Governor Rauf Aregbesola of Osun State has described the demise of one of the world renowned artists and UNESCO Ambassador for the Arts, Mr Taiwo Olaniyi Oyewale-Toyeje Oyelade, also known as Twins Seven Seven, as a great loss to the world.

FURIOUS youths from Oleh in Isoko South Local Government Area of Delta State, chased away officials of the Shell Petroleum Development Company, SPDC, from the Oleh/Olomoro flow station following their anger with the company for the sale of Oil Mining Lease, 30 on their land without their consent.

Bishop John Praise of the Dominion Chapel International, Abuja, has challenged President Goodluck Jonathan to be a man of his words and ignore those who always associate themselves with the government in power just for their selfish interest at the expense of the masses.

The cream of the Nigerian sporting media which was in Port Harcourt at the weekend for the flag hoisting ceremony of the Garden City 2011 National Sports Festival, have been heaping praises on the Rivers State Governor, Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, after touring facilities for the Games.

The Congress for Progressive Change, CPC, may have perfected a plan to ensure that it gets a favourable judgment at the Appeal Court which is hearing its petition against the election of President Goodluck Jonathan, Vanguard has learnt.

More than 5,700 patients received free medical treatment at Aboh Mbaise General Hospital courtesy of a non-governmental organisation, Mbaise USA Medical Mission.

Nigerian born American, Mr. Bob Agbede, has offered scholarship worth N5 million to indigent Nigerian best graduating engineering students, spread over the next 10 years.

The National Coordinator, Association of Orphans and Vulnerable Children NGOs of Nigeria, AONN, has accused the Federal Government of playing politics with issues that could cushion the effect of violence against children.

AN old resident of Sapele in Sapele Local Government Area of Delta State told Vanguard, last week, a story of how a criminal that is trained in Sapele would always outclass his colleague elsewhere, no matter the circumstance, simply because he is Sapele-trained.

THE Cement New Entrant of Nigeria, CNEN, weekend, expressed disappointment at the disregard of the directive of President Goodluck Jonathan to cement manufacturers to crash the price of cement from N2,700 to N1, 000 per bag, saying that the current price of N2,200 at the expiration of the 30-day presidential order was meaningless.