PEOPLE of Agbor in Delta State, have condemned the arrest of no fewer than 70 indigenes of the community by military officers during the search for kidnapped Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala’s mother.

The quest about how Nigeria’s indigenous culture and traditional governance systems could be employed in furthering good governance in contemporary Nigeria was the central concern at the just concluded 3rd National Institute for Cultural Orientation (NICO) annual lecture held in Abuja last week. The lecture was themed; Culture, Good Governance and Nigeria’s Democracy held in Abuja.

As the Year 2012 folds up in four days,the Nations judicial sector no doubt witnessed epocal events that shape the polity. In our usual tradition we recall some of this landmark events as the signpost the character of our judicial system.

The fate of the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) may lead to an uproar in the National Assembly as soon as the federal lawmakers resume from their current end of year recess.

AGADAMA-Uwheru, Ughelli North Local Government Area, Delta State was yesterday thrown into confusion, following the alleged killing of one Lucky Ekewo, 22, by members of the community’s local vigilante group.

A Female suspected pipeline vandal, Jelilat Olailikon, who was arrested alongside four others by the Inspector General of Police Special Task Force Unit on Anti-Pipeline Vandalism, has confessed that she took to the illicit business as part of her share of the national cake.

…As two kidnappers escape arrest by the whiskers * Monarch yet to return to palace
ASABA — THE police in Delta State have obtained a database on the 10-man kidnap gang that abducted Prof. Kamene Okonjo, mother of the Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, at Ogwashi-Uku, Delta State, 18 days ago.

AS we all get ready to pop champagne to celebrate a remarkable year and count down to 2013, we at Vanguard Learning bring you a collection of stories that made 2012 outstanding.

LAGOS – Northern energies on tackling perceptions of lopsidedness in the Petroleum Industry Bill, PIB, is to be addressed at the committee level of the House of Representatives, Vanguard has learnt.

EVER since politicians in Oyo State saw the National Union of Road Transport Workers, NURTW, as a veritable instrument for winning elections, peace has continued to elude the political atmosphere in the state.