Delta State Commissioner for Higher Education, Dr. Hope Eghagha, has said the state governor, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan, has approved payment of the 2009 Students Special Assistance Scheme to eligible undergraduates of tertiary institutions of the state origin.

In the heat of recent national controversy on immunity clause enshrined in 1999 Constitution, President Umaru Musa Yar’ Adua had expressed support for its removal. He , like most public commentators who are against the clause had argued that those who are protected by immunity clause should not be shielded from persecution if found criminally liable of any offence while in office.

As Nigeria begin their title defence of the FIFA Under-17 Cup tomorrow at the Abuja National Stadium, Golden Eaglets tactician, John Obuh is putting his hopes on God for a successful outing by his side.

PROF Itse Sagay is a legal luminary on constitutional matters. In this interview with Vanguard, Sagay faults the move by members of the House of Representative over plans to give them immunity. Excerpts:

Chairman of Ika South local government area in Delta State, Mr. Hilary Ibude, has traced delayed implementation of the N115 million constituency projects for the area to the inability of contractors to meet requirements for the contract process.

Captain of the Golden Eaglets, Fortune Chukwudi has said that the team would draw a lot of inspiration from the victory of the Ghanaian U-20 football team over Brazil when they take on the rest of the world in the FIFA U-17 World Cup beginning in Nigeria October 24.

“Northern Nigeria is a large and heavily populated country, full of vitality and promise. In such a large country there is inevitably a great deal of diversity, but in this diversity, as in your great country, lies our strength.

Ambrose Alli University (AAU), Ekpoma, yesterday announced Sunday, October 25, 2009, as date for the continuation of the 2008/2009 academic session which was interrupted by the strike embarked upon by the various unions in the university.

By the time the first ball is kicked between defending Champions Nigeria and Germany, Nigeria would have shot into FIFA’s books as the first country to host a ‘shambolic’ FIFA U-17 World Cup. The country that before now commands so much respect from the world soccer-governing body to have won the inaugural FIFA/JVC U-16 World Cup in Beijing, China in 1985 would dent that record after hosting the tourney.

Officially, the programme is called State Grant to Low Income Entrepreneurs. It is not charity, it is not patronage, it is not a case of anybody pitying anybody. It is neither the Villagisation in Julius Nyerere’s ujamaa nor Stalin’s Collectivization in Soviet Communism.