VICE-President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday asked the National Chairman of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP), Prince Vincent Ogbulafor, to assert his authority and ensure discipline among its members, especially ahead of the 2011 general election.

The Inspector General of Police, Mr Ogbonna Onovo has announced a new welfare package for the rank and file of the police from January next year. Mr Onovo broke the cheering news yesterday while addressing men and officers of the Police at Zone 11 headqauters of the force, Osogbo during a two-day working visit to Osun State.

Worried by the declining use of indigenous languages, especially the Yoruba, D.O Fagunwa Foundation, has announced its commitment to promote the use of indigenous languages in schools in line with the National Policy on Education, especially in the South West.

By Chidi Nkwopara

OWERRI—The threat by the consultants locating and destroying landmines and explosives abandoned in the South East and South-South after the Nigerian civil war, to stop work if the Federal Government fails to provide them with funds, has continued to attract angry reactions.

Vanguard investigations revealed that the Humanitarian Demining Consultants had recovered [...]

SPEAKER of the House of Representatives, Mr. Dimeji Bankole has said his plans to build three hostel and administrative projects at the University of Agriculture, Abeokuta (UNAAB) has no political undertone.

FOR the past two weeks, artificial shortage of fuel has been a recurring trend in Ibadan with vehicles remaining on queues for days.

THE Naval Training Command (NAVTRAC) has said it is stepping up its training strategies to meet with the operational dynamics of the time.

THE Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has said from December 1, it would clampdown on commercial vehicles plying intercity routes without passengers’ manifest.

The Lagos State House of Assembly has recommended the reopening of the crisis-ridden Lagos State University (LASU), for academic activities within a week from today pending the decision of the visitation panel’s investigation.

Passengers and aircraft traffic at the 21 nation’s airports have recorded an increase in the first and second quarter of this year.

The finals of the WAFU Inter Club Competition, otherwise known as EYADEMA Cup will come up between December 10-13,2009 at Stade de Kuege, Lome Togo.

ThE Chief Consultant Physician with the University of Calabar Medical College, Cross River State, Dr. Etette James Peters, has been appointed the new Chief Medical Director of the University of Uyo Teaching Hospital (UUTH), Akwa Ibom State.

Commuters in Calabar, Cross River State, have continued to experience hardship as they search for vehicles to take them to their various destinations within the metropolis since the ban on commercial motorbikes commenced, weekend.