41 Days to Presidential Poll: Millions in South may not vote
Shambling and shambolic! Those are the words that best describe what has become of the distribution and collection of the Permanent Voter Cards, PVCs, which represents a very significant aspect of...
View ArticleThe metamorphosis of uncle Jonathan:A messiah or a Nebuchanezzar?
It may have been long coming but it’s a denouement now. I really hope so. It surfaced in traces publicly at the Lagos rally and acquired an unrestrained exuberance at the Enugu rally. The president is...
View ArticleIn Sokoto, it’s student-teacher confrontation
It all began in Imo where Jonathan’s campaign train had stopped over last Saturday. Thereafter, I trailed the campaign train to Sokoto. All this afforded me the opportunity to have a personal feel of...
View ArticleThe BUHARI of my personal experience
Without ever knowing or meeting me, Buhari gave me a chance. As I now write, I have never met him one-on-one. We have never spoken to each other. It is an extraordinary experience of an unusual man....
View ArticleOld memories come alive at Igbobi College Founders’ Day ceremony
The Igbobi College, Yaba in Lagos was a beehive of activities last weekend. At noon, many distinguished men in long flown agbada from virtually all works of life besieged the school premises. The post...
View ArticleLASEPA moves in to curb noise pollution
NOISE from traffic, public address systems and loud music are gradually becoming the primary sources of noise contamination and pollution in Lagos with the attendant hearing problems and health issues....
View ArticleLagos: 417 fire incidents, others in two months
LAGOS State has recorded at least 417 fire incidents and other emergencies in the first two months of 2015, destroying property worth billions of Naira. Vanguard gathered that the Lagos State Fire...
View ArticleNo plan to privatise LWC, LASG tells Labour
CONTROVERSY has continued to trail water supply as organized Labour had condemned what it called planned privatization of water supply by the Lagos State Government, threatening industrial action among...
View ArticleSand merchants endanger Bayelsa seaside communities
Yenagoa—THE dumbfounding demand for sand for construction work and land filling in the predominantly riverine Bayelsa State is threatening the existence of communities, along the rivers, creeks and...
View ArticleUrhobo oil communities threaten to shut down Utorogun Gas Plant
UGHELLI—THE Host Communities of Nigeria Producing Oil and Gas (HOSTCOM), Urhobo ethnic nationality chapter, Delta State, staged a cautionary protest to the Utorogun Gas Plant, hosted by Otor-Udu,...
View ArticleLUTH made me a widower, Father of four cries out
Oduyoye says he lost his lovely wife in Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, LUTH, as a result of his inability to pay the N1.382, 700 hospital bill. Folake Oduyoye, 35, was admitted September 17...
View ArticleWe ‘re repositioning NYSC —DG, NYSC
When I came on board, and after a careful study of the NYSC, I came up with my vision for the Scheme and with that vision came a four-point agenda. For me, everything centres on the welfare of corps...
View Article2015 polls: AJIF corps members lauded over performance
FOR the superlative roles they played as ad-hoc staff of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), during the March 28 Presidential/National Assembly elections, as well as the April 11...
View ArticleWorld Day for Safety: Stakeholders advocate zero hazard in the workplace
As the world marked this year’s World Day for Safety and Health, stakeholders have called for the promotion of zero hazard in workplace. This is coming on the heels of the urgent call for the review of...
View ArticleMaking your life count
You will never make your life count until you make your day count. You will never make your day count until you make every hour count. You will never make every hour count until you make every moment...
View ArticleCommunity demands compensation for victims of 2014 demolition
WARRI—IJALA community in Delta State has appealed to the state government to pay damages to villagers, whose homes were among the 82 buildings demolished at the Warri Royal Cemetery ground by...
View ArticleNigeria’s Most Dangerous Roads
Vanguard has commenced a search for Nigeria's most dangerous roads - Vanguard intends to make them safe. Dangers are in different forms: armed robbers, open gullies, checkpoints, unmarked The post...
View ArticleMay 29: Setting agenda for Buhari’s administration
The Buhari-Osinbajo administration will be sworn in on May 29. No doubt, expectations are high, hope in the country and governance is rekindled. The post May 29: Setting agenda for Buhari’s...
View ArticleUnderstanding Buhari in 100 Days
THE ENORMOUSLY popular talk show, Berekete on Wazobia FM radio, Abuja station told the incredible, yet true story of the hardworking and respected school teacher somewhere in Plateau state who hanged...
View ArticleWhat I know about Fashola – Dare
The answer to this question is to be found in his 2008 Budget Presentation Speech delivered before the Lagos State House of Assembly on December 17, 2008: “. . . I remind myself always that one day, I...
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