I have just received a request asking me to do a letter to Barrister Adokiye Amiesimaka. It reads in part “ dear sir, you must be abreast with the current news making the rounds, especially the claim by former international Adokiye Amiesimaka that certain members of the Golden Eaglets are over the 17 year age limit.

GOVERNMENTS at all levels in the country have been urged to treat youths as major stakeholders in project Nigeria.

Governor of the Central Bank, CBN, Mr. Lamido Sanusi, has vowed that there will be no respite for banks on corporate governance, insisting that this will help rid the industry of criminals.

REPENTANT militant leader, Mr. Government Ekpemupolo, alias Tompolo, weekend, warned his followers numbering up to 10,000 to turn away from kidnapping, bombing of oil installations, oil theft, armed robbery and other criminal activities for their own safety.

THE member representing Sapele Local Government Area in Delta State House of Assembly, Chief Monday Ovbigho Igbuya, has appea-led to Chief E. K. Clark to leave the former governor of the state, Chief James Ibori, alone.
Igbuya made the call in Sapele while reacting to recent media reports credited to Clark wherein he petitio-ned the Chief Judge of the Federation on Ibori’s case.

By Oke Epia From indications in the last one month, it appears President Umaru Yar’Adua has the interest of the Niger Delta, Nigeria’s resource-rich wetland, at heart. The other day, national lawmakers nearly fell over themselves in a bid to outdo one another in pouring accolades on the President for achieving the commendable feat of […]

A building in Ilasamaja area of Lagos State, weekend, went up in flames, destroying property which monetary value could not be immediately ascertained.

A comprehensive healthcare and trauma centre is to be established by the Federal Government at Iyamoh the home town of Governor Adams Oshiomhole in Etsako West Local Government Area of Edo State.

PRESIDENT Umaru Yar’Adua has risen up to the complicating consequences of fracturing feuds that are part of his administration. There are no indications of an easy solution to the acrimony that ministers have managed to cultivate in their relations with each other. They, as the President admitted, have hurt the performance of government. He has […]

By Dapo Akinrefon & Gbenga Oke SENATOR Isiaka Abiola Ajimobi, represented Oyo South Senatorial  District of Oyo State from 1999-2007 in the National Assembly. He also contested the governorship election on the platform of the All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP) in 2007. Ajimobi, who recently returned to the Action Congress (AC) told Vanguard in this […]

Golden Eaglets players yesterday rose in unison to chorus that Korea Republic cannot stop their dream of remaining in the chase of the historic 4th FIFA U-17 World Cup crown when both teams square up in a quarter-final duel today at the U.J. Esuene Stadium in Calabar.

IN a detailed and well structured press release, Nigeria Olympic Committee,(NOC) President, Abu Gumel (OON), has come out to say why he wants to continue in office as President.

METHODIST Church yesterday joined the league of eminent Nigerians who are cautioning the Federal Government against its proposal to deregulate the downstream sector of the oil industry, saying it will be counter-productive.

Minutes after Heartland of Owerri lost the Champions League title on Saturday, CAF and FIFA match coordinator, Paul Bassey, was on line reacting to the tie in Coango DR. He was outraged and expressed his reservations this way:

Chief coach of CAF Champions League finalists, Heartland of Owerri, Kelechi Emetoele, has described as painful the manner his wards lost out in the second leg of the competition to TP Mazembe in Lubumbashi on Saturday.