LAST week’s disbandment of Edo State Transport Management Agency, EDSTMA, by Governor Adams Oshiomhole has been described by the Edo State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, as a shock, saying that it was a policy somersault by the government.

THERE is no gain saying that that the birth of the Niger Delta Ministry was a quintessential necessity aimed at redressing deficits of infrastructure and resolving vexing issues of economic justice in Nigeria’s oil producing region. As late President Musa Yar’Adua probably intended at inception in September 2008: the ministry will coordinate efforts to tackle the challenges of development, environmental protection and youth empowerment in the Niger Delta, it was equally expected that the establishment would serve as the primary vehicle for delivery of the administration’s agenda for the rapid development of the restive region.

THE Federal Government has said that the novel price modulation mechanism currently in place will ensure that it records zero expenses on fuel subsidy in 2016.

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, shocked Imo people last Friday, when it literally succumbed to pressure mounted by a political party in the state to call off the planned rerun election for the Imo North Senatorial District.

Nina Simone, the “high priestess of soul” sang “To Be Young, Gifted and Black” in the ’60s, an era synonymous with the Civil Rights movement in America, decolonisation and the first military coups back home.

Tennis players in the country would have their hands full when the second edition of the Tombim Futures Tennis Tournament serves off April 18 at the Tennis Courts of the National Stadium Abuja.

The expected showdown in the Senate between Senate President Bukola Saraki and his Senate rivals arising from alleged plots to suspend Senator Kabiru Marafa was yesterday twisted by demonstrators who turned the heat on Saraki by clamouring for his resignation.

IN a very crude and distasteful publication in the Vanguard, Tabia Princewill, a columnist, displayed a total contempt for the truth and an apparent disrespect for the ethics and the tenets of the noble profession.

At the second edition of MainOne’s annual Nerds Unite Technology Conference, which took place in Lagos recently, Information Technology stakeholders harped on the need to adopt new technologies for enhancing operational efficiency in these tough economic times.

Wikki Tourists captain and right back, Mustapha Ibrahim has said his side are expecting difficult match against Heartland.