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Over 50 suspected vandals were, yesterday, feared dead in an explosion that rocked the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation,NNPC, pipeline at Arepo village, Owode, Ogun State.

Sunday Vanguard gathered that the explosion came following a fire which was sparked off by some vandals who stormed the creeks by boat to siphon fuel from the NNPC pipeline.

AS celebration over the Supreme Court victory of Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State continued in Benin City yesterday, some stakeholders of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) want the leadership of the party in the state to sanction the governorship candidate of the party, Gen.Charles Airhiavbere, for alleged disobedience to the PDP decision not to contest the result of last year’s election in Edo State.

She’s the Managing Director/CEO of ACCION Microfinance Bank Limited, a bank that has evolved from a one-room office space to a leading microfinance firm with over 17 branches and 300 staff spread across major cities in Africa. All these actually happened in 5 years and in a society where microfinance banks hit the rock no sooner than they are established. For two years running, the bank has won the Lagos State Microfinance Bank of the Year. At the international level also, it got the Africa Bankers Award nomination for Best Microfinance Bank in Africa. Mrs.Olubunmi Lawson tells of how she’s living-up her dream of practicing medicine even in the world of finance. Enjoy!

Former Golden Eaglets coach, Henry Nwosu has charged the Super Eagles players to tickle Nigerians and Africans with a good performance in the Africa Nations Cup in South Africa, saying that it would serve as proof that they are the best 23 the country has at the moment.

IN the face of the calls for the independence of local governments in Nigeria’s federal arrangement, the opposition by the governors, who made their position known through the Chairman, Nigerian Governors’ Forum, NGF, and Rivers State Governor Rotimi Amaechi, appears to have darkened the prospects of the matter being resolved through the on-going amendment of the 1999 Constitution.

AT the Holy Family Home for the Elderly, Mushin in Lagos owned by the Catholic Arch-diocese of Lagos, Sister-in-charge of the home for the past five years, Rev. Mother Antonia Adebowale said a Pentecostal church, House on the Rock Church, came to the home to celebrate with the inmates and “it was a beautiful gathering because the elders were treated to the full-ness. They took them out and they had a good time.”

Nasarawa State, the home of solid minerals, used to be one of the most peaceful states in Nigeria where people from various tribes have lived together, inter-married, and shared beliefs and customs. However, recent events have proved that the state has sadly joined the league of states with records of communal violence.

Just a visit to the palace of the Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi, is enough to convince even the blind that the foremost Yoruba monarch is a real custodian of culture.

Nigeria Premier League veteran Victor Ezeji has urged the six local league players selected by coach Stephen Keshi to put up their best at the 2013 Nations Cup and demonstrate that something good can come out of the moribund Nigerian league.

At the 2012 Garden City Literary Festival, Veronique Tadjo presented a keynote paper on the theme, African Women and Literature. The event, which held at the Cinema Hall, Hotel Presidential, Port Harcourt was robustly discussed by a panel of discussant that comprised; Prof. Onyemachi Udumukwu, Ms Doren Baingana and Miss Chibundu Onuzo and was moderated by Chioma Opara. Today, Vanguard’s arts presents a rapporteur’s report on the Symposium as recorded by Dr. Obari Gomba and Mr. Ene Igbifa.