The Republican candidate for vice president begins straying from her handlers and makes herself available to reporters.

The Cabinet has upheld Finance Minister Ezra Suruma's decision not to heed a directive by Vice President Gilbert Bukenya to have the National Social Security Fund board suspended and its top two managers sent on forced leave.

The decision of International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutors to seek an arrest warrant for Sudan's President over alleged war crimes in Darfur will only undermine existing efforts to bring peace to the region, the country's Vice-President has told the General Assembly's annual high-level debate.

Political aides to both President Umaru Yar'Adua and Vice-President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday took oath of secrecy and declaration of secrecy, more than a year after some of them assumed office.

The Professor Jerry Gana - chaired Anambra Peace and Reconciliation Committee, in its bid to getting to the root of the crisis in the Anambra State chapter of the party, has invited Second Republic vice president, Dr. Alex Ekwueme, former presidential aide, Mr. Andy Uba and his brother, Chris, among others for an interactive session.

In “Angler,” his forceful new study of Dick Cheney’s tenure in office, the Washington Post reporter Barton Gellman writes that “the vice president shifted America’s course more than any terrorist could have done.”

VICE President Joice Mujuru has urged traditional leaders to champion food production in their areas through programmes that promote self-sufficiency.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - Alaska lawmakers voted on Friday to issue subpoenas to Gov. Sarah Palin's husband and 12 others linked to the Republican nominee for vice president as part of an investigation into whether she abused her power to fire a state trooper feuding with her family.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - Alaska lawmakers voted on Friday to issue subpoenas to Gov. Sarah Palin's husband and 12 others linked to the Republican nominee for vice president as part of an investigation into whether she abused her power to fire a state trooper feuding with her family.

Republicans hope the media exposure will deflect criticism that Palin lacks the experience to be vice president