THE Presidency today broke its silence over the lingering controversy on the status of the Petroleum Training Institute (PTI), Effurun, Delta State, which was upgraded to a degree-awarding institute, by the former President Olusegun Obansanjo’s government; declaring that the Petroleum University remains in Effurun, as “there has been no reversal of any of these programmes by President Yar’Adua”.

By Aliyu Dangida DUTSE – Jigawa state government has been called upon to redouble its efforts towards the development of girl-child education in the state, especially with the newly introduced programme of Free Education for girls from primary to tertiary institutions. Speaking with Vanguard in Dutse, President of National Association of Jigawa State Students (NAJISS), […]

“Nutritional deficiency arising from mineral shortages put 2 billion people at risk all over the world. Those adversely affected are people in the lower socio-economic level in developing countries. Vitamin A deficiency can result in impaired vision and may lead to blindness. Many nations now have mineral fortification programmes,” he stated.

“Rigging is the greatest problem of democracy in the country and steps must be taken to address this problem in the interest of our democracy. In 1999 when I was the national chairman of the PDP, we did not rig yet we had tremendous support from across the country. PDP remains a party that is well liked by Nigerians so it has no reason to rig elections.

Chief of Defence Staff, Air Marshal Paul Dike read a riot act to security chiefs in Kano yesterday to ensure that the Boko Haram assault does not come to Kano. But the police in Bauchi yesterday quizzed 121 suspected Bauchi female members of Boko Haram.