WHEN I first read about the intentions of the Imo State Government to infuse a massive number of 10,000 jobs into its public service, like many others, I was incredulous.

The entire Jimoh Forumu Street in Ilasamaja area of Lagos was thrown into confusion on March 15, 2010, following the sudden disappearance of a three-and-half -year-old boy popularly called Likky.

With mixed reactions trailing the marriage of former Zamfara State governor, Senator Sani Ahmed Yerima to a 13-year old Egyptian girl, a professor of law in the University of Lagos has told Vanguard Education Weekly that early marriage can put an end to the education of the girl-child.

The Vice Chancellor, Tai Solarin University of Education, (TASUED) Ijebu Ode and the immediate past Commissioner for Education Ogun State, Professor, Olusegun Awonusi has reiterated that, until the Federal Government allocates a reasonable percentage of its annual budget to education, the government will not achieve its vision 20:2020 on the sector.

SPECIAL Adviser to the President on National Assembly Matters, Dr. Cairo Ojougboh, declared, yesterday, that President Goodluck Jonathan will run for the Presidency in the 2011 general election.

Boat operators in Bayelsa State have threatened to go on strike over what they described as the harsh working environment in the state.

Elder statesman and member of the Board of Trustees of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, Alhaji Bamanga Tukur wants President Goodluck Jonathan to shun pressure mounted by PDP Governors, the Senate as well as PDP executive over their insistence to have a hand in the emergence of the next Vice President of the country.

THE Abuja division of the Court of Appeal, yesterday, sacked the Speaker of Delta State House of Assembly, Hon. Martin Okonta from office.

The Court of Appeal, Enugu Division, yesterday, dismissed two appeals filed by ousted Senator Joy Emodi, representing Anambra North Senatorial Zone, asking the court to interpret two judgments earlier delivered on the senatorial seat just as it turned down her request to refer the matter to the Supreme Court for hearing, determination and direction.

Eagles’ coach, Lars Lagerback, has urged Nigerians to accept that the players who made his tentative list for the World Cup are the best the country has to offer at the moment.