WHAT is happening? At the end of last year, President Goodluck Jonathan finally robbed himself of the immense benefits of appearing before the National Assembly to present his Appropriation Bill, thus further whittling down the glamour of his exalted office. This is quite a negative development.

THE alleged dangling of automatic return ticket by the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to aggrieved senators elected on its party platform to drop their defection plan to the opposition All Progressives Congress, APC, seems to be responsible for the reluctance of the senators that had indicated interest to dump the party for APC.

Tukur Hassan Tingilin is the Treasurer of Association of Nigerian Students in China, and is studying Mechanical Manufacture and Automation at Tianjin University of Technology and Education. In this interview with Vanguard Learning, he talks about the difference between Chinese and Nigerian education, discriminations Nigerians face and number of Nigerian students in prison.

National President of the Association of Nigeria Licensed Customs Agents, ANLCA, Prince Olayiwola Shittu, has said that Nigerian ports would have been the preferred ports in the sub-region but for policy inconsistency on the part of government.

Last week, the focus was on the Course Notes racket and the way it has undermined scholarship in Nigerian universities. Omitted from the write-up was the allied racket of “expo” – which entails lecturers revealing to those students who bought the Course Notes questions likely to come out in the examination.

LAST Friday, January 3, 2014, VANGAURD newspaper, like other Nigerian newspapers, carried a report sourced from FORBES magazine, titled “The Biggest African Billionaire Gainers in 2013”. The report said that the combined net worth of four Nigerian billionaires, Aliko Dangote, Folorunsho Alakija, Abdulsamad Rabiu and Mike Adenuga grew by $12.65Billion (or N2.024 Trillion) in 2013 alone.

President of the Confederation of African Football, Dr. Isa Hayatou, arrived Lagos on Wednesday ahead of today’s Glo-CAF Awards Gala Night, describing Nigeria and Dr. Mike Adenuga Jnr, Globacom’s Chairman, as the Pillars of African football.

Controversy is trailing a meeting of South West caucus of the Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, Egbe Amo ofin, slated for January 18, in Ibadan, Oyo State, as the Interim Publicity Secretary of the group, has denied that any gathering of the lawyers was called for that date.

LIKE an interminable incubus, the Friday, October 18, 2013 demolition of the Mountain of Fire and Miracles (MFM) South East (1) Headquarters building complex in Enugu by the Enugu State Government, has become a major recurring decimal in the government’s cocktail of avoidable controversies.

The Super Eagles arrived South Africa on Thursday morning to begin their quest for honours in their maiden appearance at the African Nations Championship (CHAN) 2014, specially designed for players who ply their trade in their domestic leagues across Africa.

The Ambassador of The Royal Kingdom of Netherlands, Mr. John Groffen, has commended the management of Business School of Netherlands, Nigeria, over its role in strengthening the relation between the two countries.
Groffen gave the commendation when he paid a working visit to the Business School of Netherlands (BSN) Abuja, Nigeria, as part of on-going efforts to strengthen the tie between his country and Nigeria.

ONE of the elements of President Goodluck Jonathan’s New Year message to Nigerians was the expected reeling out of achievements recorded by his administration in the past year. Indeed, in keeping with his pet mantra tagged: “National Transformation Agenda,” the President mentioned the word “transformation” not less than four times in his speech. This raises the question: Is the Transformation Agenda really working?

Political activities in Delta State have stepped up in the past few days, with consultations ongoing among the various interest groups and individuals on who will succeed incumbent Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan in 2015.

As more revelations emerge on how 12 Boko Haram kingpins took over an uncompleted building situated behind the Apo legislative quarters in Abuja, the Department of State Services, DSS, yesterday, urged the Federal Government not to accede to a N500 million compensation demand by surviving victims of the September 20, 2013 midnight shootings.