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MAN OF THE YEAR
THE most influential people on earth are ordinary dreamers. They see beyond the immediate; they construct, in their mind's eye, a future - seemingly farfetched, but festooned with possibilities.
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The demolished Iba market in Lagos... yesterday
PHOTO: SAM OLUSEGUN-ALADE
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CBN deploys fraud monitors in banks
By Enitar Ugwu
THE Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has scaled up its crackdown on fraud in the nation's banking sector by deploying its officials to banks to monitor their activities.
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Gunmen abduct, free author, Elechi Amadi
From Kelvin Ebiri (Port Harcourt) and Willie Etim (Yenagoa)
UNKNOWN gunmen who abducted renowned author, Captain Elechi Amadi, on Monday night in his home in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, yesterday night released him to his family.
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Lagos moves to end doctors strike, opens paediatrics complex
By Chukwuma Muanya, Seye Olumide and Bertram Nwannekanma
STRIKING doctors in Lagos may call off their industrial action today after the state government set up a negotiating team to meet with executives of the Medical Guild.
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AFRICA
UN proposes Green Zone-style base in Somalia
Three masked gunmen fatally shot a Somali aid worker yesterday, as the UN envoy to Somalia said the United Nations should create a Baghdad-style Green Zone in the African country so he can base all his aid workers there.
DR Congo rebels in crisis meeting
MEMBERS of eastern Democratic Republic of Congo's main rebel group are to hold urgent talks after claims they have ousted their leader, Gen. Laurent Nkunda.
WORLD
Jews face attacks as Gaza conflict spread to Europe
Signs are mounting that the conflict in Gaza is starting to spill over into violence in Europe's towns and cities, with assaults against Jews and arson attacks on Jewish congregations in France, Sweden and Britain.
Fire guts Financial Standard head office
THE first floor of Financial Standard's head office at No. 2, IPM Avenue, Central Business District, Alausa, Ikeja, Lagos, was gutted by fire early yesterday morning.
POLICY & POLITICS
How Utomi, others see Ghana's election
By Clifford Ndujihe
AS Prof. John Evans Atta Mills is sworn-in as Third President of the Third Republic today, many Nigerians and groups have continued to hail Ghana's democratic culture.
ARTS
In 2008, plenty laugh, robust purse for comics
By Justin Akpovi-Esade
WITH six awards last year, the biggest being the Comedian Of The Year, Diamond Awards for Comedy, comic Ayo Makun popularly called A Y could qualify to be called the nation's reigning King of Comedy.
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