The Conference of Nigerian Political Parties (CNPP) has rejected current moves by members of the House of Representatives to remove the Chairman of the EFCC through a bill that would preclude any high-ranking Police officer from the post of Chairman of the anti-corruption agency.
Omawunmi Magbele, lawyer turned musician who was recently in the eye of the storm following the birth of her baby and the mystery shrouding the identity of the father of the baby, is our guest on Saturday Vanguard celebrity pages. She opens up for the first time on her career, love life and more.
There is tension among Nigerian security agencies following dangerous signals emitting particularly from military and paramilitary services over the non-payment of salaries of armed forces and Police personnel by the various organs responsible for such payments.
Ten years ago, the bustling town of Zaki_Biam, in a geographical area known as the Sankera axis of Benue State had a sour taste of Nigeria’s military might when a detachment of the Nigerian Army allegedly invaded the town in a reprisal attack for the alleged cold blooded murder of 19 soldiers sent to restore peace in the town following an ethnic violence in the area.
Pandemonium broke out in both Ijebu-Ode and Ifo local Government areas of Ogun state simultaneously on Thursday evening, leaving three people dead, while scores of others sustained serious injuries in the fracas between two factions of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW).
Though the battle for the Creek Haven, the seat of power in Bayelsa State is open for all the registered political parties in the state but the event of the last few weeks has forced political analysts in the only homogenous Ijaw speaking state to narrow the contest to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) given its commanding presence and followership in the state.
Sam Loco’s eldest son, Bismarch Efe spoke to HVP shortly after his Dad’s funeral rites concerning the kind of relationship that existed between the departed actor and his children. He also explained why his Dad did not encouraged his children to take after him in the area of acting.
Controversial Nollywood actress, Tonto Dike is in the news again. This time, the actress has added another tattoo to her already existing about 57 tattoos.
I have refrained from participating in the drug scandal saga that unfolded in the past two weeks, involving a fellow actor who has brought joy to many homes through his work on television, the Yoruba movie. It was with disappointment that not a few of us received the news of his arrest by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA).
Sixteen countries will learn their opponents at the Africa Cup of Nations when the draw is made today in Malabo, the capital of co-hosts Equatorial Guinea, at 1800 GMT.
Following the recent free fall of Nigeria’s football culminating into the crash of the Super Eagles and Super Falcons out of the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations and the London 2012 Olympics, renowned military sports administrator, Brigadier-General Emmanuel Okaro(rtd) has said that having ex-players as coaches has not done much in helping Nigerian football.
Heartland FC of Owerri stopgap coach in place of absent of Dutch coach Lodewijk De Kruif, Christian Obi has blame the teams lose to Shooting Stars of Ibadan over the weekend on injuries to key players.
For some time now, there has been tension in Ijaw/Bini communities in Ovia North East Local Government Council of Edo state as a result of land dispute. The Ijaws in the area are claiming ownership of the land which had pitched them against the palace of the Benin monarch.
Nollywood actress, Uche Jombo won the Actress of the Year award at the annual Exquisite Magazine Lady of the Year awards held at The Incubator on the 23rd of October.
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