“As a group, we highly applaud and commend the humanitarian efforts of Chief Joseph Penawou. Penawou deserves kudos for remembering the Gbaramatu communities in their moment of grief and travails via First Marine and Engineering Services Limited.”

By Chidi Nkwopara OWERRI—A crack team of police officers from Abia and Imo State police commands have rescued the kidnapped Treasurer of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Peter Orji, from where he was kept in Ntigha, Isiala Ngwa North Local Government Area of Abia State.

Ahead of the 2009 MTN International Polo Tournament, the ancient city of Kano is giddy with excitement. Clearly the biggest annual event in Kano’s sporting calendar, the polo fiesta will kick off on 27 June at the legendary Murtala Mohammed Polo ground in Bompai.

By Enyim Enyim ONITSHA—Anambra State House of Assembly may have resolved to impeach Governor Peter Obi, should the on going investigation into the N250m allegedly intercepted from his aides by the police in Lagos indict him.

Hi readers! You can imagine the excitement with which I waited for Nkem to come join us in Lome from her base in Cotonou. How would she look like, I wondered. If Rachael was concerned about a visit from her husband’s ex-wife, she concealed it well.

Head Coach, Amodu Shai bu, led players of the national football team, Super Eagles, into the city of Ta Qali, Malta, on Monday afternoon, as the team set to begin final tactical and technical preparation for Saturday’s 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifying match against Tunisia in Tunis.

The exercise which started June 1, 2009, will last till the end of the month, where all corporate organizations, enterprises and individuals operating and resident in the state are expected to reverify all tax payments made in favour of the state government spanning the past five years.

FORMER Chairman of South-South Peoples Assembly (SSPA) Ambassador Matthew Tawo Mbu, the Otu Agrinya of Boki land in Cross River State is not only an elder statesman but also a lawyer and diplomat who could be described as one of the few nationalists of the first republic. Although he has a string of honorary doctorate degrees, he likes to remind you that he only treasures the one he sweated for; a doctorate in law.

Speaking exclusively to Vanguard in Geneva, Switzerland, on what Nigeria stands to benefit from the on-going 98th conference of the International Labour Conference, the general secretary ofthe NLC, Comrade John Odah said, “Our own alternative to the deregulation of the downstream and to the selling of the refineries is for our government to re-look at our joint venture agreement with a view to getting the oil majors to compulsorily have interest in refining petrol in Nigeria and therefore establishing refineries in Nigeria”.

Although Sid Mashburn is a definitive gentleman’s haberdasher in Atlanta, his global sense of style is worthy of national and international acclaim. Featured as one of GQ Magazine’s top ten picks for “The Most Stylish Men in America” and also voted as one of the magazine’s 100 best men’s stores in America, he needs no introduction.