FG/S-South govs face-off avoidable — Ihonbvere
Ihonbvere, who commended the South-South governors for their decision, told Vanguard in Benin City that “the issues they (governors) raised were very critical and could not be ignored. The issue of down-grading PTI and then voting over 14 billion Naira for another university in Kaduna, to me, is provocative. Any person from the South-South must see it that way. The PTI was already moving towards establishing itself as a full university.
Who is our U-17 Captain?
“Needless to tell you that Nigeria is not here. Although we are automatic qualifiers for the World Cup as host, this is a competition that has become our birthright in Africa only for coach Alphonsus Dike and his hapless squad to get us knocked out by Benin.
Oil Bill: S-South Govs storm Abuja, say no going back
They have also vowed not to back down, especially when they meet President Yar’Adua today, as regards their last Thursday’s threat to pull out of the amnesty package for militants by the Federal Government if their demands were not looked into.
Yar’Adua tasks N-Deltans on new petroleum bill
The President, who was represented by his Minister of State for Petroleum, Mr. Odein Ajumogobia (SAN), said it was the duty of the National Assembly to take into considerations logical positions on the bill.
The accident that almost was
They soon caught up with it at a traffic snarl close to the Mile Two bridge. The action of the police men, however, did not go down well with some passengers in a commercial bus heading for the Wharf.
N-Delta battles sectional arrogance
When people from the Niger Delta and other Nigerians raised their voices in protest, government sources were quoted by Vanguard of Thursday, July 23, 2009 as saying: “Those who do not want the project to be sited in the North should have a rethink because there is absolutely nothing they can do to change government’s decisionâ€.
Aunt Adeline mis-match
Hi readers! Even though I hadn’t shown any emotions when my aunt Adeline said that I needed to marry, and fast, I was amused. There she was, thinking that there was something amiss in my life because I’m not married, and there was her daughter, Bess, who would like to leave her alcoholic husband, but can’t! Of the two of us, who’s better off? I think I am. I’m living my life the way I want to and I’m satisfied with it.
It’s still darkness at noon: Six decades after independence (2)
What Chinua Achebe was describing as the fate of Nigeria was not pre-colonial or colonial or post-colonial politics but the transitional politics where all want to be the next post-colonial sovereigns.
Kernel Recreation Park reunites residents of Surulere
Fashola who added that more women and children-friendly programmes will be completed for the benefit of the people, expressed his gratitude to Asiwaju Bola Tinubu who was instrumental in recovering the parcel of land, pointing out that those who were familiar with it will recollect that the place which was earmarked in the LEDB master plan for Surulere as a recreation park for the residents was heavily encroached on and abused.
Nigeria’s excess crude fund, external reserves drop
Nigeria’s excess crude account has dropped from $20 billion (N3.004 trillion) at the beginning of the year to $11.2 billion (N1.646trn) in June. This implies that in the last six months, the various tiers of government in the federation have shared a total of $9bn (N1.323tr) from that account.
WAEC blacklists 66 secondary schools in Edo
WAEC in a statement signed by its Director and Zonal Coordinator, Mr. Patrick Modebe, disclosed that the affected schools were re-inspected before the commencement of the May/June 2009 WASCE but as a result of some unexplained developments, the decision to forward the schools to the state Ministry of Education was put on hold.
