Nigerian shines at International Theatre Festival in Sudan
IT was a moment of glory for Nigeria as young Mr. Charles Okeoghene Etubiebi put up a superlative stage performance at an international theatre festival that recently took place in Sudan, East Africa, to emerge the overall best male actor of the festival.
Alex Ferguson to undergo hip operation
Alex Ferguson could miss the start of next season as he is to undergo a hip operation, sources at Manchester United have confirmed.
9 injured as buses collide in Nsukka
Nine passengers sustained various degrees of injuries on Friday when two buses belonging to the Peace Mass Transit (PMT) company collided on the Nsukka-Enugu road.
In Nigeria, crime pays
I was chilled to the bone as I read last Saturday Vanguard’s account of how a few young men kidnapped the aged mother of our Finance Minister, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala and how a septuagenarian was killed because the ransom money was not enough.
Oil thieves flee, abandon 150 drums of illegally refined diesel
OIL thieves took to their heels, weekend, abandoning 150 drums of illegally refined diesel, following a raid on them in Udu Creek, Delta State, by naval men in Warri.
Removal of roadblocks reduced corruption in police by 80 Per cent, says IGP
THE Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Abubakar yesterday said the removal of roadblocks from the nation’s highways has reduced corruption in the Nigeria Police Force in the past one year after he assumed office.
