THE prisons and prison system in Nigeria have been in the news of recent. About a week ago, an aborted jailbreak in Kaduna led to the death of three inmates and the injury of many others.

THE controversy on the group life assurance for civil service workers that started in 2008 has taken a new twist as insurers on the scheme have protested that some were made to swear to oath of secrecy before being listed on the business for the current 2010 year.

FOLLOWING the coup d’ etat of July 23, 1952 which replaced King Farouk with General Neguib, Amer was appointed director of the New Head of State’s office. He became a Major-General the following year and from then on until 1958 was Commander-in-Chief of Egypt’s armed forces. Promoted Field Marshal in 1957, he served from 1958 to 1962 as Commander-in-Chief of the United Arab Republic Forces.

SWEET-CRUDE, Vanguard’s monthly review of the Energy industry is in Houston, United States of America as the official mouth-piece of Nigerian companies participating in the ongoing Offshore Technology Conference, OTC, 2010.

AS part of efforts being made to reform the electoral system towards an enduring democratic culture in Nigeria, many notable Nigerians including Senator Uche Chukwumereije and Most Rev. John Onaiyekan of the Catholic Archdiocese of Abuja and the Director General of the National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, are billed to speak on electoral reforms tomorrow in Abuja