NIGERIANS are anxious to know who becomes minister and which office they get for different reasons. But for whatever reason the ministers will be appointed for the purpose of keying into the vision of the President and serving Nigerians.

Senator Victor Oyofo, a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP and national officer of the Senators Forum, was in Lagos last Thursday for the inaugural meeting of South-West chapter of the August body. He told reporters that the states don’t need extra money from the federation account in terms of more revenue to meet the N18,000 minimum wage. He also canvassed dissolution of the states into six regions to move the country forward

The declining trend on the Nigerian Stock Exchange, NSE continued, Wednesday, as the indices for measuring the performance of listed equities, the market capitalisation and the All share index depreciated by 0.40 per cent each.

The President of the ECOWAS Commission, His Excellency, James Victor Gbeho, has invited the private sector of the Peoples Republic of China to participate in the sixth ECOWAS Trade Fair

Schneider Electric, the global specialist in energy management, has scored another first as its head office in Paris, known as The Hive (Hall of Innovation and Energy Showcase), has become the first building in the world to earn the new ISO 50001 certification standard for energy management systems.

SENATOR Babafemi Ojudu is a first time Senator. Ojudu, former Managing Editor of the News magazine, who represents Ekiti Central Senatorial District in this interview with Vanguard last week, argued that if stringent measures were not taken by the Federal Government to curb the activities of the Boko Haram sect, it would portray the country in a bad light. He also bared his mind on other burning national issues.

It was indeed an exceptional day at Oghara, the country home of the ex-governor of Delta State, Chief James Ibori. In Nigeria, the date is regarded as ‘Democracy Day’, but that was not the reason men

The National Institute of Marketing of Nigeria (NIMN) has denied rumours of division within the fold of the institute, even as it has concluded plans to merge its Annual General Meeting (AGM) and Marketing Summit to cut cost

A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, Wednesday, awarded the sum ofNl.2 billion as damages against multi-national pharmaceutical firm, Glaxosmithkline PIc, GSK, for trademark infringement in a suit that lasted 16 years.

One of the activities that held ahead of the ongoing Under 20 Female World Cup was the Miss World Cup Beauty Pageant.

Joining the UNWTO/WTTC Global Leaders for Tourism Campaign, President Mwai Kibaki recognised tourism as “a great opportunity to learn from one another and share different traditions and cultures” (Nairobi, Kenya, 23 June).

Gifted artist,Olanrewaju Fasasi aka Sound Sultan and his wife Farida welcome their second child – a baby boy last Sunday morning.

Managing Director of Guaranty Trust Bank (GTBank) Plc, Mr. Tayo Aderinokun is dead, but his works and achievement are being remembered by friends, associates and admirers. Aderinokun, who had been on medical leave, passed on, Tuesday, June 14, 2011, in the United Kingdom.

As part of activities to assist Micro, Small Medium Entreprenurs, MSMEs, and giving hope to the incarcerated, and often rejectd stigmatised inmates and ex-mates

Kidnappers may do well to steer clear of Edo State as the government is reported to be tinkering with a law that will spell the death penalty for them if caught.