SEQUEL to the statement issued, weekend by Vice President, Goodluck Jonathan, panic has gripped some ministers and public office holders, Vanguard can reveal authoritatively.

By Chinyere Amalu ABUJA—The Federal Government has described as “unfortunate” last Tuesday’s earthquake in Haiti, and promised to join others in rebuilding the fallen country, including offering financial assistance. The Minister of Foreign Affairs , Alhaji Jibril Maigari, said this, weekend, in Abuja, in a condolence message to the people and government of Haiti on […]

By Chinyere Amalu ABUJA—The Federal Government has described as “unfortunate” last Tuesday’s earthquake in Haiti, and promised to join others in rebuilding the fallen country, including offering financial assistance. The Minister of Foreign Affairs , Alhaji Jibril Maigari, said this, weekend, in Abuja, in a condolence message to the people and government of Haiti on […]

Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission (DESOPADEC) has concluded plans to send to the United States of American for further studies at least one hundred indigent students drawn from its mandate areas.

A legal practitioner, Mr Jesutega Onokpasa, has commended Delta State Governor, Dr Emmanuel Uduaghan, for projects executed by Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission (DESOPADEC).

NIGERIA is not a breeding ground for terrorists  nor is it one for the exportation of terrorist ideas. The average Nigerian, Moslem or Christian, is a peace loving individual who wants a peaceful environment to go about his normal business, according to Senator Florence Ita-Giwa. It is on account of that peaceful nature that Nigeria […]

* Many reportedly shot, 20 arrested By TONY EDIKE THE university town of Nsukka was thrown into turmoil yesterday as students of the University of Nigeria (UNN) staged a violent protest against increase in school fees and the alleged mismanagement of the institution by the vice chancellor, Professor Bartho Okolo and his management team. The […]

Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu has described Gov. Peter Obi as the hope the people of Anambra has experienced and believe in. He spoke yesterday at the flag-off of Obi’s  campaign in Onitsha North held in Otuocha. Ojukwu wondered while people from other parts of the country should think it is their prerogatives to choose for the […]

As the AC Chairman in the Americas, we are proposing and going to press that the best performing Governor in the Nigerian Federation Governor Raji Fashola lead the campaign of good governance from Lagos to Anambra. For your note book, he is the only Governor who has appointed Anambra sons to top positions, commissioners, etc.

We have written many times on the state of health of President Umaru Yar’Adua and we have also written many times over on the intrigues going on in government. It was meant to be just an argument and it degenerated “Why are Nigerians always like this and the problem is that some people just look at a situation and look for the best way to key into it and once they do, they find people to join and they sell to unsuspecting members of the public”, he told Sunday Vanguard during what turned out to be the pre-interview discussions.

By EMMAN OVUAKPORIE The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) dismissed yesterday reports that  some electoral materials meant for the February 6  governorship election in Anambra State were  hijacked. Rather, the commission said a truck belonging to INEC  conveying collapsible polling cubicles from its headquarters to the Port Harcourt zonal store collided with a pay- loader […]

THE US House of  Representatives’ homeland security committee said Friday that some of its staff will travel to London and Amsterdam this week as part of a probe into the foiled Christmas bomb plot. The group will meet with officials from airports and US embassies to discuss “intelligence, border security, and aviation security matters,” the […]

It wasn’t long after Tuesday’s earthquake leveled nearly all of the houses next to Claude Surena’s that neighbors started showing up at his doorstep. For years, the 59-year old pediatrician had treated the sick at his two-story hillside home near the center of the Haitian capital. Suddenly, he was running a triage center, treating more […]

By OMOH GABRIEL The Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry, a body of prominent businessmen in Nigeria has raised alarm over the state of affairs in the country describing it as an unsettling governance disorder where no one is clearly in charge. This the body says has resulted in business fragile confidence being eroded. The […]

By VINCENT UJUMADU Awka – GOVERNORSHIP candidate of Action Congress (AC) in the February 6 election in Anambra State, Dr. Chris Ngige, and members of the Onitsha Main Market Association of Traders Union (OMMATA) have reached an agreement on how to improve the fortunes of the business community in the state if he wins the […]