Ogun State government has denied a report in Thursday’s edition of Vanguard that 20 persons died in last Wednesday’s clash between members of rival factions of the National Union of Road Transport Workers, NURTW, in Sango-Ota.

THE Vaswani brothers are again in the news over alleged N50 billion tax waivers granted by the Federal Government to Stallion Group owned by them, as the House of Representatives is set to investigate the manner the waiver was granted.

The basic and most essential attribute of a Muslim marriage is faith which nurtures love and breeds persevearance. Since Islam is a way of life and not just a religion confined to daily worship, faith about the omniscient God, about how He direct our affairs becomes an integral part of a Muslim’s life.

SENATE President, Senator David Mark, Thursday, raised the alarm that the level of insecurity in the North had become worrisome to Nigerians.

Having tasted the juice in political power, major stakeholders of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP in Oyo State seem to be ruing the internal squabbles that led them to lose control of the state to the Action Congress of Nigeria. Could they have lost out for the foreseeable future?

Eagles second choice goalkeeper, Austin Ejide has said that the Super Eagles can be better again with more friendly matches even as he urged Nigerians to forget the Nations Cup ouster.

DEMOCRACY, as a concept would be described as a government of the people, for the people and for the people. It was invented by the Greeks to find a way for people to be governed by their own people for the common good. Thus, democracy could be accepted as one of the best ways to govern a community.

EBONYI State Government, yesterday, announced the closure of 328 illegal and substandard schools operating across the 13 local government areas of the state.

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has said the cash policy will enhance the efficacy of monetary policy as more economic agents will resort to more use of cheques and e-payments while more currency in circulation will be captured within the banking system.

Officials of the Bauchi State Government have been accused of diverting vehicles donated by the Canadian government to Ningi Community for health care projects, to personal use.

The countless health benefits of walking just 30 minutes a day, five days a week, were at the front burner last week when hundreds of Nigerians came out in their colourful T- Shirts to raise awareness on the importance of activity to the heart.

LAGOS – Former Speaker of Lagos State House of Assembly, Senator Olorunnimbe Mamora, has advised Nigerians to participate actively in politics, so they could enjoy the dividends of democracy.

In the words of the RMAFC boss, “we will present the proposed formula to the president by the first quarter of 2012. We are conscious of the importance of the revenue formula to all Nigerians and that is why we have taken steps to ensure that we come out with a new revenue formula that the people will be happy with.”

GOVERNOR Olusegun Mimiko of Ondo State, Thursday in Ilorin, Kwara State, said state governors had not taken position on the plan to remove labour from the exclusive legislative law and review the National Minimum Wage law to enable states negotiate with their workers on what they could afford to pay.

LAGOS – A group, Young Journalists Forum, YJF, has condemned the recent increment of over 700 per cent in Lagos State University’s fees, describing it as Governor Babatunde Fashola’s dangerously growing conservatism.