By Innocent Anaba The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), yesterday congratulated Nigerians for the election of the country into the Security Council of the United Nations as a non-permanent member,  fifteen years after Nigeria was elected to the same position.

In Ghana, I have been invited to join Talk Party, which is a gathering of very active writers and poets of Ghana origin hosted by Nubuke Foundation. Dimples on the Sand was well received.

LAGOS- A middled aged man identified as Babatunde Gbolahan is presently cooling off his heels in police custody for allegedly beating his own two-year old baby to death.

GOVER-NOR Babatunde Raji Fashola (SAN) of Lagos State has scored the police command high saying the crime rate in and around the state has tremendously nosedived in recent times.

The Federal Government has stated that it would only nationalize troubled banks that fail to recapitalize as a last resort. A statement by the Special Assistant (Communication) to the Minister of Finance, Ms Deborah Okafor, clarified the position of government, in Abuja yesterday, stating that both the Finance Minister, Dr. Mansur Muhtar, and the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor, Mr. Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, are in agreement on this decision.