A GUN battle between the police and a gang of robbers believed to be members of arrested kidnap kingpin, Kelvin Oniarah’s gang, yesterday, left two people dead, in Delta State.

Emmanuel Emenike could well be the goals machine Nigeria have long waited for as he now averages a goal every other game for them.

Fenerbahce of Turkey defender,Joseph Yobo is confident Nigeria has taken a major step towards a fifth appearance at the FIFA World Cup next year but warns his colleagues in the Super Eagles that the ticket is not signed, sealed and delivered yet.

First of all, I want to express my appreciation to ‘Seun for this message which came through my email box. He is the first commentator since this series started who has got a good grasp of what this focus on universities is all about. It is meant to be an interactive medium. Granted, I started it all by persuading VANGUARD that this is an abiding issue which requires everlasting attention by all stakeholders – which means virtually all adult Nigerians. Certainly, if you are not a student, you are a parent or grandparent or Uncle or Aunt of a university student. Perhaps you are a lecturer or the relative of a lecturer. One way or another our fates individually and as a nation are inextricably linked with the quality of our universities. It is not a personal crusade; it is a national endeavour which I have simply chosen to place on the national agenda for as long as we exist.

Super Eagles coach, Stephen Okechukwu Keshi has said there will be no sentiments in the selection process of the players who will make the final cut for the international friendly against the Jordanian national team between the old and the new invited players.

FORMER secretary to the Federal Government, Chief Olu Falae, yesterday, said his son Deji, who died in the recent Associated Airline plane crash, had phobia for air travel.

Erstwhile Director of Pension Accounts in the Office of the Head of Civil Service of the Federation, OHCSF, Dr. Sani Teidi Shaibu, has begged the Chief Judge of the Federal High Court, Justice Ibrahim Auta, to order his immediate release from Kuje prisons where he has been for the past four months.

Mr.Najeem Salaam, Speaker of Osun House of Assembly, yesterday, said that the merger and reclassification of public schools by the state government was aimed at improving the standard of education.

A State High Court sitting in Lagos, has restrained the siblings of the late Mrs. Angela Onyeador-Mayson, from tampering with her real and personal estate on 29, Balarabe Musa Crescent, Victoria Island, Lagos and Plot 167, Adetokunbo Ademola Street, Wuse Zone 2, Abuja, pending the hearing and final determination of a suit by her son, Mr. Ikem Onyeador.

Cross River state Governor, Senator Liyel Imoke, has said the Canaan city of Calabar, will be too hot for the Walia Antelopes of Ethiopia, when they come for the return leg match against the Super Eagles on November 16.

The Nigeria Football Federation has debunked claims by its former Secretary General, Chief Taiwo Ogunjobi that his 10 year ban from all football related matters by the football house was a ploy to scuttle his ambition to contest the next elections into the board of the federation.

FINANCIAL experts say about 80 percent of Small and Medium Enterprises, SMEs, in Nigeria fail within the first five years of their existence due to lack of experience and other wrong business practices.

Ogun State governor, Senator Ibikunle Amosun has attributed the recent rainfall and inadequate fund to the failure of his administration to complete some major projects in the state.

THREE All Progressives Congress, APC, governors, Mr. Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola of Osun State and their Ekiti State counterpart, Dr. Kayode Fayemi have pleaded with the aggrieved members of the party in the state to sheathe their swords and come back to the fold to ensure victory for the party in next year’s governorship election.

Few companies can boast of playing the partnership role that construction giant, Julius Berger Nigeria PLC, has played in the infrastructural development of Nigeria. The advent of this company of German origin (which was originally a specialist in bridge building, and hence the moniker of its disbanded football team as “the Bridge Boys”) reads like a Cinderella story.