Some members of the National Assembly have formed a think-tank body dubbed “The Legislative Working Club” at the expansive Apo Legislative Quarters, Abuja.

DELTA State governor, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan, yesterday said that although members of the State House of Assembly have passed the 2010 budget, he was yet to sign it into law due to some corrections being effected on it.

FOLLOWING an alarm raised by the Nigerian Ports Authority, NPA, the Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, yesterday arrested and detained a Maersk Line vessel, ‘MV Nashiville,’ laden with toxic waste.

LAST week, I dedicated a large chunk of this column to telling Vanguard readers that my generator and the PHCN transformer on my street in Abuja had collapsed simultaneously, that my household had been TOTALLY deprived of electricity for several days and that I had temporarily taken refuge in a hotel…

The leadership of labour in Imo State, has after dialoguing with government representatives, suspended the four-day warning strike it embarked upon since13 April 2010.

THERE were strong indications that former Delta State Governor, Chief James Ibori, would be extradited to the United Kingdom when he honours the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC’s invitation to answer to the alleged new charges levelled at him.

Nigeria’s longest serving military leader, General Yakubu Gowon, at the 2010 Conference of the Institute of Directors, brought back to the fore the importance of long term development planning to ensure the smooth and sustainable development of the country.

By George Onah Port Harcourt—Rivers State government has said its intervention in the education sector was a demonstration of its resolve to re-orientate misguided youths and secure the future of children in the state.

The Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria, PENGASSAN, has called on the Acting President, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, to address persisting issues such as contract staffing and other unfair labour practices among multinational and local companies in the sector.

The Federal Government has approved N10billion for the Federal Staff Housing Loan Board to disburse loans to all applicants to enable them build and acquire houses of their choice.