Politics
2015: Buhari ‘ll support a formidable candidate – CPC
By GABRIEL EWEPUABUJA-The Congress for Progressive Change, CPC, Tuesday said its national leader and 2011 presidential candidate, Gen Muhammadu Buhari is ready to give maximal ...
Senate backs emergency rule
Against all expectations, the Nigerian Senate Tuesday,unanimously backed the state of emergency slammed on Borno, Yobe and Adamawa states last week, by President Goodluck Jonathan, ...
Emergency Rule: Dicey decision in Senate
By JOSEPH ERUNKE As Nigerian senators gather to deliberate on the president’s proclamation of emergency rule on three Northeast states, the matter of loyalty to party, ...
Emergency Rule: Populism rules in the House
BY OKEY NDIRIBE The House of Representatives is expected to follow its populist inclinations today when it considers the proclamation on the state of emergency in ...
It’s Jonathan or no peace – Annkio Briggs
By Emmanuel Aziken, Political Editor Says Nigerian presidency is not the birthright of Kaita’s family …Annkio Briggs is undoubtedly one of the leading female activists to ...
They’ve made Nigeria ungovernable for Jonathan – Ezeife
By Levinus Nwabughiogu Former federal permanent secretary, governor of Anambra State, and presidential adviser, Chief Chukwuemeka Ezeife in this interview with Vanguard responds to issues arising ...
Ondo Election Petition Verdict: The losers and winners
*Mimiko: Let’s bury the hatchet*Akeredolu, Oke: We’ll pursue matter to Supreme Court BY DAYO JOHNSON AFTER 178 days of legal gymnastics, the three-member Election Petition Tribunal, led ...
Governing Katsina is not a tea party affair – Gwajo-Gwajo
BY CHINWEOKE AKOMA Honorable Yau Gwajo-Gwajo is serving his second term as Speaker, Katsina State House of Assembly. In this interview, he says the parliament is ...
APC: ‘How merging parties will harmonise positions’
BY OLALEKAN BILESANMI ONE of the brains behind the merger that produced All Progressive Congress, APC and a former deputy governor of Jigawa State, Ibrahim Hadejia ...
Rivers: The gathering storm, by Itse Sagay
Since the rumour that Governor Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers State is nursing an ambition to be the next vice president to a northern presidential candidate ...
Clark solely made Orubebe minister – Evah
By Tony Nwankwo Comrade Joseph Evah, coordinator, Ijaw Monitoring Group (MIG) and former Publicity Secretary, Ijaw National Congress (INC), in this interview, speaks on the state ...
2015: Anenih’s agenda for Jonathan
By Emmanuel Aziken, Political EditorChief Anthony Anenih’s capacity for doing the political impossible is legendary. Last Sunday he got on his marks for the challenging ...
Why my father honoured Oshiomhole – Crown Prince Eridiauwa
BY SIMON EBEGBULEM, BENIN CITYEdo state stood still last Saturday May 12, 2013 for Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo state, when his people in Edo ...
Quest for achieving economic integration between the old Eastern and Midwest regions in the front burner
By Austin Ogwuda, AsabaASIDE politics, the burning desire by the South-South governors and their South-East counterparts who met in Asaba, Delta State capital last Sunday ...
Handshake across the Niger
By Emmanuel Aziken, Political Editor Political leaders from the former Eastern and Midwest regions met in Asaba in two different sessions last Sunday to ponder their ...
Perched in the peoples hearts: Oloye lives on
BY DEMOLA AKINYEMI Dr. Olusola Saraki determined the political landscape of Kwara State for more than a generation would have been 80 years old today if ...
State of Democracy in LGAs: Lamido’s shows the light
BY TINA AKANNAM Jigawa State is an exception in the country in the sustenance of democratic structures at the local government level with the conduct of ...
An emergency without emergency governors
BY CHARLES KUMOLU The proclamation of state of emergency in three states without the removal of the governors of the affected states is a break from ...
State of Emergency: The tell-tale signs in the Senate
By JOSEPH ERUNKE A blow-by-blow account of activities in the Senate before the proclamation of state of emergency by President Goodluck Jonathan. There was no doubt that ...
Emergency Rule: NLC commends Jonathan
By Emeka Mamah The National Union of Textile Garment and Tailoring Workers of Nigeria, NUTGTWN, has commended President Goodluck Jonathan for declaring a state of emergency ...
Full Text Of President Jonathan's Declaration Of Emergency Rule
Dear compatriots,1. It has become necessary for me to address you on the recent spate of terrorist activities and protracted security challenges in some parts ...
T.B. Joshua: "I Would Have Halted President Mills' Death If..."
Founder and General Overseer of the Synagogue Church, Prophet T.B. Joshua says in an unusual manner, God did not reveal the death of Ghana’s President, ... Full story
Breaking News
Ogun State Government Locks Out Civil Servants Who Came To Work Late
Ogun State Government on Monday, at its Oke Mosan secretariat, locked out civil servants, who came late to work. The two gates, leading to the complex, ...
Large crowd receive Chinua Achebe’s body at Enugu Airport
Enugu - The remains of the late literary icon, Prof. Chinua Achebe, arrived at the Akanu Ibiam International Airport, Enugu, and were received by a large ...
Nelson Mandela’s Daughters Suing Him For Rights To His Property
NELSON Mandela’s daughters are suing him for the rights to his artworks and control of his millions, it has been reported. According to the Star on ...
Army relaxes curfew in Yola
By Umar Yusuf Yola – The 23 Armoured Brigade of the Nigerian Army, Yola has announced the review of the curfew imposed in the state at the ...
Russian Spacecraft Returns To Earth With Most Of Its Crew Dead
A Russian spacecraft containing 45 mice, 8 gerbils, and 15 newts returned to Earth on Sunday. The spacecraft, a modified Bion-M life sciences satellite, was launched ...
Dana crash: Coroner threatens to close pathologist’s testimony
A Lagos State coroner court in Ikeja conducting an inquest into last year’s crash of a Dana Airline plane may cut short the testimony of ...
Open Letter To Movie Star, Judith Mazagwo, Afrocandy From An Igbo Man
For some days now, controversial actress-cum-singer, Judith Opara Mazagwu better known as Afrocandy has been in the news for her unclad movie. While she has ...
Enugu Receives Professor Chinua Achebe's Body
Achebe's body being loaded into Overland aircraft ...
Study Reveals Surprising Truth About High Heels
Much like a misbehaving popstar or gluten-filled food, high heels have developed a very bad reputation lately. Scientists have produced study after study proving what ...
Nine Minors Informant To Kidnappers, Assassins Nabbed
Nine minors, all males, suspected to be members of four different dreaded cult groups that have been disguising and acting as informants to kidnappers and ...