Osun State, created on 27 August, 1991, along with eight other states by the regime of former military president, General Ibrahim Babangida, recently rolled out the drums for a week long activities to mark the 20th anniversary of the state.

At a time when almost all Nigerians have lost hope in Nigeria’s ability to occupy her rightful place in the comity of nations of the world, one man that has repeatedly sounded optimistic that despite the socio-economic and political woes is President Goodluck Jonathan.

Mrs. Oluranti Tolani Ajayi, the Clinic Manager, Nordica Fertility Centre, Lagos, has become a reference personality for women who value excellence. She rose from a humble background to become an epitome of efficiency who cannot be ignored by people who value professionalism.

As the convoy of cars from Bodo town conveying journalists veered into the road leading to Goi community, the air became fetid. The air was so offensive that two members of the entourage made to throw up. The air had been poisoned by the smell of crude oil that had enveloped the river serving the five communities of Goi.

Abia State commissioner for local government and chieftaincy affairs, Sir Emmanuel Nwabuko, speaks on the administration of Gov T.A. Orji.

125 years after the end of one of the world’s longest civil wars, South-west states bring back Ekiti Parapo War (1770-1886) through a stage play that hopes to relight the spirit of hate with a new found love.

The flood disaster that led to the death of scores of people in Ibadan, Oyo State capital, was similar to the one popularly called “Omiyale” in 1980. It was indeed a day of rage. Heaven was angry.

It is very sad that news about Jos in recent times continue to focus more on the violence manifested in the sporadic attacks on innocent people, deaths and negative religious propaganda”. This summation by the Catholic Archbishop of Jos, Most Rev. Ignatius Kaigama, in reaction to the fresh violence in the Plateau State capital, captures it all.

There is evidence, according to security sources, to suggest that the now dreaded Ahlan Sunnah Lid Da’waati wal Jihad Yaanaa (brothers), popularly known as the Boko Haram s ect, sent some eight persons to Algeria in North Africa for learning how to make Improvised Explosive Device, IEDs, Sunday Vanguard can reveal.

The National Agency for the Control of AIDS, NACA, has been in the news lately and for the wrong reason. There were allegations of misappropriation of funds in the organization. But, in this interview, its Director-General, John Idoko, a professor of medicine specializing in infectious disease and the immunology of infection, with over years experience on the battle against HIV/AIDS, explains that no money is missing in NACA.
According to him, NACA passes donor funds to sub-recipients who actually implement programmes. Idoko adds that the agency has introduced system re-engineering to make the process more transparent and accountable.

Nigeria’s fourth successive general elections since the return of democracy in 1999 were held last April. Expectedly, numerous bodies including civil society groups who played key roles in ensuring effective participation of the citizens in the electoral process and that its outcomes were credible and acceptable, have taken a backward look at the electoral experience, taking stock, with a view to creating a pathway for sustainable and wholesome democratic elections for the country.

Amid the raging controversy over the oil exploration activities of the Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) which left the Ogoni area of the Niger Delta severely polluted, there is a fresh outbreak of oil spillage in four communities in Delta State allegedly from the activities of an oil firm identified as Seplat Petroleum Development Company Limited.

The FCT Administration is working towards meeting the target of freeing all the entrance and exit roads into the Federal Capital City from traffic bottlenecks which has resulted in the loss of human lives and waste of valuable man hour during the working days.

Chidi Okafor who lived in Owerri had no premonition that his elder brother Ifeanyi Okafor was involved in an armed robbery attack and killed by a passenger luxury bus at Zariagi near Kabba junction in Kogi state.

Tongues have already started wagging! Whose interest was the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mohammed Bello Adoke,SAN, representing when he gazetted regulations he insisted should be religiously followed by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, in its operations.