The dedication of the minister was visible at the meeting. Most of the time, he was always the last person to leave the Bella Centre venue of the Summit after having attended the usually long plenary meetings and regional consultative meetings of the African Group and that of Group of 77 plus China with his colleagues – the Minister of State Power, Minister of State Health and the Minister of Foreign Affairs as well as the seemingly indefatigable Nigerian Ambassador to the Nordic Countries, Dr. Boladei Godknows Igali.

As far as I am concerned they are all a bunch of media executioners. They have not even bothered with the first golden rule of journalism and law —let the other party be heard. None of our engaging and erudite columnists has spoken to Farouk; and failing that none had put on their thinking caps to ask themselves if Farouk’s right — namely the right to be presumed innocent of the charges — were being violated.

In the wake of the recent Central Bank’s pseudo liberalization of dollar supply to the foreign exchange market, naira rate tumbled from over N140=$1 to today’s rate of about N130=$1 in the black market, leaving a spread of just about N2 from the official rate.

By  Ola Ajayi IBADAN—National Association of Women Journalists, NAWOJ, yesterday organized an inter-religious prayer session for the quick recovery of President Umaru Yar’Adua and the repose of the soul of the former First Lady, Mrs. Maryam Babangida. The programme which held at the Millennium Press Centre, Iyaganku, Ibadan, had in attendance previous Speakers of the […]

The crisis rocking the Benue State chapter of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has taken a turn for the worse as elders and leading members of the party in the state have accused the state chairman of the party, Dr. Emmanuel Agboanti of anti-party activities.

FORMER President Olusegun Obasanjo, yesterday, said Nigerians should not be regarded as criminals based on 23-year-old Umar Farouk Mutallab’s attempt to blow up an America-bound Delta Airline with 290 passengers on board.

Vanguard has been reliably informed that whereas some senators are having informal discussions on the way forward, specifically on how to amend Sections 144 and 145, and how to fine-tune their strategy when they resume tomorrow, some powerful individuals, including ministers and some very close aides to President Yar’Adua are attempting to frustrate the move.

EX-MILITANT leader, Josaih Oyakonghan, has appealed to Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan of Delta State to prevail on an oil servicing company operating in Oyangbene and Labobulouseigha communities in Burutu local government area of the state to abide by the agreement reached with the communities on the Grangbene Deep A project operated by AGIP.

SAPELE town in Delta State was thrown into confusion yesterday evening when a youth (name withheld), shot dead two other boys at Yoruba road over undisclosed reasons.

THE Member representing Ethiope West local government constituency in Delta State House of Assembly, Mr. Ben Igbagba, has donated food stuffs, books and toiletries worth over N500,000 to widows, the aged and orphans in his constituency.

NIGERIAN authorities must stand up against the American posture of trying to label us a country of terrorists after the Christmas Day incident in which 23-year-old Nigerian Umar Farouk Abdul Mutallab tried to blow up a passenger aircraft as it was landing in Detroit.

It was in the year 2009 that Ghana made the Black Continent proud by historically winning the FIFA Junior World Cup.
If you think I am trying to run away from Nigeria you are mistaken. In 2009, Nigeria emerged the champion of African Beach Soccer World Cup elimination. In 2009, Engineer Habu Gumel restored Nigeria’s pride at Olympic level when he was elected into the most prestigious sports board on earth, that of the International Olympic Committee, ( IOC ) .

Banks’ customers have demanded improved electronic banking services and better customer relations from their banks in 2010.A cross section of banks’ customers interviewed by Financial Vanguard on what they expect from their banks in the new year conducted listed poor ATM and internet banking services as the greatest shortcomings of their banks in 2009.

Just as the members of the national team, the Green Eagles, were concluding their airport formalities for their flight to Durban, South Africa to commence camping for the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations, veteran Coach, Godfery Esu, said the team had no chance of winning the tournament, beginning in Angola, January 10.

OPTIMISTIC Shaibu Amodu has talked about the high hopes of his Eagles reigning supreme at the Nations Cup in Angola and even vowed that “I’ll surprise people at the end of the tournament”.