The Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, said it will set up international advisory panel for some banks in the country to forestall breakdown in corporate governance and risk management practices.

MINIS-TER of Labour and Productivity, Chief Emeka Wogu, has said the administration of President Jonathan is labour-friendly and will do everything possible in line with extant rules and regulations to improve the standard of living of all Nigerians.

As reactions continue to trail the blowing up of AGIP oil pipeline in Bayelsa State on 0ctober 29, the Federal Government has said it was poised to address the menace of oil bunkering and security at the ports through the training of more coasts guards

The Supreme Court yesterday dismissed, in limine, a fresh appeal brought by the Hope Democratic Party, HDP, challenging the electoral victory of late President Umaru Yar’Adua and his running mate, Dr Goodluck Jonathan, in the presidential election held on April 21, 2007.

Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, presidential aspirant, Dr. Bukola Saraki,has pledged to focus on the diversification of the economy from the current monolithic oil dependency status, with a view to opening up other areas for greater economic activities that would engage the teaming youths population in the country if elected president next year

The House of Representatives yesterday attributed the dismal performance of budgets in Nigeria since 1999 and the attendant underdevelopment of the country to bureaucratic bottlenecks in the executive arm of government.

AHEAD the 2011 general elections, retired Supreme Court judge, Justice Sampson Uwaifo, has admonished the Federal Government and the National Assembly to amend the relevant sections of the constitution, so as to shift the handing over date to October 1, and ensure that all election matters are concluded in court before a proper hand over is effected.

Following last weekend’s interdiction of an aircraft ferrying explosives from Yemen to the United States in Europe, Federal Government yesterday issued a directive instructing full scale screening of all cargoes leaving the country for the U.S. via Europe.

The health status of frontline elder statesman, Chief Anthony Enahoro, threw Edo State into confusion, yesterday, following reports that he had passed on. But Vanguard, can confirm that the Elder statesman was still in coma at the University of Benin Teaching Hospital, UBTH.

Yobe state Governor, Alhaji Ibrahim Gaidam, has said only God makes a leader and gives power to people, adding that his assumption into office as the Governor of the state was by providence and sheer fate.