Ferguson: David Moyes tops list of possible successor
Everton's David Moyes emerged as the early front-runner to replace Alex Ferguson as manager at Manchester United after his fellow Scot announced Wednesday he was retiring as boss of the English giants.
Manchester United, Alex Ferguson retires
Alex Ferguson is to retire as Manchester United manager at the end of this season, the English Premier League champions announced Wednesday, bringing down the curtain on one of the most successful careers football has known.
Clark to Orubebe: You can’t be governor of Delta State come 2015
WARRI—South-South leader, Chief Edwin Clark, Tuesday, lashed out at Minister of Niger Delta, Elder Godsday Orubebe, accusing him of disobeying and embarrassing President Goodluck Jonathan with his bloated ambition to take over from Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan of Delta State in 2015.
Son, 27, jailed 2 years for threatening to kill father
A Kubwa Upper Area Court, yesterday, sentenced a 27-year-old student, Gideon Sambo, to two years imprisonment for threatening to kill his father.
Suspected pirates kill two in Bayelsa
Suspected pirates reportedly shot dead two persons in the early hours of yesterday in the riverside town of Kuroamagbene in Southern Ijaw Local Government Area of Bayelsa State.
Reps begin ratification of Bakassi, other treaties
The House of Representatives, yesterday, initiated the process of ratification of treaties and agreements reached with international bodies by Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) of the Federal Government.
Those who can’t fly
IT must be stated clearly that aviation authorities have statutory rights to decide which aircraft flies. They can also impose sanctions for infractions, in line with the law.
Waiting for Pini Jason
TUESDAY passed without Pini Jason’s column that had become a traditional offering in Vanguard for years. What would he have written? What would he have ignored, rating it inconsequential, or scanning his ever fresh memory to remind you when he wrote about it?
PDP dares Oshiomhole to deny he begged joining them
Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has again challenged Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State to open up on how he practically begged to join the party instead of allowing his aides who knew nothing about it to be defending him.
Much ado about presidential pardon
OUR convoluted and highly charged political environment gathered more steam recently in the aftermath of the presidential pardon granted eight Nigerians. The Council of States had granted pardon to the former Chief of General Staff,General Oladipo Diya and former Governor Of Bayelsa State,Diepreye Alamieyeseigha.Others include former Chief of Staff, Supreme Headquaters, the late Major General Shehu Musa Yar’Adua,Major Bello Magaji,Mohammed Lima Biu,Shettima Bulama, the late Major General Abdul Kareem Adisa and Major GeneralSegun Fadipe.
Killing of four Ibadan traders causes tension
Following the killing of four Bodija Market traders by gunmen on Sunday, fear of possible reprisal attack mounted, yesterday, in Ibadan as the news of their death was broken to other traders in the market.
