THE swearing in of Hon. Justice Aloysius Katsina – Alu, JSC as Chief Justice of Nigeria on 30th December 2009 now competes on the growing list of our current national controversies with the prolonged absence from this country of President Umaru Yar’ Adua.  

AT times like these, we can hold unto straws in the absence of anything more substantial.

THE news that lawmakers in the Lagos House of Assembly were contemplating the impeachment of the Governor, Raji Fashola, came to me as a surprise as I believe it did many other Nigerians who must have followed the activities of the Governor since he came into office in 2007.

 By Emma Ovuakporie ABUJA—The Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, Mr. Stephen Oronsaye has said there is the urgent need for relevant agencies of governments to review the guidelines for promotions in the civil service. He disclosed this at the end of a two-day review of training modules for capacity building in the […]

 By  Tony Edike ENUGU—STUDENTS of Enugu State University of Science and Technology, ESUT, Enugu, who recently staged a violent protest against the state government and the administration of former Vice Chancellor, Professor Ikechukwu Chidobem over incessant strike actions by the lecturers have apologised to Governor Sullivan Chime and his government. The students tendered the apology […]

By  Anayo Okoli Umuahia—EX-INTERNATONAL footballer, Mr. John Fashanu has joined in the crusade to fight kidnapping and other crimes in Abia State. Fashanu, who has also been involved in the rehabilitation of the repentant militants in Rivers State, was engaged by an organisation, Change Abia Organisation, which says that it had put in motion mechanism […]

 By Taye Obateru Jos — The Plateau State government has expressed dissatisfaction with the failure to prosecute the over 367 suspects arrested in the wake of the November 2008 crisis in the state capital after they were taken to Abuja ostensibly for prosecution. In a memorandum to the Emmanuel Abisoye panel set up by the […]

 By Henry Umoru ABUJA — AN Ilorin-based legal practitio-ner, Mr. Rowland Itoyah Otaru, SAN, has thrown his weight behind the swearing in of the Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Justice Aloysius Katsina-Alu by his predecessor, Justice Idris Legbo Kutigi, saying there was nothing wrong with the process. Speaking to Vanguard, yesterday, in Abuja, Otaru who […]

A member of the House of Representatives, Daniel Reyenieju, has appealed to Nigeria’s government officials, specifically those in the executive and legislative arms of government, to avoid hasty deductions and pronouncements over the current diplomatic row between Nigeria and the United States of America.

By Emeka Mamah Kaduna — Former Director-General, North-West of the Obasanjo/Atiku  Organisation during the 1999 general election and  Chairman of the Democratic  Advancement Option, DAO,  Alhaji Umar Gana, yesterday condemned the calls for the resignation of President Umaru Yar’Adua from office due a life threatening illness. He said that it was not unconstitutio-nal for a […]

FOR the nation not to grind to a halt, Professor of Political Science, Kimse Okoko, has called for Vice President Goodluck Jonathan to be made an Acting President until such a time President Musa Yar’Adua was strong eno

RISK of contracting an infection while on admission in hospital is now a source of worry amongst patients on hospital admission in Lagos and environs.

SENATORS have fashioned strategy to indirectly investigate the health status of President Umaru Yar‘Adua through an inquiry of the presidential assent of the 2009 supplementary budget.

There is a Yoruba adage that says that you cannot hide your nakedness from the person that will bath your body after your demise. So, whenever you remember that neither of you is complete without the other, then, you’ll know there is no point keeping secrets. It’s like running from your own shadow. Doing that can only mean that you have some hidden agenda. And that is dangerous for any relationship.

The Minimac drug concept recently adopted by the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) as a prelude to setting up of Mini – Manufacturing Drug Facilities in selected teaching and specialist hospitals in the country, has received hard knocks from the Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria (PSN) Lagos State branch.