By Abdallah el-Kurebe Sokoto – Despite the global economic meltdown , Sokoto State Commissioner of Finance, Alhaji Faruk Malami Yabo has said that the strategic savings embarked upon by the state government before the global recession has provided soft landing for the state, economically. Speaking with Vanguard in his office in Sokoto, Yabo said that […]

By Emma Nnadozie (Crime Editor) If the divisional Police  officer in-charge   of Awka Metropolis in Anambra state, Francis Effiong Bassey (44) had known that coming down closer home after serving the Police Force diligently at the Force Headquarters in Abuja will spell doom for him, he would have rather, chosen to remain where he was.

By Rudolf Ogoo Okonkwo For ten years, Greg Ezekwe and his family lived in a high rise apartment building off the Bruckner Blvd. in The Bronx, New York, even though he owned two houses in other parts of the Bronx.

By Ola Ajayi Dennis and Feils, Dutchmen, left Neitherland on the 15th of March and arrived Nigeria about ten weeks after, traveling  through 18 countries in Sub-saharan Africa. Saturday Vanguard met them at Ibadan where they had a short stay before setting out again, they spoke on their experience and how they rode on motorcycle […]

The week long fashion and textile, solo/ specialised exhibition of the Lagos state chamber of commerce and industry last weekend, came to a climax with the hosting of a fashion show at the LCCI ultra modern complex in Alausa business district in Ikeja. The fashion show sponsored by Nichemtex a textile manufacturing company was aimed at promoting the fabric and also encourage designers to show case the various possibilities with the very colourful ankara fabric.

So many “ministries” are caught in the groove of “prosperity” that the gospel of the naira and kobo once entirely dominated our religious horizon. Perhaps it is because the Roman Catholic priesthood is shorn of that pre-occupation that the Cardinal, as well as other clerics of the same order, has found the space to turn around to the commonplace considerations of life … and that to the benefit of the common people.

I believe very clearly that the crisis has persisted over the years because of very bad governance, both at the national and state levels- governments that are insincere, inefficient, ineffective and buried in corruption.

Former Super Eagles assistant coach Joe Erico has walked this path before. In 2002, Erico was a member of the coaching crew that qualified Nigeria for the World Cup against all odds. Himself, present Super Eagles coach Shaibu Amodu and Steven Keshi went into the record books as the first set of indigenous coaches to pick a World Cup ticket for Nigeria but they were later booted out by the football federation, for not being world class coaches.

Former Green Eagles winger Adokie Amiesimaka is not just an ex-international but one who has administered the game, a member of various committees in the NFA and a passionate lover of the round leather game.

Globacom Limited has commiserated with the Management and players of Bayelsa United over the recent death of their captain, Abiel Tabor who was killed by armed robbers few hours after the team lifted the 2008/09 Globacom League trophy.