A governorship aspirant in Delta State, Mr Ben Williams, has faulted the All Progressives Congress, APC, for making noise over plans by the Federal Government to borrow $1billion to fight the Boko Haram insurgency in the country.

BAMIDELE Francis Aturu was not just a lawyer but a patriot extraordinaire. He was my mentor, leader, brother, friend and colleague.

WARRI— TheRE is tension in Uvwie Local Government Area of Delta State ahead of the October 25 council elections in the state, as some leaders of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the locality have picked Mr. Henry Baro as the party’s chairmanship flag bearer.

AN employers’ association, the Chemical and Non-Metallic Products Employer’s Federation, CANMPEF, at its 35th Annual General Meeting, AGM, in Lagos, has decried the worsening unemployment rate in the country, saying the unfriendly operating business environment has impeded the capacity of members to create jobs.

ABAKALIKI-THE wife of the Coordinator of Okposi Development Centre, Mrs. Anene Magnus Eze was Wednesday kidnapped by gunmen within Abakaliki Metropolis.

AN articulated vehicle loaded with cement was said to have crushed a pregnant woman and her husband to death.

MAIDUGURI — Gunmen suspected to be Boko Haram sect members, yesterday, attacked the border town of Gwoza at dawn; setting ablaze the Divisional Police Station, council secretariat complex and other buildings.

BAUCHI State Government is to benefit from a World Bank loan facility of $65 million (N10.4 billion) to upgrade the state water supply scheme towards the provision of adequate potable water for its growing population.

Centre for the Vulnerable and the Underprivileged, Centrep, has charged youths in the country to shun what it described as “stomach infrastructure” propelled by rallies being staged across the country by some politicians and groups ahead of the 2015 general elections.

The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission, NERC, has announced N2 million as fee for any electricity company seeking an extra-ordinary review of the current tariff structure before a major or minor review.

FOLLOWING the critical challenges presently facing higher education in Nigeria, and how to meet new demands for admission in the 21st Century, Obafemi Awolowo University has formally launched its Center for Distance Learning to meet the huge demand of students looking for admission into institutions of higher learning.

After eight days in captivity, the kidnapped 90-year-old Mrs. Florentina Paulker, mother of Senator Emmanuel Paulker, has been rescued off the coastal area of Azuzuama in Southern Ijaw Local Government Area of Bayelsa State by a combined team of policemen and ex-militant leaders.

The board of directors of Special Olympics Nigeria has lauded Coca-Cola Nigeria for adopting the Unified Soccer Initiative that brings together an equal number of athletes with intellectual disabilities and other players to train and play as a team.

‘Half of a Yellow Sun’ has set a new first weekend box office record in Nigeria.  The record came from showing the movie in 15 cinemas across Nigeria in its first 3 days, with Lagos cinemas topping the charts. 

Despite the assurances of IGP Abba, crisis seems to be brewing among men of the Nigeria Police.
Vanguard gathered that most of the Police personnel deployed from Lagos State to assist in the election may have been abandoned.