By Emeka Mamah LAGOS—Another member of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, Prof. Ufot Ibanga, who died on his way to attend a meeting aimed at finding solutions to the six months national strike by the union, has been buried. Ibanga, a former Dean, School of Postgraduate studies, University of Jos, died in an […]

PORT HARCOURT—UNIVERSITY of Port Harcourt chapter of ASUU rose from a meeting at the ‘Abuja’ campus of the university, yesterday, with a resolution to continue the strike The university campus looked deserted when Vanguard went round. Chairperson of the union, Prof. Antonia Okerengwo, who spoke with Vanguard, said the strike would continue “We sang our […]

Governor Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa State, yesterday, advised pipeline vandals to leave the state or face dire consequences.

LeapFrog Investments, a specialist investor in financial services in Africa and Asia, has successfully exited from leading Ghanaian insurer Express Life, selling its majority stake to Prudential Plc for an undisclosed sum. LeapFrog’s lead partner in Ghana, Doug Lacey, said, “Our experience with Express Life demonstrates the value of specialist fund managers who can source […]

The meeting called in Owerri by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to address the vacant Oguta state assembly seat was marred by palpable confusion and rising temper from stakeholders yesterday.