Zone to reject VP slot By Johnbosco Agbakwuru – Abuja Ahead of the 2023 Presidential elections, some prominent leaders of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, from South East geopolitical zone have threatened to dump the party for the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, if the presidential ticket was not ceded to the zone. The PDP leaders …
Justice Akon Ikpeme By Emma Una ENIONG Abatim community in Odukpani Local Government Area of Cross River State has insisted on the confirmation of Justice Akon Ikpeme as the Chief Judge of the state because the delay in confirming her is setting dangerous precedence in legal and political parlance. Speaking to Vanguard at the weekend after …
FCT Natives under the umbrella body of the “Abuja Indigenous Liberation Movement (AILM), on Sunday in Abuja, called on the Federal Government to consider FCT indigenes for ministerial appointments and to reorganise FCT as a state so as to ensure equality and development. The Director, Institution of Governance and Development, Nassarawa State University, Prof. Andrew Zamani, made …
By David Royal The Serving Overseer of Citadel Global Community Church, formerly known as Latter Rain Assembly, Pastor Tunde Bakare said Sunday that the leaders of the nation “cannot afford to keep sinful silence when the youth of our nation are being oppressed by a Nigerian state that is supposed to protect them” Bakare had …
By David Royal The Serving Overseer of Citadel Global Community Church, formerly known as Latter Rain Assembly, Pastor Tunde Bakare said Sunday that the leaders of the nation “cannot afford to keep sinful silence when the youth of our nation are being oppressed by a Nigerian state that is supposed to protect them” Bakare had …
By Omeiza Ajayi— Abuja The recent hijack by hoodlums of an otherwise peaceful #EndSARS protest in the Federal Capital Territory FCT might have ended but not without leaving in its trail a series of devastation. What happened in places where the hoodlums left their signatures can best be described as ‘Operation Sweep’. It was more …
Emerging female music star and one of Nigeria’s most sonorous voices – Anii (real name Anita Egbe Igbinovia) comes through with her debut album “Evergreen”, a “Naija-centric” project aimed at renewing the Nigerian dream. After the success of her last 4 singles “God Bless Us All”, “Shine”, “Kampe” and the highly musically orgasmic “Tohio” which features …
NLC President, Mr. Ayuba Wabba Reactions have continued to trail the latest upward review of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) price, popularly known as of petrol, from sectorial leaders and economists. The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) had, on Friday, through its subsidiary, the Petroleum Products Marketing Company (PPMC), announced N153.17 ex-depot price in its PMS price …
By Yinka Ajayi Second Republic governor of Kaduna State, and a leader of the Peoples Redemption Party, (PRP), Alhaji Balarabe Musa, passed on last week. In his last interview with Sunday Vanguard published in July 2019, he spoke on the state of the nation at that time. Excerpts: Absence of national unity is the main cause …
President of the Senate, Sen. Ahmed Lawan ***Says Nigeria’s financial system to experience re-boost By Henry Umoru THE Senate Saturday hailed President Muhammadu Buhari for signing into law, the Banking and Other Financial Institutions Act (amendment) Bill 2020. The assent to it by President Buhari was sequel to its passage by the National Assembly. In a …
By Egufe Yafugborhi, Port Harcourt Oyigbo is not Rivers State’s only boundary community or locality with South-East. This realization has left some persons wondering why Oyigbo assumes the hotbed of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPoB). Many believe that the scenario takes root in the ownership dispute in the community. Oyigbo is said to mean …
…As Adebayo Shittu, Sen Ubah, Orizu, Hammed Ali, George Moghalu, Etiaba, Maikasuwa, Obasa, Yakubu Pam, Orji Kalu, Val Ozigbo, UNIBEN VC send in goodwill messages As he adds another year today, the Senior Special Assistant to the president on media and publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina, Sunday congratulated the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ambassador, Mr. …
Mr Hannibal Uwaifo By Charles Kumolu, DEPUTY EDITOR President of African Bar Association, AFBA, Mr. Hannibal Uwaifo, in this interview, speaks on conditions that could warrant the involvement of international bodies like the International Criminal Court, ICC, in getting justice for victims of Lekki shooting. He also looks at ongoing panels of inquiry across the states, …
By Emmanuel Una On Tuesday, 13th October, 2020, Mayen, wife of Judex Okoro the Sun newspaper Correspondent in Cross River was abducted at Big Qua Town, the heart of Calabar Municipality by three gunmen. As at the time of writing this report on Thursday morning, where the mother of four was taken to was yet to …
Bishop Godfrey Onah …We render services to the society through our schools, hospitals By Chidi Nkwopara The Catholic Bishop of Nsukka, Most Rev. Professor Godfrey Igwebuike Onah, remains a fearless cleric and a reporter’s delight any day, anywhere. He was in Maria Assumpta Cathedral, Owerri, to celebrate at the Requiem Mass of late Monsignor Theophilus Ibegbulam …
President Muhammadu Buhari The Senate has noted with satisfaction the assent of President Muhammadu Buhari to the Banks and Other Financial Institutions Act 2020 (BOFIA) following the passage of the bill by the senate. Sen. Ajibola Basiru (APC Osun), Chairman, Senate Committee on Media in a statement on Saturday, said the enactment of the BOFIA followed …
students writing examination monitor by Ereyitomi team led by Amb. Agbolaya Teachers and students in Warri federal constituency, in Delta State, have showered encomiums on the member representing Warri Federal Constituency at the House of Representatives, Hon. Thomas Ereyitomi, for making education a top priority despite the challenges of COVID 19. Proprietor of Trust International …
The Nigeria Centre For Disease Control (NCDC) has confirmed 112 new infections of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) in the country. The NCDC made this known via its verified website on Saturday. Nigeria had so far tested 705,809 people since the first confirmed COVID-19 case was reported on Feb. 27 this year. The health agency said that …
By Charly Agwam – Bauchi Following the setting up of Panel of Inquiry by Governor Bala Mohammed to investigate human rights abuses by the Special Anti Robbery Squad (SARS) in Bauchi state, human rights organizations have lamented the exclusion of petitions levelled against another police unit, Rapid Response Squad (RRS) which is alleged to have brutalized residents …
There is prospect Nigerians keen on knowing details of how Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC) funds are disbursed and spent by the Delta State Government may soon have some answers, as Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has won the latest round in the legal battle to compel Governor Ifeanyi Okowa and UBEC to publish spending …
