Van der Vaart double destroys Rovers
Dutch midfielder Rafael van der Vaart scored twice to give Tottenham a 2-1 victory over struggling Blackburn at Ewood Park on Sunday.
1,000 ACN, PDP members defect to Labour Party in Ondo
GOVERNOR Olusegun Mimiko of Ondo State wants supporters of the Labour Party, LP, in the state to remain focused and avoid distractions by what he described as the lies of the opposition.
He spoke in Oke Agbe, yesterday, the headquarters of Akoko North West Local Government Area of the State while welcoming over 1,000 members of the ACN and the PDP into the LP.
Archive: Justice Eso’s last interview: ‘Why plea bargain breeds corruption’
Read Kayode Eso’s last interview with Vanguard, first published on October 23, 2011. Justice Kayode Eso needs no introduction. For a man whose career as a legal mind spanned about four decades with meritorious alacrity, this former Justice of Nigeria’s Supreme Court will never change.
With what some have described as a caustic tongue, especially when delivering judgments, at 86, retired Justice Eso did not disappoint Sunday Vanguard in this interview.
Sharp-minded, morally upright, Eso is your quintessential legal mind per excellence.
The case for subsidy removal but – Sen Saraki
Dr Bukola Saraki, the immediate past governor of Kwara State, and the senator representing Kwara Central in the Senate, recently spoke with journalists in Ilorin, on the state of the nation. State Correspondent, DEMOLA AKINYEMI, was there. Here are excerpts from the parley.
How Eagles can rise again – Heartland foreign coach
Having led Heartland of Owerri FC to a tremendous and memorable victory in the 2011 Federation Cup, the first in 18 years, technical adviser Lodewjk De Kruif has not stopped appreciating the amount of talented players Nigeria has, which has caused him to share his view on how the country can be a top football power house in the near future.
Why government will not keep its promises, by Akinlaja (Ex-NUPENG Sec. Gen)
Hon. (Comrade) Joseph Iranola Akinlaja is a member of Federal House of Representatives, representing Ondo East/West Federal Constituency. Before he delved into active politics he was a labour leader of note. He rose to the position of deputy national president of Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, and Secretary General of Nigerian Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers, NUPENG. After that, the Petroleum Tanker Drivers (PTD an affiliate of NUPENG) made him their Grand Patron/Technical Consultant. He is currently national deputy chairman of Labour Party and deputy chairman House Committee on Women Affairs, and member of other key committees
