’Adua’s long absence from the country.

SHE is a prophetess. And like every prophetess honours always come from abroad. She is an activist. And like every activist she is misunderstood. But unlike many prophetess and activists, Mrs. Maryam Babangida, Nigeria’s First Lady, is not bitter. Bitterness has no place in her system. No grudges. No ill-feelings. Rather, Mrs. Babangida is at peace with herself, working dedicatedly and selflessly to improve the lot of the Nigerian woman in particular and Nigerians in general.

We wish our numerous readers happy and a prosperous New Year.

IN SPITE of the controversy over his legal powers, the out-going Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Idris Legbo Kutigi, yesterday, in Abuja, swore in Justice Aloysius Iyorgyer Katsina-Alu as the 11th Chief Justice of Nigeria.