As the race for the Creek Heaven, Bayelsa State Govern-ment House enters the critical stage, the Save Bayelsa Coalition of Nigeria, SBCN, has vowed to rally support of Bayelsans to realise the election of former NDDC boss, Mr. Timi Alaibe as governor next year.

Former Nigerian goalkeeper Peter Rufai has said that he was not surprised with the failure of the Eagles to qualify for the 2012 African Cup of |Nations, to be jointly hosted by Equatorial Guinea and Gabon.

Following public outcry and outrage that have greeted allegations of corruption, extortion and abuse of the bail process by the Nigeria Police Force in recent weeks, Inspector General of Police, Hafiz Ringim, yesterday, summoned all the heads of criminal investigations departments, both at Force Headquarters, Zonal commands and the States CID’s level to Abuja where he warned them that enough was enough.

Delta State Government, Tuesday, refuted newspaper reports (not in Vanguard) that a serving commissioner in the state has been arrested on allegation of cocaine possession.

FOR the sixth day, detained ace comedian Babatunde Omidina alias Baba Suwe, was still under observation by officials of National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA.

PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan has been enjoined to wade into the lingering crisis that is threatening to boil over and engulf the nation’s pharmaceutical sector as a result of non-resolution of what has been described as the defective composition of the Pharmacists’ Council of Nigeria, PCN – a parastatal of the Federal Ministry of Health.

PAN Ocean Oil Corporation, an indigenous exploration and production company in Nigeria’s upstream oil sector has given a significant push to the increase of Nigerian content in the oil & gas sector.

AS Nigerians continue to ponder the way forward for football, the man at the centre of the Eagles heart-breaking 2-2 draw with Syli Nationale of Guinea who pushed the Eagles out of the 2012 African Cup of Nations, Dele Ayenugba has exonorated himself from blame for the loss.

A 29-member committee, drawn from different professions has been inaugurated by the Lagos State Government in fulfillment of Section 281 of the Lagos State Child’s Right Law, which prescribed the establishment of a committee to implement the law in the state

Pandemonium broke out, Tuesday, in the Alhaji Masha area of Surulere, Lagos, as no fewer than 50 youths barricaded the road, following the alleged killing of a colleague by some guards, suspected to be members of the outlawed Odua’s Peoples Congress, OPC, Sunday night.

No fewer than 15 persons have been reported killed with over 60 houses burnt in a politically-motivated violence that rocked Ugba, in the Logo Local Government Area of Benue State.

THE former Finance Commissioner in the administration of the immediate past administration of Governor Olusegun Agagu of Ondo state, Chief Tayo Alasoadura who dumped the Peoples Democratic Party PDP last week has finally joined the opposition Action Congress of Nigeria ACN.

The Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation has said that three banks were in unsound condition in 2010. The NDIC in its 2010 report said…

Dangote Cement Plc and the Ekiti State government have entered into a poverty alleviation partnership deal aimed at empowering the people of the state to become dealers and distributors of cement.

JAGUAR/Land Rover has disclosed that it has invested about $52 million in facilities and human development in the sub-Sahara Africa in the current business year.