ALHAJI Lai Mohammed is National Publicity Secretary of the Action Congress, AC. In this interview with Sunday Vanguard, he says his party, AC, plans to align with other political parties in the country to outwit the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP come the 2011 general elections. He, however, maintains that the PDP is a party in disarray.

ANAMBRA State government has read the riot act to contractors handling the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) projects in the state, warning that it would terminate any contract that falls short of the expected standard and blacklist the contractor concerned. The contractors were selected through a competitive bidding conducted in Awka. Commissioner for economic planning and […]

Tony Esijolomi Afejuku, Professor of English and Literature, University of Benin; Poet and Critic; former National Treasurer, Association of Nigerian Authors; former Chairman, Association of Nigerian Authors, Edo-Delta Branch; former Vice Chairman, Academic Staff Union of Universities, Uniben Branch; frontline Itsekiri Activist in this interview with arts editor, McPhilips Nwachukwu examined the socio-cultural violence in the region of the Niger Delta and by extension, the entire nation. Speaking from the stand point of a poet and culture scholar, he spoke as frankly as ever.

Musical Songstress, now popularly addressed by her colleagues as Her Excellency is not yet done with entertainment and the Entertainment Industry.

By Yomi  Awelewa  The comedy industry in Nigeria recently got a boost courtesy of M-Net, premium content provider for Dstv, which introduced the Comedy Club circuit. The second season of this increasingly popular show debuted a few weeks ago. Every Saturday at exactly 8pm local time, DStv viewers are now treated to a bouquet of […]

By Sam EYOBOKA  THE much advertised Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN conference aimed at choosing a new leadership for the umbrella body of Christians in Nigeria may have come and gone but the reverberations will linger for a while yet. The two-day affair at the Ecumenical Centre in Abuja amply demonstrated beyond all reasonable doubt […]

By Bishop David Oyedepo  Last week, I taught on other key manifestations of the supernatural power of praise. This week, I will show you some enemies of praise, as I conclude this series. Murmuring and complaining: No matter how legitimate your reasons may be, avoid murmuring. No reason is acceptable to God for complaining. When […]

Abia State commissioner for information, culture and tourism, Chief John Nwokocha, says it will be difficult to dislodge Governor Theodore Orji from power in 2011 because of his sterling performance in office.  “Governor T.A. Orji is very popular in the state. The reason is simple. The incumbent governor has within three years caused massive transformation […]

Lagos State governor, Mr Babatunde Fashola (SAN), has drawn the curtains on the 5th Lagos Economic summit, Ehingbeti 2010 with an assertion that all the issues raised at the Summit are work in progress either awaiting policy conclusion, legislative intervention or executive action.  The governor, who spoke at the Eko Hotels and Suites, Victoria Island, […]

APOSTLE Hayford Ikponmwosa Alile, the pioneer Director-General of the Nigerian Stock Exchange, NSE, chairman of several blue-chip companies including the Oceanic Bank International and the Spiritual Leader of the Saint Joseph’s Chosen Church of God International, SJCCG, was born into Alile family of Benin some 70 years ago. He turned 70 yesterday and in this […]

By AbdulWahab Abdulah  As the world marks the World Malaria Day, today, Research has revealed that 300,000 Nigerians dying each year of the disease. In addition, it was revealed that apart from the human loss, the financial losses as a result of malaria attack are estimated at about 132 billion Naira (USD 906 million) in the […]

Senate deputy president in the aborted third republic, Senator Albert Legogie, has advised former Delta State governor, Chief James Ibori, to surrender himself to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC) to avert being treated as a common criminal.  Legogie spoke with Sunday Vanguard yesterday in an interview in Benin against the backdrop of the […]

Chief Richard Akinjide  should know that he is solely on his own in the call for Ibadan to forget 2011 governorship and only time will tell,” according to a former minister under Abacha regime and a PDP gubernatorial aspirant in Oyo State, Elder Wole Oyelese. Oyelese, in statement entitled, “Akinjide’s yanga is waking trouble,” at […]

By Daniel Idonor   THE Presidency has distanced Acting President Goodluck Jonathan from presidential campaign posters that have flooded major streets of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), and urged members of the public, particularly friends and associates of the acting president, to disregard the posters. Some yet to be identified members of a youth organisation in […]

 Abeokuta-DEPUTY Inspector General of Police, Mr. Israel Ajao, on Friday, said the force was making progress in its effort to unravel the killers of the late governorship candidate of the Action Congress, AC, in Ogun State, Otunba Dipo Dina.  Ajao, who made this declaration at Eleweran, the state police headquarters in the Ogun State during […]