There are legal fisticufs in Bauchi State over the non-conduct of local council elections. Since the creation of the state in 1976 local government administration has been governed by duly elected chairmen except during the military era and in recent times.

THESE may not be the best of times for the Nigerian education sector as the comprehensive and indefinite strike action embarked upon by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has continued. Twelve weeks on, and with no end in sight to the impasse between the union and the Federal Government, Vanguard Learning critically examines issues raised by the industrial action.

As one of Nigeria’s premier college, Kings College, Lagos, celebrates its 104th Founder’s Day, the Kings College Old Boys Association, KCOBA, has set in motion activities to make the celebration a grand one.

ARCHBISHOP of Niger Delta Province of Nigerian Anglican Communion, Most Rev. Ignatius Kattey, yesterday, accused the Nigeria Police of lying over their claim that they secured his release from the kidnappers who abducted him penultimate Friday.

MEMBERs of the House of Representatives, yesterday, declared the National Assembly a no go area for chairman of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Alhaji Bamanga Tukur.

Barely a day after the military authorities claimed that its troops had killed more than 150 Boko Haram terrorists and lost 16 of its personnel in an encounter in Maiduguri, no fewer than 23 persons were, yesterday, slaughtered in separate attacks in Kaga town, headquarters of Beneshiek Local Government Area of Borno State, as well as along the Maiduguri-Damaturu road by suspected Boko Haram terrorists who disguised in military camouflage uniforms.

The Special Fraud Unit, SFU of the Force Criminal Investigation Department, has declared the Anambra State Commissioner for Special Duties, Mr. Vincent Ejikeme Ezewajiaku wanted for allegedly obtaining the sum of N10. 6 Million by false pretense and forgery.

Over 300,000 Nigerians die annually from complications arising from HIV/AIDS, while no fewer than 1.5 million children are orphaned yearly by the deadly virus in the country.

THE leadership crisis plaguing the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, at the national level is also affecting the Lagos State chapter though of a different hue. The Lagos PDP has had its fair share of the crisis.

THE Anambra State chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has called on security agencies to investigate the alleged destruction of campaign billboards of the party’s governorship candidate, Senator Chris Ngige by people suspected to be members of the mainstream All Progressive Grand Alliance APGA.

LEADER of Liberation Movement of the Urhobo People, LIMUP, Kelvin, has resurfaced and issued a 60-day ultimatum to Delta State and Federal Governments to address unemployment and poverty in the Urhobo nation and Kokori in particular.

Barely 48 hours after a free-for-all ensued at the National Assembly, following the visit of the splinter Peoples Democratic Party, indications emerged last night that the Presidency was jittery over the implications of the lawmakers’ action.

Deacon Dele Adesina, SAN, is a former General Secretary of Nigerian Bar Association, NBA. He is the current chairman of NBA Rule of Law Action Group and chairman, Constitution and Administrative Law Committee of the NBA Section on Legal Practice, SLP.

The Middle East is obviously the world’s number one trouble spot. It has been so forever. The Islamic Republic of Iran was a particular spot of bother, especially for the United States and its Western allies during the reign of Mahmoud Ahmedinejad as the president of the country.

STRONG indications emerged, yesterday, that an end to the lingering political quagmire rocking the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, is not in sight as the Abubakar Kawu Baraje-led faction accused the party National Chairman, Alhaji Bamanga Tukur of not being serious with peace moves. This came just asthe nPDP said that it has not entered into any deal with President Goodluck Jonathan.