ABA, the commercial capital of Abia State, popularly known as Enyimba City, was in the past not only the pride of Ndigbo but the former Eastern Region because of its strategic commercial and industrial position in the nation.

How will Nigerian politics be in a cash light or cash less economy where carrying of raw cash in ‘Ghana-must-go’ bags is the order of the day?

FOR the oil communities in the Niger-Delta, there is a misconception by both the Northern governors and Niger-Delta on what the 13 per cent derivation is all about. While the northern governors see it as booty for their southern counterparts and want it reduced, some South-south governors, indeed, think it is booty for them and have hijacked the fund from the oil communities, which it is meant for.

AS the London 2012 Olympics approaches swiftly, President of Taekwondo Federation of Nigeria, Dr Jonathan Nnaji is optimistic that the country’s two representatives in the sport, Chika Chukwumerije and Isa Mohammed would mine gold at the Games.

MOTORISTS and commuters plying the Lagos – Badagry and Oshodi/Apapa expressways, have on several occasions, been subjected to untold hardship occasioned by perennial traffic gridlock that has become a recurring decimal along the ever-busy road.

THE Lagos State commissioner for Transportation, Mr. KayodeOpeifa, said he had nothing more to say about the menace of tanker drivers along the Apapa -Oshodi expressway.

THERE are two traditional African sayings that “a man that lives near the river will not use spit to wash his hands” and “a man cannot be in the river and be looking for fish to eat”. Both mean the same thing, which is that one cannot be suffering in the midst of plenty.

In their resolve to restore the economic and political hegemony of the zone, the South West leaders, few days ago organized a legislative summit.

Over 2000 Rivers and non-Rivers indigenes have so far benefited from the Governor Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi Special Overseas scholarship programme, a scheme designed to boost human capital development in Rivers State and the country.

By Moses Nosike President General, Aka Ikenga,  a group of Igbo professionals, Consultant Dental Surgeon/MD, Belmont Dental Clinic; Chairman, Faculty of General Dental Practice and National Postgraduate Medical College of Nigeria, Dr. Sylvan O. Ebigwei, asks South-Easterners, in the face of Boko Haram killings,  start developing their homes, villages and communities for employment opportunities and […]

DELTA STATE governor, Dr Emmanuel Uduaghan was recently at the Pan African University to deliver a lecture. Following the lecture the Governor spoke to newsmen on some topical national issues including the clamour for a Sovereign National Conference, SNC, contentions over derivation among other issues.

IN what appears like a ritual for virtually every government in Nigeria, the Federal Government has once again, constituted a panel to make recommendations for a better Police Force. This move has once again raised this pertinent question: Does Nigeria need another police reform committee? CHARLES KUMOLU writes.

MRS. Vero Paul lived in a dilapidated building near the canal that links Amukoko and Sari-Iganmu, two slummy neighbourhoods in Lagos. She had earnestly prayed to raise enough funds to enable the family move out of the flood-prone ghetto, but her efforts yielded little or no dividend.

On Tuesday, March 6, we published the first part of our visit to Koluama communities, which we said would be continued. We apologize for not continuing with the concluding part on Wednesday, March 7. The report ends today, March 8, with our findings at Temazau, Kaleweiama , Koluama I and other communities in Koluama clan, Southern Ijaw Local Government Area, Bayelsa state.

WHEN Vanguard visited Koluama I, Koluama 2, Temazau, Ebidouama and other communities in Southern Ijaw Local Government Area of Bayelsa State, which were affected by the January 16, 2012 explosion of a gas rig, K.S Endeavour (Panama), near the North Apoi platform/field, west of the Funiwa field, on Wednesday, February 22, it was observed that neither the Chevron Nigeria Limited, CNL, operator of the rig nor the Federal Government, had undoubtedly evaluated the environmental, health and economic implications of the disaster on the people.