“The newest member of the UN family was born today,” Mr. Ban told the Assembly after it passed the resolution setting up the new UN Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women. “This is truly a watershed day,” he declared.

A FEW weeks ago, the relative cordiality that has existed between the Federal and State governments was punctured and the citizens’ attention drawn, albeit temporarily away from the robust debates that has been generated over the future of the country.

THE interpretation given to section 26 of the electoral Act 2010 (As amended) by the Imo guber tribunal has given judicial endorsement of staggerred elections by INEC. It is therefore, a recipe for electioneering disaster.

THE deregulation in the sector has created more jobs, increased government revenue and opened fresh vistas for profits. Like the telecommunication and aviation sectors, the cement sector has engendered positive multiplier effects on the economy.

As stocks are taken on 2011, the Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, is one man who would certainly look back at the year with an understandable sense of fulfilment for acclaimed milestones and a political year well spent.