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Nigeria education minister tapped for World Bank
Written by REUTERS
Tuesday, 20 March 2007

Nigeria’s Education Minister Oby Ezekwesili has been tapped as the World Bank’s next Vice-President for Africa, bank sources said on Monday.

The sources said Ezekwesili’s appointment will likely be finalized by the World Bank board this week, in time for the spring meetings of member countries of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund in Washington next month.

Reforming the EFCC: Will Nigeria ever see the Promised Land?
Written by Frisky Larr
Monday, 19 March 2007

The recent move by the Nigerian Senate to make the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) independent of the executive arm of government is one step that holds a very promising future for the growth of Nigeria’s democracy.

One distinctive element has till date, been clearly missing in the exercise of democratic practices in Nigeria and that has been the active exercise of the instance of prosecution in the judicial system. Even though Nigeria’s judicial structure makes due provision for the Office of Public Prosecution, almost nothing is or has ever been heard of the function of this public body in the present landscape of democratic practices.

If general knowledge of elementary law is anything to go by, the Office of Public Prosecution should play the role of the judicial watchdog in the monitoring and prosecution of individuals of all status getting anywhere near illegality.

Ita-Giwa levies women ministers and Perm Secs for Obasanjo’s Birthday
Written by Leadership
Tuesday, 20 March 2007

Controversy is brewing over an allegation that the senior special assistant on National Assembly matters, senator Florence Ita Giwa is collecting ‘Donations’ from female government functionaries to finance a birthday bash for President Olusegun Obasanjo.

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