A possible postponement of the January 2011 polls was top of the agenda when President Goodluck Jonathan met the leadership of the National Assembly on Wednesday night in Abuja, Sunday Vanguard can now reveal.

Nigeria won a penalty shootout to claim a place in the semi-finals at the end of an enthralling struggle in Augsburg. Ironically it was USA’s golden girl Sydney Leroux who missed with the US’ fifth penalty to seal the African side’s 4-2 victory, their captain Christine Nairn having seen her attemopt saved as well. It […]

Orji and other South-East governors should be encouraged to step up the war against kidnapping and armed robbery, even as suggestions are made on further strategies that could be introduced. Heaping blames on the governors, especially as they were recently directed at Orji, is nothing short of misplaced aggression also suggesting that his accusers are myopic and a deliberate disregard to the governor’s numerous efforts at addressing and combating kidnapping in Abia State.

I was in the audience when the governor of Delta State, Dr Emmanuel Uduaghan, delivered the 45th anniversary lecture of the Faculty of Arts, University of Lagos on June 29. It was on 2011 and how to deliver credible elections.

It is a victory for our constitution because all the years, once we had issues with our constitution, what we did was to throw it away and do a new one, even when there are provisions for its amendment. So, we have taken full advantage of the provision of section 9 to successfully amend our constitution, something we have never done before.