By Shina Abubakar A sexagenarian couple, Ashifat Okunade and his wife, Mariam were arraigned before an Osogbo Magistrate’s Court for allegedly cutting the head and hands of a corpse. The couple were earlier arraigned before the court sometimes in March 2020 but were re-arraigned on a substituted charge which was freshly read to them. Police …
In just a little over five months of using TikTok, Mark Kacy has anonymously built a followership of over one million. His unique content cuts across a range of well-curated animation which are deadpan and funny. An important part of his approach to content creation is keeping his identity private but in spite of this, he has …
Not relenting on his vision 0202-2020 agenda which is targeted at making lives better for all Nigerian youths, Archbishop Sam Zuga has penned an open letter to Benue State Governor, Dr. Samuel Ortom to key into Zugacoin Crypocurrency. Samzuga via the open communication beckoned on the his Excellency to take advantage of the world’s soon to …
…Warns Government against Excessive Borrowing …Urges the youths to divert energy into Productive, Creative things, not for destruction …Kicks against offensive, primitive cultural crimes against Women Archbishop Ignatius Kaigama By Henry Umoru THE Catholic Archbishop of Abuja Archdiocese, Most Rev. Ignatius Kaigama, has asked the Federal Government and Ministers to give the promised jobs to the …
The Sarkin Fulani of Lagos State and chairman, association of Fulani Chiefs, South West, Alhaji Mohammed Bambado, yesterday, lamented that the Fulfulde language is gradually going into extinction but promised to preserve the language. Alhaji Bambado said this at the public presentation of Fulfulde Century Educational Books in Lagos. READ ALSO: World’s largest free trade agreement …
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 …
