It was a show of shame yesterday as three regular policemen in uniform gave a mobile policeman, also in uniform, the beating of his life in front of the Lagos State University (LASU). A crowd of about 30 people watched in surprise.
Ailing leader of the defunct Biafran Republic and leader of the All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA) Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu is dead
With the year running out fast, athletics officials are still waiting on the sponsors of the Lagos International Half Marathon to back up their commitment to revamp the event, which was last held in 2008.
President Goodluck Jonathan, has said he would work with INEC, to ensure that Nigerians living abroad voted in the 2015 elections.
Irish police investigation into a vicious attack on a Nigerian taxi driver which left him in a coma was upgraded to a murder probe Thursday after he lost his fight to survive.
Twenty five people killed in the renewed violence in Barkin Ladi LGA of Plateau State were yesterday given a mass burial at Takwok village where most of them were killed on Wednesday night.
Nigeria requires $10 billion to achieve sustainable power generation and distribution in the next 10 years, the Commissioner, Government and Consumer Affairs of the National Electricity Regulatory Commission, NERC, Dr. Ibrahim Abba, has said.
Col. Paul OGBEBOR (Rtd) is a leader of the Peoples Democratic Party in Edo State . A veteran of the Nigerian Civil war and second in command to Lt. Gen. Alani Akinrinade during the war, Ogbebor in this interview with GABRIEL ENOGHOLASE in Benin , he calls on former two-time governor of the defunct Mid-West and Bendel State , Dr. Samuel.O. Ogbemudia to quit politics now that the ovation is loudest. He also speaks on the planned removal of fuel subsidy and other national issues.
THE Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, said yesterday that the arrest and subsequent arraignment of Senator Mohammed Ali Ndume, PDP, Borno South by the State Security Service, SSS in connection with the dreaded Boko Haram sect has political undertone.
Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo state celebrated his third year anniversary last Saturday in a grand style. It witnessed different Nigerian artistes. Edo people also used the occasion to watch an international friendly between the Super Eagles and the Bostwana national team. Amidst his anniversary events, Saturday Vanguard cornered the Labour leader turned Governor for this exclusive interview.
She also initially denied knowledge of a share allocation form for ISL, which was used to secure the said loan, but later admitted after a copy of the allocation form, signed and stamped by her company to consummate the transaction.
The Federal Government’s desire to re-introduce tolls on major highways in the country may not materialize in 2012, especially, going by recent understanding between the Ministry of Works and the Senate.
There was a new twist in the on-going trial of six suspected members of the Boko Haram yesterday when two of them told a Federal High Court in Abuja that their confessional statements to the State Security Service, SSS, were obtained under duress.
I think it was about a year ago that I did a piece advocating the necessity for the powers that be to incorporate and make it mandatory for everyone wishing to join any political party to undergo mental and psychological evaluation.
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