Some retired national and international athletes in the South East have founded a club to assist in reviving athletics in the region.
All the foreign presidents who came for the inauguration of President Goodluck Jonathan have left for their respective countries.
A new Speaker and Deputy Speaker have emerged for the Seventh Legislative Assembly in Rivers state. They are Otelemaba Amachreee and Leyii Kwanee, Speaker and Deputy Speaker respectively.
THE “Transformation Agenda” that I present in this Lecture comprises five “Fundamentals”, three “Transformation Result Areas” (TRAs) and some implementation issues. In Part One, I briefly discuss the five selected fundamentals: electoral legitimacy, peace and security, government policy stability, rule of law, and anti-corruption. Part Two is focused on the three TRAs: (i) rehabilitating education; (ii) fixing poor infrastructure; and (iii) achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). They are briefly presented with emphasis on some specific actions that could ensure concrete results within the president’s four-year tenure.
The management of Tai Solarin University of Education (TASUED), Ijagun, Ogun State, has donated a total of N3 million to three religious groups in the campus.
Medical practitioners in Ekiti are set to begin routine treatment of common ailments in rural rural communities free of charge.
Military authorities disclosed to Vanguard in Abuja , Monday, that the explosion that occurred at about 8. 30pm at the Zuba International Electronics Market on Sunday, on the Kaduna/Suleija road, killing one person and injuring 3 persons, was indeed a bomb blast and may have been one of the several bombing plots planned to embarrass the nation during the inauguration of President Goodluck Jonathan at Eagle Square in the presence of over 40 foreign leaders.
As the nation swears-in new leaders at the federal and state levels, the Niger Delta Youth Congress has stressed the need to investigate the origin and source of funding of the Boko Haram group, which has become a menace in some Northern states.
THE three-man Election Petitions Tribunal sitting in Asaba, has granted an order, directing that the governorship candidate of the Democratic People’s Party, DPP, Chief Great Ogboru to serve Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan with the petition through substituted means, since it had became clear that reasonable efforts had been made to serve him same success.
The Department of Petroleum Resources, DPR, has wielded the big stick by sealing off seven filling stations in Yenagoa, allegedly involved in sharp practices of over pricing and under dispensing of products.
No fewer than 12 people were killed and over 25 injured in 3 bomb explosions at
the Shadawaka Army barracks in Bauchi, yesterday.
Nigerians in South Africa on Sunday joined other Nigerians in marking the country’s Democracy Day and the beginning of a fresh term for President Goodluck Jonathan.
LACK of adequate communication between the different stakeholders of the Ambrose Alli University, A AU, Ekpoma, Edo State, has been identified as being responsible for the recent crisis that engulfed the University. Acting Vice-Chancellor of the University, Prof. C. Agbebaku disclosed this in her address delivered at the 40th Inaugural Lecture of the University.
The Bauchi State Governor, Malam Isa Yuguda and his deputy, Alhaji Sagir Aminu Saleh, have been sworn in for a second tenure, just as the state government has donated N20 million to the 10 families of the National Youth Service Corps members who lost their lives during the post-election violence in the state.
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- 15 traders killed, burnt by gunmen in Zamfara
- Jubilation in Yenagoa as Police seal Govt House
- Sack of 5 govs: We accept S/Court judgment – PDP



