Governor Gabriel Suswan of Benue State, said yesterday, that the defection of the former National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Chief Gemade and another former Minister, Dr. Samuel Ortom, from PDP to the All Progressives Congress, APC, smacked of ingratitude to the ruling party.

National Examinations Council (NECO) has released the Nov/Dec 2014 SSCE results with remarkable departure from the past results recorded in the past years.

Former Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crime Commission, EFCC, Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, has pooh-poohed allegations by the former Central Bank governor, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo that N30 trillion was stolen under the watch of the coordinating Minister of the economy Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala.

Plateau State governor, Jonah Jang has called on residents of the state irrespective of tribe and religion to embrace peace during and after the elections stressing the future of Nigeria depended largely on peace between Muslims and Christians in the country.

AS we begin the countdown to the February 2015 elections, it is necessary to remind ourselves that these elections are merely the process of choosing the people who will lead us for the next four years. Elections are, therefore, not ends in themselves but means to ends.

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, in Akwa Ibom State has undertaken a number of confidence building measures to enable all stakeholders buy into the process. The commission’s efforts are yielding fruits with old perceptions giving way to prospects of free and fair polls

As the achievement of the administration of President Goodluck Jonathan in the education sector continues to attract mixed reactions from stakeholders in Nigerian and in diaspora, Vanguard Learning in this report, takes a critical examination of the kudos and knocks over the last four years.

By Innocent Anaba LAGOS—A Federal High Court stting in Lagos, yesterday, heard that the Managing Director of AG Moeller, Adeloye Olukemi, allegedly tendered a forged report which he claimed to be from the police. Olukemi, is facing trial for allegedly defrauding Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of Cross Country Limited Bube Okorodudu of about N80million between March […]

A cemetery attendant, Bashir Junaid, has prayed a Federal High Court, Lagos, to grant an order of Mandamus ordering the Inspector General of Police to reopen investigations into who murdered Mr. Funsho Williams, a one time governorship aspirant in Lagos State.

WARRI—THE National Association of Itsekiri Graduates, NAIG, has warned that it “will be more disastrous to postpone the February 2015 polls,” than to go ahead with same, calling on the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to redouble its efforts in the distribution of permanent voter cards, PVCs, especially in the coastal communities.

ASABA—The campaign train of President Goodluck Jonathan, yesterday, brought socio-economic activities to a standstill in Asaba, Delta State capital. The campaign train, which arrived the Cenotaph, venue of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Presidential rally at 3:45 p.m., caused severe traffic gridlock for several hours.

The recent decision of the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) to retain rates as they are, is seen as making a safe bet so close to the elections, and to avoid being dragged into partisan politics of the current election period. It was however not a decision reflecting current economic conditions in the country.

THE prevalence of confessional statements obtained from torture, which are mostly relied upon during trial in cases involving capital punishment, underscores the need to reform the country’s criminal justice system, particularly, the way confessional statements are extracted from suspects.

Special Adviser on Education to Governor Fashola of Lagos State, Otunba Fatai Olukoga, has affirmed that adequate and efficient investment through Public Private Partnership, PPP, in informal education and capacity building for the youths and women is capable of catapulting the nation’s economy to an enviable height.

ABUJA — GOVERNMENT lost about N2.04 billion ($12 million) over the last four days, while the power situation in the country is expected to drop by about 1,505 megawatts over the next couple of days, as the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, yesterday, said that the Escravos-Lagos pipeline has been vandalised by saboteurs.