DIRECTOR-GENERAL, Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Campaign Council, Delta State, Chief Paulinus Akpeki, said, on Friday, that Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan did not, at any time, before, during and after the just concluded general elections, make any oath with any person that a particular person from a specific ethnic origin in the state would be appointed as Secretary to the State Government, SSG.

Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State has appealed to members of the state’s new House of Assembly to use their tenure as representatives of the people for the purpose of good governance, service to the people and not for selfish interest.

The Newspapers Proprietors Association of Nigeria, NPAN, said, yesterday, that if the passed Freedom of Information, FOI, Act must be effective, there was the need for all the thirty-six states of the country to as a matter of urgency, commence its domestication.

FORMER National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Dr. Ahmadu Ali disclosed yesterday that late President Umaru Yar’Adua personally picked President Goodluck Jonathan as his running mate ahead of the 2007 polls without the prompting of any of the leaders of the party.

Fresh facts which emerged at the weekend concerning the N10billion loan scandal in the House of Reresentatives that just ended its tenure suggest that the sourcing which resulted in the present situation was the product of an executive session where members insisted on enhancing their allowances.

Following its meeting of Friday, May 20, 2011, some northern political leaders are already demonstrating their desire to continue their opposition of the Jonathan presidency by carrying the battle to the floor of the House of Representatives, using the contest for the job of speaker as the platform, Sunday Vanguard can reveal.

Examining the issues in the current zoning palaver of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, fresh pieces of information emerging suggest that a cataclysmic political reconfiguration of immense proportions may be shaping up. This has to do with the probability that should Hon. Aminu Tambuwal from the North West geo-political zone succeed in his quest to become Speaker of the House, zoning would have been effectively killed. But the consequences would be such that in a country where there is a very massive appetite for patronage, his speakership would create friction in the polity. This report presents the behind- the-scene intrigues at play

Ogun State governor, Senator Ibikunle Amosun, yesterday, explained the building demolished by the state government which sparked off outry was constructed without legal backing and that it constituted security risk.

Lady of Songs, Christy Essien-Igbokwe, has chided members of the immediate past Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly for asking her to pay back an unspecified amount of money to the state government following her contract to supply printing machines to the state newspaper corporation about 12 years ago, saying that the former legislators were living in ‘’a fools paradise”.

A person who seeks to be guided must reach out to God to receive guidance. Predestination is real, but it has to be discovered in order to be actualized. Just as precious jewels are not found on the surface of the earth, so it is with divine guidance. Divine guidance is what gives direction to life. You cannot get your bearings right without it. The person that needs to access divine guidance has what to do to be led. Let us look at some of them:

Lamentation song, pure and simple. The meeting was called to examine the failure of the North to stop President Goodluck Jonathan. But for a better part of the over two hours spent at the meeting, it was all about lamentation, about what ought to have been done but which was not done, things not meant to be done but which were done.

Chief (Mrs.) Bjorg Lawal-Solarin is the current National President of Soroptimist International of Nigeria, a non-governmental service organisation comprising professional women. In a recent encounter, she shared with Vista Woman her plans for the organisation which is affiliated to the Soroptimist International of Great Britain & Ireland, and also highlighted how beneficial the organisation has been to the Nigerian society.

With the large number of supporters and well wishers that followed as he made his way to the lounge of Hotel Benizier, Asaba for a date with some political associates, it was evident that Dr. Ifeanayi Okowa is, no doubt, a man of the people. Among many compelling facts was his humane upbringing that gave him a charitable heart and an enviable stance in the heart of his people.

Governor Muhammad Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso made what some have described as history in a dramatic hand over of power from his foremost political foe, Ibrahim Shekarau.
It was the same Kwankwaso who, in 2003, handed over power to Shekarau after he stunned the bookmakers to emerge as the second governor of Kano State in this Fourth Republic.
That it was Shekarau who, last Sunday, had to hand over to Kwankwaso only goes further to confirm the vibrancy of Kano politics.
In this chat, the lion of Kano politics – as some would like to describe Kwankwaso -gives some insight into what to expect from his new administration.
Kwankwaso spoke tough.

David Anyaele’s story is better imagined than experienced. As a youth, he traveled in search of the golden fleece but ended up with rebels who amputated his hands. His pleas to spare his life and take possession of his valuable materials yielded no result. David writhed in pains as his hands were amputated and, today, he is left to suffer his fate alone.