As human rights activist, Chief Gani Fawehinmi, clocks 71 today, he has prayed to God to grant Nigerian leaders the will to have the interest of the masses at heart.

In the next few days, over 1,000 illegal structures and shanties will be demolished in Yaba Local Council Development Area (LCDA). Already, illegal shanties, shops and kiosks, at Yaba bus stop, have been cleared while those trading on the road have been driven away in order to pave way for free flow of traffic.

Obafemi Martins could make a return to the Newcastle starting line-up this weekend against West Bromwich Albion.

A FIRM pledge of vibrant governance in 2009 was yesterday made by President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua who said the new year would be momentous in the area of critical reforms expected to launch the nation on the desired path of development.

PASTOR E. A. Adeboye, the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God(RCGG) has been listed in the first 50 Global Elite listing of U.S. and international news magazine, Newsweek, emerging as the only African on the list now making the waves in the world.