“Marriage may alleviate the problem of loneliness, but it presents the challenge of getting along with another person. It teaches you that you can’t always avoid conflict, but you can make it work for you. The truth is, unless there are two winners in a marriage, there are none at all.” Excerpt from a man on his 50th wedding anniversary.

Vitol SA and Seplat Petroleum Development Company Limited are among nine companies that submitted bids to construct new oil refineries in Nigeria as Africa’s top crude producer seeks to boost output of refined fuel and end its dependence on imports, an official said.

As military Head of Statefrom 1984 to 1985, President Muhammadu Buhari came to power at a time the economy was in tatters even as some second republic politicians alleged Nigerians were yet to eat from the refuse bins.He introduced the War against Indiscipline (WAI) to force Nigerians exhibit correctethical conduct. WAI gained popularity especially the queue culture that took root in Nigerians even after his ouster from office by his comrades-in- arms.

Several months after Nigerians went to the polls in April last year to effect a change of leadership of the country, reports show that government may have done little or nothing to meet the expectations of the masses. Three months into the new year, there is no budget for the implementation of fiscal policies of government. In an apparent bid to curb corruption and what has been described as leakages, government at the inception of this administration introduced a policy of Treasury Single Account, among several other measures including its decision to ensure that government officials who are found to have abused their positions during the immediate past administration are brought to book.

Chief Charles Idahosa is the Political Adviser to Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State, and in this interview with Saturday Vanguard, Charles T, as he is popularly known, berates those alleging that his boss intends to rig the forthcoming governorship primary of the All Progressives Congress (APC). Excerpts:

The Rector of the Federal Polytechnic, Bida, Dr. Abubakar Abdul Dzukogi has called on the Federal government to immediately intervene in the dichotomy between Degrees and Higher National Diploma (HND) certificates in order to move the country forward technologically.

Governor Muhammad Badaru Abubakar has rolled out his plan to build 1,330 houses across Jigawa State. He said that under the programme, each local government would have 40 houses while the five emirate headquarters would get additional 50 houses each.

IN a bid to prepare the ground for the flagging off of the training of the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Uhogua, Edo State, the wife of Edo State Governor, Iara Oshiomhole on Friday introduced the facilitators to the Director, Pastor Solomon Folorunsho and the students/trainees.

The United Kingdom, has pledged its support for the 2016 Nigeria Energy Forum (NEF 2016), holding from 12th to 13th April, at the Oriental Hotel in Lagos.

Ogaga Favour, a top media personality, TV presenter, writer, radio host and media consultant is known for reporting human angle stories and issues about young women on both radio and TV shows. Her column also endears her to people who see her as unrelenting and a die-hard activist for the cause of women.

Former international, Garba Lawal has hit hard on Super Eagles players blaming them for their lack of quality that has seen Nigeria fail to qualify for Africa’s football showpiece, the African Cup of Nations back to back.

The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has said that its leader and Director of Radio Biafra, Mr. Nnamdi Kanu will no longer accept any food, including those brought by his close family members to avoid poisoning it by the Department of State Security, DSS, alleged to always scrutinize his food before allowing it in.

In order to meet employment requirement of SME owners and entrepreneurs in the country, a human resources firm, JobRed and Association of Chartered Certified Accountants of Nigeria have joined forces to train and groom Nigerian graduates on skills that will prepare them for the labour market.

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has urged state governors to raise the bar of their performance in order to give new lease of life to the people

An aspirant of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the forthcoming gubernatorial election in Edo State, Osaro Onaiwu, has ended a tour he embarked upon to reconcile aggrieved members of the main opposition party in the state.