News Desk Monday, December 17, 2007

Senate may hold public hearing on Bakassi treaty

AMIDST fresh controversy over the ceding of the Bakassi Peninsula to Cameroun by the past administration of Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, indications have emerged that the Senate may hold a public hearing on the matter. MORE>>>

Court rules on Ibori's bail bid today

JUSTICE Mohammed Lawal Shuaibu of the Federal High Court, Kaduna, will today deliver his ruling on whether former Governor of Delta State, Mr. James Ibori, should be granted bail on the 103-count charge of corruption and money laundering brought against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). MORE>>>

Yar’Adua’s men, Obasanjo fight for the soul of PDP

The growing unease in the relationship between President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua and his predecessor in office, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, is at the root of the uncertainty hovering over the convention of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Daily Sun can now authoritatively report. MORE>>>

IN GLOBAL NEWS:

S.Africa's ANC set to decide Mbeki's future (REUTERS)

Striking writers in talks to launch Web start-ups (LOS ANGELES TIMES)

Two Months in Pakistan (WASHINGTON POST)

Russia Ships Nuclear Fuel to Iran (THE NEW YORK TIMES)

Saudi king 'pardons rape victim' (BBC NEWS)