A former Niger Delta militant leader, Mr. Tamuno George, also known as “General,” yesterday, took a swipe at the administration of Dr. Goodluck Jonathan and concluded that it has drifted with regards to the infrastructure development of the Niger Delta for which youths in the region took arms against the Nigerian state before the declaration of the Presidential Amnesty in 2009.

PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan yesterday said that the security challenges currently facing the country would soon become issues of the past, as according to him, ‘’our security challenges are under control.’’.

His story runs like a novel; shocking and unbelievable. But it is real and never imagined. Winner of the maiden edition of Destiny Child Gospel reality TV show, Israel Osunsanmi recently came to term with the saying that blood is thicker than water.

BY the end of December 31, 2013 the three tiers of government in Nigeria would have spent N80 trillion or more, going by federal and states’ budget appropriations and statutory allocations to the 774 local councils since January 2005, Vanguard’s investigations have revealed.

The dust raised by the crash of Dana Air plane at Iju Ishaga, Lagos, killing all 153 passengers and crew on board, and others on ground is yet to settle, as National Assembly members and regulatory agency, Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority are still on war path.

Bothered by the persistent violent clashes between native Tiv farmers in Guma local government area of Benue State and Fulani herdsmen in the area, Chairman of the council Mr. Franck Usa-Adi has ordered the immediate abolition of cattle tax payable to the local government by the herdsmen.

THE Cross River State Government has compensated the family of corporal Arthur Ismiala of the Nigerian Army who died in active service while serving under the Quick Intervention Squad (QIS), with N500, 000 cash.

The nation’s foreign reserve has hit $44.6 billion, the Coordinating Minister for the Economy and Minister of finance, Dr. Ngozi okonjo-Iweala disclosed yesterday.

FORMER President Chief Olusegun Obasanjo yesterday in Abeokuta ,cautioned the literary icon, Prof. Chinua Achebe and the loyalists of late sage, Chief Obafemi Awolowo against uncomplimentary comments over the 3 -year old civil war in the country.

TWELVE politicians from Anambra North senatorial zone have lined up for the governorship of the state scheduled to take place in November this year.

Sultry Nollywood actress, Benita Nzeribe has said that she refuses to believe evil prophecy that the angel of death is at work in Nollywood because of the recent deaths in the industry.

Grace Amah recently staged a comeback to Nollywood after a long break in order to deliver her baby boy abroad. In this engaging interview, the delectable actress shares the ‘joy and pain’ of having a child out of wedlock, the challenges of motherhood and why she opted to maintain a low profile. She also refutes the rumour that she is regretting her status as a single mother. ‘I can never regret the birth of my child, he is a bundle of joy to me and it remains so,’ she declares with a tone of finality.

THE ENTRY OF Ayo Oshitelu into sports reporting was bound to bring one or two changes into the art of sports writing. Very seldom had the Ivory Tower released a choice product from its dizzy heights straight into the “Arena” of sports.

A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja will on Monday sentence one Abdulrasheed Ibrahim for attempting to smuggle $188,858 out of Nigeria.

After shooting a short film as a project for her Bachelor’s degree in Communications, this product of American University, Washington DC knew that her destiny was with film production. On graduation in 2005, this proud Nigerian and native of Adamawa State returned home to pursue a career in film production in the already bustling Nigeria Movie Industry.