LEADERS of Oruku community in Enugu East Local Government Area of Enugu State have appealed to President Goodluck Jonathan to intervene in the communal feud between them and their Umuode neighbours and stop further harassment of Oruku natives by officers of Nigeria Police Force.

FORMER Governor of Oyo State, Alhaji Lamidi Adesina, has alleged that it was the former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, that advised President Goodluck Jonathan not to pay homage to the Olubadan of Ibadan, Oba Samuel Odulana during his visit, penultimate week.

Founding Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Mr. Gbenga Olawepo, has described the controversy over where the next president should come from as retrogressive and divisive.

OPERATIVES of the State Security Service, SSS, in Ondo State, weekend, quizzed one of the lawyers who represented Ondo state governor, Dr Olusegun Mimiko , during the Election Petition Tribunal over a year ago, Mr. Aderemi Olatubora, over the security reports tendered as exhibit at the tribunal.

THE Ogun State Government has declared today a work free day in commemoration of the 17th anniversary of June 12, 1993 election won by Basorun Moshood Kashimawo Olawale Abiola.

A native doctor who fortified himself with charms to beat security screening at the Murtala Muhammed Airport, Lagos, is now in the net of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, for attempting to smuggle cocaine out of the country.

FEAR has gripped armed robbers and kidnappers in Edo State, following the curse placed on evil doers in the state, by the Benin monarch, Oba Erediauwa, as Vanguard was reliably informed that hundreds of them have stormed the Palace of the Oba to plead for forgiveness, so as to escape the wrath of the gods.

NIGERIA Labour Congress, NLC, yesterday, expressed disgust over the call by the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN’s Governor, Mallam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, for the removal of subsidy on Petrol and advised President Goodluck Jonathan to ignore the CBN’s governor because of its socio-economic and political implications.

In the wake of a planned probe of the sharing of the Federation Account by the Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative, NEITI, the Minister of State for Finance, Mr. Remi Babalola, has stated that the Federal Government remains resolute in its commitment towards a transparent and accountable Federation Account.

Eagles manager, Lars Lagerback, has reviewed the performance of his wards against Argentina and warned them that there would be no Greek gift against Greece in their second match of the World Cup. The Swede is still pained that the Eagles allowed Argentina to run away with a win in a match that they had an opportunity of even beating them or at worst share honours with a draw.

The Plateau State government yesterday raised an alarm that it had uncovered fresh plans by some people to unleash fresh violence in the state.

AS the seven-day ultimatum to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Dimeji Bankole, by a group of representatives tagged the Progressives expires tomorrow, the Speaker’s camp and the Progressives were, yesterday, perfecting their ‘war’ strategies.

The two chambers of the National Assembly will tomorrow hold an endorsement meeting of amendments to the 1999 Constitution with Speakers of the 36 states of the Federation.

PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan is expected to pay an official visit to Delta State, next weekend. Information available to Vanguard indicated that during the visit, he will commission the Delta State University Teaching Hospital, DSUTH and Nigerian Navy Logistic Headquarters, both at Oghara, the country home of the former Governor of the state, Chief James Ibori.

THE Movement for Actualisation of Sovereign State of Biafra, MASSOB, has asked President Goodluck Jonathan to direct Imo State office of the State Security Service, SSS, to release the three utility vehicles and a siren motorbike confiscated by the agency from the country home of the group’s leader, Ralph Uwazuruike, since August 2005.