14 hours to the scheduled Anambra state gubernatorial election, the state appears set to prove majority of Nigerians wrong. The much anticipated clashes between political parties has not manifested. What is visible is a calmness which seemed to have enveloped major cities in the state.

Dora Akunyili

1. I want to start my humble submission by stating that I am a 100% loyalist of President Yar’Adua. He appointed all of us because he trusts us and wants us to help him run government effectively and efficiently. Mr. President has given all of us seated in this chamber the opportunity to serve our nation as members of this council. I believe that in the choice of all of us, as individuals and group, Mr. President must have considered our ability to guide him aright to serve our people better, promote and protect the constitution in line with the oath of office taken before him in this chamber by each and everyone of us. President Yar’Adua is very dear to me just as he is to all of you.

Following the defeat suffered by the opponents of former Central Bank of Nigeria Governor; Prof Charles Soludo, within the Peoples Democratic Party at the Court of Appeal, legal battle over the candidate of the party for the forth coming gubernatorial election in Anambra state resumed today at the Supreme Court.

Nineteen lawyers were today cleared for elevation to the status of senior advocates of Nigeria by the Legal Practitioners Privileges Committee. The Chief Registrar of the Supreme Court; Mr. Usman Musale, made this known to newsmen in his office at the Supreme Court complex in Abuja..