They prevailed on my dad that he did not have to invest in the first son. It was very parochial, and myopic…It never went down well with me and my mother and I’ll never forget it

By Emeka Mamah Kaduna—President of the Civil Rights Congress (CRC), Mr. Shehu Sani has described the call for President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua to resign as nonsensical. Sani said that the call was unjustified and unconstitutional pointing out that those who made the call were setting dangerous precedent by making such calls which he said were […]

Management of South African Airways (SAA) said yesterday that the shine, for the airline, would have been taken off the 2010 World Cup had Nigeria failed to qualify.

Abakaliki—The Ebonyi State Government, yesterday said it had intensified efforts to relocate government offices from Abakaliki to Ocho-Udo city in 2010. Mr Jonah Egbe, the Commissioner for Lands, Survey and Housing, who made this known to newsmen   in Abakaliki, said  work at the new city had reached an advanced stage. The Commissioner explained that the […]

Dana Plast Limited, a leading plastics manufacturer, has won the Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) Silver Certificate, in recognition of its products’ conformity to the Nigerian Industrial Standards (NIS). The certificate was awarded to the company for its brand of bucket and bowl, at the Annual NIS Products Quality Awards. According to the Communications Manager […]

ENUGU—A group, Total Mandate Organisation for Sullivan Chime of Enugu State, has reacted to the recent increase of the voters registration across the state, saying the organisation which has presence in  all the 17 local governments areas of  the state, had been able to sensitize the populace ahead of tomorrow’s local government election  in the […]

By Umar Yusuf YOLA–A seventy-years old woman, (names withheld) has been arrested in Numan Adamawa State by the National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA for been in possession of weeds suspected to be Indian Hemp. Arrested along with the woman is a prominent politician in Numan, Dautshoho Alhassan. Parading the suspects before Newsmen in Yola […]

By  Chidi Nkwopara OWERRI—A middle aged man and father of five, Mr. Raphael Aka, has been electrocuted in the premises of a block moulding industry in Orji, Owerri North Local Government Area of Imo State. Vanguard investigations revealed that the deceased, who was an indigene of Umueze Uzoagba, Ikeduru Local Government Area of the state, […]

By Vincent Ujumadu AWKA—PEOPLES Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate for Anambra State, Professor Chukwuma Soludo, yesterday in Onitsha, flagged-off his governorship campaign. The party’s national chairman, Prince Vincent Ogbulafor, who spoke at the occasion said  “PDP has recognised Soludo as the candidate of the party for the forthcoming election in Anambra State and that is […]

THE immediate past governor of Delta State, Chief James Ibori, will today know his fate over the lingering charges of alleged money laundering contained in the 170-count charge filed against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).

By Babajide Komolafe LAGOS—A financial expert, Dr Agbai Ina Obasi, has urged the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to put a system in place that will make it difficult for bank workers and management to trigger crisis in their organisations. The former Spring Bank Regional Director, Lagos and West, said for instance if the Chief […]

By Oscarline Onwuemenyi ABUJA—The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said yesterday that it is fully in support of the country’s ambitions to build a nuclear power plant to meet its growing energy needs. The position of the agency was conveyed by the representative of the Director-General of IAEA, Dr. Vincent Nkong-Njock, who spoke at the […]

THE identity card of the the crude oil tanker driver that crushed six market women to death at Effurun, near Warri, in the early hours of last Thursday, has been found by the Army, Vanguard reliably learnt yesterday. The driver is still on the run six days after the unfortunate incident.

GOVERNOR Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State and Bini Political Coalition (BPC), a socio-cultural organization in the state, have urged the new Vice-Chancellor of the University of Benin (UNIBEN), Professor Osayuki Oshodin, to remain focused in piloting the affairs of the institution in the next five years.

The Cross River State government has abolished first school leaving certificate to encourage holders to further their education.