*Hunger, loss of pregnancies, strange illnesses as victims battle post-flood pains
*Anambra govt: We are focused on response to natural disasters…
The impact of the 2012 flood disaster which ravaged communities in Nigeria lingers. In Anambra State where 53 communities were affected, victims continue to relive the sad experience.

THE battle between Governor Chibuike Amaechi and his erstwhile Chief of Staff, who is now the Minister of State for Education, Mr. Nyesom Wike, over who controls Rivers State politics, has continued to assume different dimensions. The two main actors in the battle were principal actors during the time of former governor of the state, Dr Peter Odili.

Following the Thursday attack on members of the Oyo State opposition party, the Accord, by people purportedly sponsored by the state government, leaders of party have lampooned the state government and the ruling ACN for their denial of involvement in the violence. They accused the state ACN of intolerance of the opposition.

The pronouncement by the Minister of National Planning Commission (NPC), Dr. Shamsuddeen Usman, that the realisation of the Vision 20:2020 by Nigeria is under probability has revealed the reality on the rate of growth in the country.

Nigerian striker, Victor Anichebe turned his back on the Super Eagles last week. It was a direct consequence of his long suffering, which also almost made him to quit football all together.

The Nigerian military operation in Baga has drawn very severe criticism from many quarters for the extent of brutality unleashed in that town in the fight against terrorism. The “Baga massacre” as it is now generally described was supposed to be a targeted operation.

IF there is one thing that gives me joy since I started sports journalism, it is meeting and interacting with three of the most successful members of the Green Eagles squad of the late 70s and early 80s who have gone ahead to carve a niche for themselves in Nigeria.

From mid-2010 until the last Sunday before the 2011 elections, a major campaign was carried on these pages. The message was simple; even a five year old could understand it – don’t vote for PDP and don’t vote for Jonathan. Yet the majority of Nigerian voters, some of them highly respected people, went out to vote for Jonathan not PDP.

The re-bid for the sale of Afam Generation Plant by the Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE) is enmeshed in controversy following the evaluation of the technical bids submitted on 15 April, 2013.

Getting to SS. Joachim and Anne Catholic Church, Meiran Parish, Lagos, in a low lying uneven, rough terrain with undulating natural features, on the outskirts of Lagos metropolis was nerve–racking.

Dr.(Mrs.)Abiola Akiyode-Afolabi is an activist of note within and outside Nigeria. The Executive Director of Women Advocates Research and Documentation Centre- WARDC, in this interview, among other issues, she suggests the need for a gender struggle that is less elitist and which would easily accommodate the rural women who largely constitute the female population in Nigeria.

24 hours after the abduction of 87-year old statesman, Alhaji Shettima Ali Monguno, Sunday Vanguard learnt that the 26-man committee set up by President Goodluck Jonathan to explore the possibility of resolving the insurgency in the northern part of the country will be meeting tomorrow for crucial talks.

Our report reflects the will of Nigerians – Ihedioha
FOR a process that generated little or no enthusiasm from inception across the county, the current public interest in the amendment of the 1999 Constitution appears to be defeating the initial doubts that trailed the exercise

Last month, Joe my cousin, who is always frightened of the Military called me on phone to warn me never again to offend, in his words, “dangerous persons and institutions like the Army”. His call came one day after I delivered a rather combative paper at a military conference in Lagos. He sternly asked me: what do you know about security that makes you think you can publicly criticize the Army? While agreeing that I know just a little about warfare, I opined that professionalism in military operations is a different subject from public perception of what the Army does or chooses not to do.

True test of love they say is sacrifice and in times of war, sacrifice is an important rudiment of victory. This is well captured in Wole Oguntokun’s premiere of the theatre play ‘Legend of Moremi Ajaasoro’ in conjunction with MUSON. Set in the ancient kingdom of Ile-Ife, the play narrates the brave sacrifice of a […]