AS Governor Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo State takes a bold step to check the serial failure of public secondary school students in some international and national examinations like the Senior School Certificate Examination and National Examination Council by releasing a white paper on the report of a Committee on Participatory Management of Schools and setting up School’s Governing Board (SGB), some of the students and parents have told Vanguard how some of the government policies contribute to their failure.

THE Ooni of Ife, His Imperial Majesty, Ooni Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi Ojaja II has embarked on the construction of the tallest statue in Nigeria in honour of Queen Moremi Ajasoro, who died a heroine in Ile-Ife several decades ago.

RETIRED Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Justice Mahmud Mohammed, yesterday, said the Nigerian Judiciary “withstood immense pressure” in order to guarantee the emergence of President Muhammadu Buhari in 2015.

THE Moshood Abiola Polytechnic, Abeokuta, was formally established in 1980 as Ogun State Polytechnic during the military administration of Harris Eghagha, but, the first set of 220 students were admitted in January, 1979.

BARELY two weeks after the Senate rejected President Muhammadu Buhari’s $29.96bn external borrowing plan, it has finally returned the document to the President..

The Lagos State Government has embarked on capacity building of management staff as well as setting machinery in motion to tackle challenges encountered in local government administration in the state through effective networking.

While their husbands met Thursday in the Oval Office to prepare passing the presidential torch, Michelle Obama and Melania Trump met elsewhere in the White House to plan their own transition.

Acting Chairman of Nigeria’s anti-graft agency, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Mr. Ibrahim Magu, Thursday, visited the Lagos State University, LASU, Ojo, to attend a 1-day Conference/Seminar organised by the university’s Faculty of Management Sciences and entitled: “Money Laundering and its Impact on the Nigerian Economy: The Way Forward.”

The Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, on Thursday, invited Russian farmers to invest in Nigeria, produce and export to Europe to earn foreign exchange.

Etihad Airways, the national airline of the United Arab Emirates, has partnered with SPAR Nigeria to reward shoppers under its SPAR Reward Card loyalty programme. The campaign which runs on a monthly basis , will end with a grand finale in December 2016 when the SPAR Shopper of the Year will be announced.

THE PDP Governorship Candidate, Mr. Jimoh Ibrahim, has promised to restore electricity supply to all the six council areas in the Southern Senatorial District within the first three months of his administration, if elected.

The Abia Police Command said one person had died in violence that broke out during Wednesday’s chairmanship primaries of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the state.

Mr. Seigha Manager is chairman, Niger Delta Nationalities Forum in Lagos. In this interview, he takes a look at the Federal Government’s recent meeting with Niger Delta leaders and lists what the president should do to bring about lasting peace in the region among others.

President Barack Obama has said that he feels “encouraged” by his White House conversation with president-elect Donald Trump.

Evwreni Clan Improvement Union, ECIU, of Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta State, has elected new officers to run the Lagos branch of the body for the next three years. ECIU is an umbrella body of Evwreni sons and daughters living in the country and in the Diaspora. At the  election, Olorogun Emmanuel Edekunu […]