Ghana, E. Guinea hold talks

Ghana President John Atta Mills and the visiting President of Equatorial Guinea Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo held bilateral talks at the Peduase Lodge of the eastern region. The closed door meeting was centered on how Ghana can assist Equatorial Guinea to improve its agricultural sector. Ghana is also helping that country with expertise to improve… [...]

One thoughtful evening with Kola (2)

The conversation between Kola and I had been on for about half an hour when his son, Afolabi, entered to announce that he was ready to travel to Lagos, enroute a West African country to resume his summer school. Vanguard News  

URBSIAL advises govs on high unemployment in N/delta

The United Rivers & Bayelsa States Indigenes Association, Lagos (URBSIAL) yesterday drew the attention of their governors to the worrisome unemployment situation of their young graduates. Vanguard News  

25 slain in Mexican city; deadliest day in 2 years (AP)

AP – Gunmen killed 25 people in a series of drug-gang attacks in Ciudad Juarez, marking the deadliest day in more than two years for the Mexican border city, authorities said Friday. Yahoo! News: World News  

Bauchi calm after Tuesday’s violence – NEXT

Aljazeera.net Bauchi calm after Tuesday's violenceNEXTThe streets of Bauchi were calm Thursday, two days after some members of the Boko Haram group stormed the town's prison to free its 721 inmates, leading to the death of some. Most residents of the town said they were looking forward to …Security beef-up in Kano over Boko HaramNigerian [...]

Tension in the Police Force

This followed revelations that most of the serving DIG’s and senior AIG’s have secretly expressed their willingness to continue in office if given the green light regardless of seniority in the force. Saturday Vanguard learnt reliably that, intense lobbying had already commenced amongst the hierarchy of the police force over their continuity in office. Vanguard [...]

end of marginalization

It has been used often to conjure the spectre of discrimination to attract sympathy for a just claim and, at times, for an unmerited advantage. One can hardly fault that stance though, since self-love is hardly as unprofitable as self-neglect. Vanguard News  

Iweze picks

Asaba-based amateur golfer Wing Commander Peter Iweze was full of smiles penultimate week when he picked one of the tickets to represent Nigeria at the Ryder Cup taking place in Wales come next month. Vanguard News  

NFA: Ex-players must form a formidable union , Brig-General Adebiyi

Ex-football players in the country have been told they cannot succeed with any attempt to take over total control of the administration of football in the country until they first build their house on a solid foundation by coming under a very strong platform with which to achieve such an objective. Vanguard News  

Ghana Churns Out Another ‘Porn’ Film.

Ghanaian filmmakers have either topped the notch with a plan to conveniently cater for their audience as they have shut out Nollywood with a fee for every Nollywood movie project or they are bluntly ignorant Hot Fork a Ghanaian movie production hit the fans amidst mixed reactions following explicit sex scenes Gollywood is not done [...]

Ogun Assembly factions seek president’s support

AS details of the meeting of the estranged members of Ogun State House of Assembly begin to emerge, the two sides in the House of Assembly have been giving different account of what transpired with each side claiming to have gotten the nod of the President. Vanguard News  

Flamingoes coach hails resilient foes

Coach of Nigeria’s U-17 women’s national team, Peter Dedevbo, has praised the Trinidad and Tobago team for the resilience they displayed in their match against the Flamingoes. Nigeria defeated the hosts 2-1 in a match played in the early hours of Thur… RSS FEEDS  

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