The benefits arising out of privatisation are too crucial for Nigeria to ignore in the context of its long-term growth plans:

VANGUARD for a Better Edo, VFBE, a socio-political pressure group in Edo State, has condemned what it called the ongoing use of police to arrest, harass and intimidate candidates of Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, in the April polls and their supporters in Edo State.

President Goodluck Jonathan has signed the National Human Rights Commission Amendment Bill into law, bringing to an end, more than eight years of legislative advocacy and executive lobbying.

For countries such as Nigeria dependent on natural resources as dominant sources of earning foreign currencies, Sovereign Wealth Funds, represent meaningful economic avenues to diversity their economies.

THE Benin National Congress, BNC, a socio-cultural organisation in Edo State, has called on Governor Adams Oshiomhole to set up a commission of inquiry to investigate the alleged killings and destruction of property in the state.

STAKEHOLDERS in Anaocha/Dunukofia/Njikoka Federal constituency have endorsed the candidate of the Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, for the area, Mr. Dozie Nwankwo,for the April elections, describing him as the candidate that commands the highest popularity in the area.

Throughout February I was in Sudan for the CAF Nations Cup Championship. On the fabled fourteenth of that month, I got a mail from Ikeddy Isiguzo, who to you, is the Chairman of the Editorial Board of Vanguard Group of Newspapers.

NIGERIA as we know it, was a contrivance of imperial Britain . Prior to the partition of Africa and the claim of Britain on Nigeria, various nationalities with centuries of historical existence and flourishing civilizations occupied the territory which was to later become Nigeria.

WITH barely two weeks to go to the presidential election of April 9, 2011, it’s time to begin facing reality. This article is not meant to canvass votes for anybody. It is a candid attempt to convey what I think will happen given the trends observed from the campaigns.

IGWE Ezeoba Alex Nwokedi, OON, the Uthokpo Na Eze Achalla and immediate past chairman, Anambra State Council of Traditional Rulers, was press secretary to the Head of State during the military regime of General Olusegun Obasanjo. He also served in the same capacity with Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC).