BY NDAHI MARAMA, MAIDUGURI Gunmen suspected to be Boko Haram members , yesterday ,shot dead a General Manager (name withheld) of one of the fuel stations in Maiduguri, the Borno state capital. This is coming barely few hours after President …

Emergency rule: Gunmen shot dead fuel station manager in Borno

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2013/05/presidential-intervention-ikeja-police-college-wears-new-look/ But the good news today, is that the college is currently wearing a new look, as a result of its renovation which was at the directive of President Goodluck Jonathan. Should it have been lie this ?

Presidential Intervention: Ikeja Police College wears new…

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2013/05/use-infotech-to-tackle-insecurity-ncs-urges-fg/ Unless information technology, education, employment creation were given urgent attention in governance, the fight against terrorism and other acts of insecurity may be long-drawn, the President of Nigerian Computer Society, NCS, Sir. Demola Aladekomo has warned. How can we fight insurgency through info tech?

Use…

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2013/05/elegy-for-a-nation/ A tribute to the late Prof. Chinua Achebe By WOLE SOYINKA AH, Chinua, are you grapevine wired? It sings: our nation is not dead, not clinically Yet. Now this may come as a surprise to you, It was to me. I thought the form I spied Beneath the frosted glass of a fifty-carat catafalque Was the face of our own dear land – ‘own’, ‘dear’, Voluntary patriotese, you’ll note – we try to please. An…

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2013/05/ngf-crisis-two-chairmen-may-emerge/ It was gathered authoritatively that some independent-minded governors, who are also sympathetic to Amaechi have vowed to conduct their election at the Secretariat of the NGF, as stipulated by its constitution if the pro-Jonathan governors insist on having their voting at the Villa.

NGF crisis: Two chairmen may…

President Robert Mugabe on Wednesday signed Zimbabwe's new constitution into law, clearing the path to crucial elections later this year.

Zimbabwe limits presidential tenures to two five-year terms

The Democratic Peoples Party (DPP) says it is not in any merger with any political party or association. This is contained in a communiqué signed by the party’s Director, Media and Publicity, Mr Abubakar Yusuf.

DPP says it’s not merging with any political party

By Charles Mgbolu After a really good scare from Vast who was diagnosed with Lymphoma ( a form of cancer of the blood) a while back but successfully underwent treatment in a UK hospital; the group Bracket is back in business again as they’ve …

Pop duo Bracket releases hot new video ‘Temperature’

Bello Jimoh, a 52-year-old banker, was on Tuesday sentenced to six months imprisonment, by a Karu Senior Magistrates' Court for misappropriating N621,387 in his custody.

Court sentences banker to 6 months in prison for breach of trust

Lagos – Some artistes in the Nigerian music industry on Tuesday turned out en masse to clean up the streets of Lagos, feed the hungry and visit the homeless. The musicians who participated in the exercise included TuFace Idibia, who was accompanied …

Tuface, Ras Kimono, Faze, others clean up Lagos streets, feed hungry destitutes

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2013/05/insurgents-fight-with-libyan-weapons-army/ The troops deployed to flush out Boko Haram insurgents from Adamawa, Borno and Yobe states, yesterday, encountered intense resistance from sect members who were armed with sophisticated weapons from Libya Do you agree that weapons are from Libya ?

Insurgents fight with Libyan weapons –…

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2013/05/35-yr-old-cobbler-nabbed-over-rape/ Also arrested is a cobbler, identified as Adamu Musa, over alleged rape of a 12-year-old.

35-yr-old, cobbler nabbed over rape

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Police in Bayelsa State have announced the prosecution of a 35-year-old man, Nathaniel Elaweremi, for allegedly raping a teenager.