MIXED reactions trailed President Goodluck Jonathan’s New Year broadcast on his plans for 2014.
Some members of the House of Representatives who spoke to Vanguard, described it as an annual ritual fast becoming a boredom.

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, UNESCO, has nominated Port Harcourt for its World Book Centre in 2014.
According the Port Harcourt WBC Project Director and Founder, Rainbow Book Club, Mrs. Koko Kolango, the purpose is to leverage on chances for improvement in literacy rates, reading habits of youth in Nigeria and Africa.

Again, I can’t possibly issue an exhaustive list for lack of space. The position of the European Association of Science Editors that was issued in 2007 was one of the most charitable ones in that it advised that Impact Factor should be used cautiously for limited purposes. It suggested using it to compare the influence of journals but not for assessment of individual articles.

Like I’ve said umpteenth time, Tinapa is a good concept. It is designed in the same fashion like Dubai free trade zone. Tinapa free trade zone is meant to create not only wealth and employment but also drive Nigeria’s economic transformation.

Residents of the Plateau State capital welcomed the New Year with pomp in celebration of the gradual return of peace to the state. Many said they are happy that the Christmas and New Year celebrations were devoid of the tension caused by security threats of previous years.

Some beneficiaries of LAGBUS free ride service in the New Year day have commended the Lagos State government for the gesture.

No fewer than seven persons have died from cholera at Badawa-Galadima ward in Nasarawa Local Government Area of Kano State, an official of the council has said.

A six-year-old son of a former Commissioner in Bayelsa, Chief Godknows Powell, was on Wednesday kidnapped by gunmen.

Tottenham Hotspur hammered another nail into Manchester United’s creaking Premier League title defence with a 2-1 victory at Old Trafford on New Year’s Day.

Officials and players of the national team on New Year eve had a rare time off their tight and Spartan schedule as they were treated to a Cross-Over party by the management of Bolton White Apartment in Abuja, where the team is camped.