Qatar’s bid to host a football World Cup at a time of year when temperatures are baking is brave, but the Gulf state is counting on high technology to overcome the potentially prickly problem.

NO fewer than two persons yesterday lost their lives as commercial bus drivers in Lagos State stayed off the road, protesting alleged excesses of the officials of the Lagos State Transport Management Authority, LASTMA, leaving commuters stranded at bus stops across the state.

By Vincent Ujumadu AWKA—THE Peoples, Democratic Party PDP, in Anambra State has set machinery in motion for  future elections in the state with the setting up of a nine-member caretaker committee to run the affairs of the party in the state. The meeting in Awka weekend where the committee was set up, was the first […]

By Aliyu Dangida DUTSE — Jigawa State Government has released over N127m for the payment of scholarship allowances to 2009/2010 continuous students, the Executive Secretary, State Scholarship Board, Alhaji Babangida Hussaini disclosed. Speaking to Vanguard in his office, Hussaini said the amount included the registration fees for girls in tertiary institutions in accordance with free […]

By Gbenga Ariyibi ADO-EKITI—Ekiti State Government has again re-assured the people of the state that the present policy of concession of public dams to private investors will not alter the price of selling water to members of the public According to the statement by the State Commissioner for information and Orientation, Mr  Taiwo Olatunbosun the […]