Following the strained relationship between Senator Olufemi Lanlehin, representing Oyo South in the National Assembly and Governor Abiola Ajimobi, the senator has said he had no intention of leaving the newly formed All Progressives Congress, APC.

THE All Progressives Congress, APC, has challenged the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and presidency’s spokesmen, Dr. Doyin Okupe, and Dr. Reuben Abati, to tell Nigerians why the ruling party has failed to deliver in the 14 years it has ruled, instead of peddling concocted tales about the opposition.

Dr Ola Orekunrin is a UK-trained physician with a specialist interest in trauma and pre-hospital care. Upon graduation from the Hull York Medical School in England, as one of the youngest doctors in the UK at the time, Dr. Ola, as she is fondly called, worked for nearly ten years in the National Health Service (NHS) UK before coming back to Nigeria to pursue her dream.

The Organising Secretary of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Bayelsa State, Mr. Alfred Imbasi, weekend, said that the party would come out stronger from its crisis.

I am in the middle of a project that has further strengthened my belief that the future of this country lies in our hands and it is up to us to either make or mar it. In Calabar where I am supervising a holiday coaching clinic in track and field for secondary school students courtesy Mobil Producing Nigeria, I daily come across so much potentials, that I daily believe.

ABUJA—Barely 24 hours after Vanguard’s exclusive report about the establishment of a new Infantry Division for the Nigerian Army with headquarters in Maiduguri, the Federal Government has directed that command of the military onslaught against terrorists in Borno, Yobe and Adamawa states be taken over by the Army Headquarters.

ABUJA—NATIONAL leadership of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Sunday, described governors of the newly registered All Progressives Congress, APC, as anti-people and undemocratic for opposing the proposed financial autonomy for local governments in the country.

FEDERAL Government pensioners in Lagos, under the umbrella of the Federal Civil Servants branch, of the Nigeria Union of Pensioners, NUP, Lagos, weekend, pleaded with the Federal Government to pay their pensions and other benefits, lamenting that they had been going through difficult times.

THE Peoples Democratic Movement, PDM, is arguably the country’s most enduring political group. Initiated by the late Gen. Shehu Musa Yar‘Adua in the late 80s, the group, last week, got its registration certificate as a political party from the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC. The registration came after failed attempts in the past to register the movement as a political party during military rule. The PDM was one of the major building blocks of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in 1998 with some of its members such as Atiku Abubakar, late Chuba Okadigbo, Anthony Anenih, late Umaru Musa Yar‘Adua, Roland Owie and Lawal Kaita among others on the frontline at the inception of the Fourth Republic politics.

CHAIRMAN, House of Representatives Committee on Communications, Mr. Oyetunde Ojo, has promised people of Ekiti State that the Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, will complete the emergency centre in the state before the end of this year.

Often times it’s not that healthful eating isn’t tasty, but rather it’s the lack of variety. Adding variety of super nutrient dense foods to diet ensures the body gets the whole list of vitamins and minerals to thrive.

…As Shock, disbelief trail Soludo’s disqualification in APGA
ELEVEN ASPIRANTS in the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP who at the commencement of the congresses pledged to work for the realization of the party’s victory in the gubernatorial polls have taken their collaboration to a higher level. The 11 aspirants Vanguard learnt at the weekend have obtained an injunction restraining the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC from interfering in the ongoing congresses.

M r. Oladele Sotubo is the Chief Executive Officer, Stanbic IBTC Stockbrokers Limited. In this interview, he spoke on the state of Nigeria bonds market, saying that there is need to increase awareness among retail investors to deepen their understanding of bonds market. He also spoke on the appointment of the company as government stockbroker last year. EXCERPTS:

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The response to the crisis of orphans and vulnerable children due to HIV/AIDS in Nigeria has been largely community driven with the extended family providing the safety net for protection, care and support.

Eighteen months after the introduction of the cashless policy, cash is still used to settle 83 per cent of retail transactions across the country. Meanwhile, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has continued its enlightenment campaign on the policy with an interactive session with stakeholders in Awka, Anambra State.