Eighteen years ago, precisely,February 2, 1995, when Tony Atalaye, a 16-year-old boy was arrested by the police with five other teenagers and accused of murder of one Daniel Obi of 22b, Amaechi Lane, Layinka, Ajegunle, Lagos, little did they know that the alleged offence could earn them death sentence by hanging.

ABUJA—Various reforms in the housing sector have created 720,228 jobs in 2012, Minister of Housing and Urban Development, Ms Ama Pepple said.

ABUJA—The European Union, EU, and the German Agency, GIZ, have agreed to provide grants worth about 24 million Euro to boost Nigeria’s Energy Support Programme, NESP.

IJAW leader, Chief Edwin Clark, has been urged to push for a ministerial appointment for the Urhobo nation.

CERTAINLY, there is something the Northern Governors Forum and Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar, the Sultan of Sokoto, know about the Boko Haram which the rest of us do not know. That’s how it should be, though. It is not everything they know about their people that we should know.

The days of spending tons of money and between 11 and 12 months to clean up an oil spill on our waters, seem to be over as a Nigerian researcher, Engr. Taslim Owonikoko, Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of Iseyin, Oyo State-based Berekotry Detergent Limited, has come up with a solution, interestingly made from agricultural waste. He spoke with Vanguard Learning on his new invention. Excerpts:

GODSWILL Obot Akpabio is something else. When you are around him there are no dull moments.

The Federal Government has said that it will soon award contract for the connection of the nation’s ports to the rail line as a means of easing the pressure on port access.

THE April 10, 2013 national protest by Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, over the plight the plight of pensioners in the country is already gathering momentum.

In continuation of its bid towards the promotion of lens based media, the Centre for Contemporary Art, Lagos last week opened another unique and visually compelling photographic exhibition by Adolphus Opara tittled: “Emissaries of An Iconic Religion”.

LAGOS has commenced efforts to reduce Green House Gas, GHG, emission by 45 percent in the state by 2030.

LAGOS — Noble laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, has lent his voice to those criticising President Goodluck Jonathan over the controversial pardon granted convicted former governor of Bayelsa State, Diepreye Alamieseigha, even as he urged the Federal Government not to make any budgetary allocations to the First Lady Mission Mansion.

Former Chairman of Odu’a Investment Group, Engr. David Oni who is the Founder and Executive Chairman of Dave Abion Consulting, in this interview with journalists, sheds light on some topical educational issues including why many Nigerian students excel abroad.

Lawyer, aviation industry stakeholder turned politician, Chike Ogeah is the Commissioner for Information in Delta State. Since his advent into government about two years ago, Ogeah has combined an unusual suavity and straightforwardness in giving positive perceptions of the affairs of the Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan administration. It is an enchanting candour that prompts even the persistent critic into a peep of what Mr. Ogeah unfolds as the legacies of the Uduaghan years in Delta. He spoke in an impromptu interview with Vanguard last Tuesday. Excerpts:

Concerned with the denigration of African arts and culture, owing to colonial imperialism, former Dean, School of Arts, Printing & Design, Yaba College of Technology (YABATECH), Mr. Noserime Rukeme has charged government and other stakeholders to combine efforts towards the promotion of tourism in the country, noting that this will foster economic development.