Video: ‘Can you visit former place of work?’ – IGP Disu returns to first station
The IGP, Tunji Disu, paid the first police station he worked at a visit, with a challenge to Nigerians on visiting former places of work.
Boko Haram: It’s a delibrate attempt to misrepresent Islam — Capt Joji
Captain Mohammed Joji, a former Managing Director of the defunct Nigerian Airways, is one of the Arewa Consultative Forum leaders. At his home in Kaduna, Joji expresses concerns over politicisation of security challenges suggesting ways out of the doldrums. Excerpts:
Gbadamosi hails Humuani Alaga
A Professor of History, Tajudeen Gbadebo O. Gbadamosi has called for the restoration of Nigerian History and women studies at all levels of our educational system.
National Conference: The last bus stop?
Our President, Dr. Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, GCFR, recently approved a list comprising eminent and illustrious Nigerians who will sit down (or stand up even in fisticuff) to determine the future of our very great country.
What we expect from would-be Education Minister —Stakeholders
SIX months after the sack of Professor Ruqayyatu Rufai as Minister of Education, stakeholders in the sector anticipate the appointment of a new minister of education considering the recent cabinet reshuffle by President Goodluck Jonathan. Some of them, who spoke to Vanguard Learning, suggested the essential qualities that would be required in a Minister who can rescue the sector from its present` turmoil
Embezzlement allegations: Vice-Chancellor breaks silence, says his works speak for him
THE Vice-Chancellor, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Professor Bartho Okolo, has eventually broken the silence on the embezzlement allegations leveled against him, stating that the volume of infrastructure investment in the institution has vindicated him.
How we ‘re improving workers condition in House of Reps – Akpatason
COMRADE Peter Akpatason is a member of the House of Representatives Committee on Labour, among others in the National Assembly. A former Trustee of the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, as well as immediate past President of the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers, NUPENG, in this interview with Labour Vanguard, he spoke on how The House of Representatives is striving to improve the wellbeing of workers among others.
Court strikes out Awujale’s name from family suit
JUSTICE S. A. Olugbemi of an Ogun State High Court sitting in Ijebu-Ode has removed the name of the Awujale of Ijebuland, Oba Sikiru Adetona from a suit filed by the Fusengbuwa Ruling House of Ijebu-Ode against Otunba Subomi Balogun, Otunba Olu Adebanjo and Alhaji A.O. Sote.
Tension as Uvwie women march against soldiers over Ohorhe land
A storm of discontent is presently brewing in Ohorhe village, Uvwie Local Government Area of Delta State as the Nigerian Army moves to demolish all the buildings in the area. Last week Uvwie women, numbering over 3,000, blocked the ever busy East/West road in protest, describing the move as wicked and inhuman.
FIDA restates commitment to women’s rights
AS part of ceremonies marking this year International Women’s Day, (IWD), a non governmental organization- International Federation of Women Lawyers Nigeria, (FIDA Nigeria) has expressed its commitment to continuously work to assist the advancement of women irrespective of their sector, operation and location.
SSANU South West faults Prof. Yakubu’s NEEDS reports
The Senior Staff Association of Nigeria Universities, South-Western Zone, has faulted the recommendations of Prof. Mahmood Yakubu’s Needs Assessment Report, describing it as biased against members of the association and an attempt to reduce the number of members of the association in Nigerian universities and consequently paralyse the entire system
