THE appointment of Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State as chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Governors’ Forum is a good development. First, he earned it as the most senior state governor of the PDP extraction in the present dispensation. Secondly, according to Governor Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa State, who announced the appointment, Fayose deserved it as a committed party man. No one can fault this claim.

As if he was jolted by the barrage of criticisms that had trailed his docility in the last two weeks, he has started working as the Acting President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo, in the third week of his presidency in an acting capacity, engaged a different gear. Sunday Vanguard, which has been following his activities since the departure of President Muhammadu Buhari to London on medical vacation on January 19, 2017, brings you the calculated changes spearheaded by Osinbajo.

Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State has charged the police and the Department of State Security (DSS) to fish out the killers of a herdsman, Mr. Ahmed Dele, in Omu Ekiti, vowing to bring the killers to justice.

If somebody is not an eunuch by God, he will find it difficult to keep the oath because such grace is not given to him,he is just struggling with self and that is why over time people go into certain acts contrary to their oath

There is no gainsaying that the coming on stream of the Presidential Amnesty Programme greatly reduced the uncertainty and danger in doing business in the Niger Delta, which hosts the oil and gas exploration and exploitation on which the Nigerian nation depends for its economic survival. Comparatively, in the 2006/2008 period, a maximum of 800,000 barrels per day was attainable because of the strident dangerous environment in which the multi-national petroleum companies were working in the militants-infested creeks while the figure rose to a peak of 2.3 million barrels per day after the setting up of the Amnesty Programme. This increment of 1.5million barrels per day brought the nation’s oil and gas daily revenue to $120.45m.

IN this interview, Finance Minister, Mrs Kemi ADEOSUN, explains the imperatives of the Eurobond and its potentials as a catalyst for Nigeria’s pathway out of recession. Excerpts:

General Overseer of Lord’s Chosen Charismatic Revival Ministries, Pastor Lazarus Muoka on Sunday reiterated his warning to the womenfolk who are fund of adorning their bodies with artificial make-ups to desist from such unholy practices, saying it is sin against God.

PRESIDENT-GENERAL of the apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, and two-time minister, Chief John Nnia Nwodo, does not want to witness another civil war in the country because of the nasty experience of the first one between 1967-1970. Consequently, he wants all sections of the country to truthfully air their grievances to enable Nigerians fashion a constitution themselves that will give rise to a true federation. Speaking for the Igbo, he said there is urgent need to address age-long maltreatment of the Igbo, which gave rise to agitation for Biafra Republic by Igbo youth, stressing that Nigeria’s unfairness to the Igbo is a ticking time bomb. He spoke to an editorial team of Vanguard in Lagos on Thursday.

I had many slaves – they did everything for me … Only when you get married to a rich man, or a man of authority, can you get that kind of power – wife of jihadist commander

WORLD Cancer Day was celebrated on February 4. On that day, everybody seemed to be talking about all the different cancers from the most common which is breast cancer to prostrate cancer and without attention paid to childhood cancer. As bad and tragic as it sounds, cancer affects everybody, including a baby born today.

“My hatred of Valentine’s Day started as a teenager. With my ugly specs, braided hair and wonky teeth, I was never going to be the stuff of anyone’s dreams. In my mind I was a winner, an individual, someone whose potential hadn’t yet been spotted by any local member of the opposite sex.

FC Ifeanyiubah will begin their historic CAF Confederation Cup toe against Al-Masry of Egypt from 3.30pm today in Nnewi.

The presumed principal custodians of our faith; the pastors, bishops and popes of our churches, are ungodly and unrighteous

I was in the SS 2 class teaching when a woman accompanied by a man walked in and grabbed the cane I was holding and began to flog me with it in front of the students

The latest FIFA ban twist in the legal battle between the two gladiators in the Nigeria Football Federation, NFF leadership tussle Amaju Pinnick and Chris Giwa may not douse the prevalent tension as the Giwa group has vowed that only the Supreme Court of Nigeria can put an end to the tussle.