The furore generated by the decision of the Lagos State Government to concession the Lekki-Epe Express Way to a private firm to build and maintain the road has refused to die down.
Once again, residents of the area threatened to stop the State Government from collection of tolls along the express way. The state government, through LCC had recently announced its plans to commence collection of tolls on the newly constructed road from motorists beginning from January 3rd, 2011.

There was palpable excitement among the Peoples’ Democratic Party automatic delegates to the PDP Presidential primaries in the South-west following President Goodluck Jonathan’s meeting with them in Ibadan on Sunday.
That was the fourth meeting in three weeks that the President would be having with South-west delegates ahead of the PDP primaries.

This is a report of the behind the scene intrigues which led to the deal between President Goodluck Ebele Azikiwe Jonathan, Chief Anthony Anenih and the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, state governors. After heating up their National Executive Committee, NEC, meeting last Tuesday, the same people came back and within an hour resolved their differences and even adding an icing on the cake with the endorsement of Jonathan as the party’s candidate for next year’s presidential election.

THE late Chief Anthony Okotako Enahoro had a truly chequered political history that spanned well over sixty years. During this period, he took off from the Dr Nnamdi Azikiwe political camp as a member of the nationalist National Council of Nigeria and the Cameroons, NCNC, (he edited some of the newspapers in the Zik Group, though he was never a registered member of the Zikist Movement) and moved to the pro_regionalist Action Group led by the late Chief Obafemi Awolowo.

The late elder statesman and Adolor of Uromi Chief Anthony Enahoro was the arrow-head of the agitation against military rule.

Late Elder statesman and front line nationalist, Chief Anthony Eromosele, had a major regret before he died: The inability to enthrone full-blown democracy in the country, a struggle he waged for over 60 years of his life.

We decided to send a delegation to convey our condolences to the family of Chief M.K.O Abiola and to participate actively in the funeral ceremony.

But for WIKILEAKS and its snoopy engagement, Nigerians may never have been treated to the bizarre nature of how their country is being surrogated by mere business concerns. Or, what led to the removal from office, of the national chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Professor Maurice Iwu?

After 17 years as a Social Work Consultant in England, Mrs.Tenidola Awoyemi returned to her motherland in December 2009 to contribute her own quota to the development of her country, Nigeria.

Former President, Olusegun Obasanjo, yesterday, commiserated with Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State over the death of his wife, stressing that God was all knowing as all the affairs of men was in His command.

Indeed, education is the most viable industry of the people of Ekiti State, hence the people are in the fore front of its development. There are 541 public primary schools and 74 registered private primary schools. Also, the State has 141 public secondary schools and 18 registered private secondary schools while there are four secondary technical schools in the state.

Vanguard learnt that there was no private talk between the three governors aside the courtesy visit in which all including journalists witnessed

This report attempts to clear the fog concerning the allocations to members of the National Assembly and the needless controversy over what constitutes the percentage of the overhead to national assembly members.

If mankind was asked to name the most troubling viral disorder of all time, the acronym “HIV & AIDS” is most likely to be repeatedly mentioned. HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus) is the name of the virus that results in AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome) which describes the collection of symptoms caused by HIV after it destroys a person’s immune system.

DR. Emmanuel Uduaghan may need to travel to planet mars to soothe the anger of elder_statesman Senator Edwin Clark over the way and manner he succeeded his first cousin, Chief James Ibori as Governor of Delta State.