A FORMER military administrator of Kwara State during the Buhari/Idiagbon administration, Group Captain Saludeen Latinwo ,retd, in this interview states that it is imperative for the President-elect, Major-General Muhammadu Buhari ,retd, to have his imprints on key issues affecting the party, particularly the zoning of political offices. Latinwo, also provided insight into how the Buhari administration was able to confront the socio-economic challenges that had held the country down between 1983 and 1985. He also spoke on other issues

Operatives of the state criminal investigation and intelligence department are currently battling to unravel the mystery surrounding the death of a 20-year-old girl, who died four days after she was employed as a maid by a couple at Mafoluku area of Oshodi, Lagos.

NFF President Amaju Pinnick is confident the good old days are returning to the elite division of Nigeria football after savouring an incident-free Glo Premier League showdown between traditional rivals Shooting Stars of Ibadan and Enugu Rangers at the Lekan Salami Stadium on Sunday

Nigeria’s Super Falcons are expected to fly out tonight to start their campaign at the 2015 FIFA Women World Cup starting June 6 in various venues across Canada. Their first assignment will be to play a friendly match against the hosts Canada on May 25.

OIL producing communities of Delta State have asked the Delta State House of Assembly to halt, “forthwith,” the debate on the executive bill seeking to repeal and replace the Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission, DESOPADEC, pending the determination of a suit on the existing law

An oil spill has been reported at the Osiama oil field owned by Nigerian Agip Oil Company, NAOC, in Bayelsa State.

According to Environmental Rights Action/Friends of Earth Nigeria, ERA/FoEN, report, the spill was discovered by its field monitors on April 18, while investigating another spill incident.

INDORAMA and OIS, said they planned to build a world-class port terminal complex estimated at over $130 million, about N25.7 billion at the Onne Port, Port Harcourt, in Rivers state. In its latest in-house publication made available to Vanguard, the Managing Director/CEO, Indorama-Nigeria, Mr. Manish, said that the port complex will be used for exporting of dry bulk Urea fertilizer from Indorama’s fertilizer plant.

Concerned by the dearth of well trained and skillful workforce among automobile dealers in country RT Briscoe, dealers in Ford and Toyota brands in Nigeria has trained the first set of automobile technicians under the auspices of the Briscoe Academy. Recently, out of about 24 applicants that were selected for the months long intensive online and face to face training programme under the tutelage of the UK-based Highbury College mechanical and engineering department, a total of 18 qualified Nigerians including a female were presented with Certificates of course completion.

The Ford Motor Company, in association with its accredited dealer in Nigeria, Coscharis Motors, has announced a new closing date for the Call for Entry into the 2015 edition of its action-packed Ranger Odyssey Africa Challenge, themed “Brain Vs Brawn”. The third edition of the annual Ranger Odyssey will see a total of 20 contestants navigating through the extremely challenging north-western region of Namibia on a 12-day expedition that will push each person to the limit.

The Mercedes-Benz CLA is a car that does not confuse midrange with mediocrity. Its powerful design underscores the sporty side of the Mercedes-Benz brands. This is how chairman of the board of Management of Daimler AG and Head of Mercedes-Benz cars, Dieter Zetsche, described the new Mercedes-Benz CLA which joined the Mercedes-Benz family in Nigeria recently.

Fight broke out, yesterday, between motor park touts, otherwise known as agbero, and Hausa commercial motorcyclists, in Ejigbo area of Lagos, leaving several persons severely injured

ABUJA- THE Nigerian Mining and Geosciences Society, NMGS, has expressed readiness to be part of the effective development of the nation’s mineral resources as the incoming government takes over leadership of the country soon. This was made known by President, NMGS, Prof. Olugbenga Okunlola, at a press conference held in Abuja. Okunlola said with the society’s membership of over 6,000, this enormous human resource will add value in the harnessing of the abundant mineral resources in the oil and gas, solid minerals, metallurgical, geotechnical, water and environmental sectors of the economy.

SEVEN persons, including two women, were on Sunday confirmed dead as the commercial vehicle they were travelling in rammed into a faulty lorry parked along the East-West Road, killing seven of the nine passengers in the car.

Against the spirit of local content initiative, Electricity Distribution Companies (DISCOs) have denied indigenous pre-paid meter manufacturers patronage. Managing Director of the Bank of Industry, Mr. Rasheed Olaoluwa at the workshop for Business Editors and Industry Correspondents in Lagos yesterday titled, ‘BoI impacting on the Nigerian Industrial Sector’, lamented on the quantum of denial by disco companies to patronize locally made prepaid meters, which he affirmed are of international standard.

The battle for the chairmanship of Enugu State Chapter of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) is already hotting up and throwing up interesting permutations, even though the outgoing executive committee is yet to be formally dissolved.