Cholera outbreak in Lugu village of Wurno Local government of Sokoto state has claimed at least, nine lives from October 7th to date, Vanguard can authoritatively reveal.

THE Cement New Entrants Forum of Nigeria, CNEF, has launched a two-pronged campaign to force down the price of locally manufactured cement to N700 per 50 kg bag at retail shops by 2015, saying the Cement Manufacturers Association of Nigeria, CMAN, in collusion with some government officials, were ripping off Nigerians at the current factory gate price of N1, 300.

NIGERIANS in Diaspora under the auspices of Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, GEJ, 2011 Diaspora Support Group, Europe chapter, have called on the leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to implement to the letter its recent announcement that only corrupt-free candidates without any illegal baggage would be nominated in the party’s primaries as standard-bearers for the various political offices in the next elections.

Lottery in many countries is a lucrative revenue earner and even the mainstay of the economy. For instance, it is said that the famous Great Wall of China and many notable projects in the United States of America were successfully executed courtesy of proceeds from lottery. This is so because lottery is not perceived as gambling as is the case here. While gambling is a risk taken in the hope of gaining advantage, lottery seeks to create job opportunities and bring development to the countries that accept it as a legitimate business.

SENATE President, David Mark would today in Lagos, commission the commercial launch of Glo 1, the multi-million dollar international submarine cable built by the second national operator, Globacom.