GOVERNOR Emmanuel Uduaghan of Delta State has denied the allegation that the threat by the South-South governors to pull out of the amnesty programme for militants by the federal government some weeks ago was a pointer that they (governors) knew more than they claim about militancy in the Niger-Delta, and were, in fact, sponsoring militant activities.

Kano -  Governor Ibrahim Shekarau of Kano State, yesterday, in Kano, asked Imams and other Islamic scholars, to always live by their preaching. Shekarau gave the charge in an address at the 26th annual workshop for Imams and Islamic scholars held at the School for Arabic Studies. He said as clerics who convey the message […]

By Chidi Nkwopara The multimillion naira Imo State Government Lodge, Abuja, would be commissioned next month. Governor Ikedi Ohakim, who disclosed this in an interview, also said that his administration does not believe in abandoning projects midway, even as he reiterated his belief that his administration can only award contracts it can begin and finish […]

The leaders, led by a Chieftain of the party in the state, Chief Dan Orbih, leader of the House of Representatives, Tunde Akogun, Senator Yisa Braimoh, House of Representative member, Johnson Abulagbe, Owere-Dickson Imasogie, Henry Tenebe and Secretary of the party, Felix Utubor, also described as untrue allegation by Action Congress (AC) in the state that it had perfected plans to rig the election through the EVR system.

AS the Action Congress (AC) flagged off its campaign for this weekend bye- election in Akoko-Edo 1 constituency into State House of Assembly, no fewer than 5,000 members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have defected to the party in the constituency.

THE popular actor, Chief Pete Edochie who was kidnapped on Sunday at Nkpor near Onitsha has been released late Monday night.

President, Nigerian Guild of Editors, Mr. Gbenga Adefaye yesterday challenged the Federal Government to ensure that media practitioners are involved at the formative stage of critical policies to enable them monitor and moderate the process with a view to ensuring a fair and equitable society.

THE member representing Ughelli South local government area in Delta State House of Assembly, Olorogun Taleb Tebite, has condemned the recent attack on the Utorogun gas plant and insisted that the act was not carried out by the people of the constituency.

…indicts NNPC, DPR, FIRS, AGF By Oscarline Onwuemenyi Abuja- The latest report on oil and gas revenues released by the Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI) has uncovered financial discrepancies and outstanding payments totaling over US$5 billion from revenues generated by the sector in 2005. The report also identified unprecedented financial discrepancies, mispaid taxes, and […]

Mr Muyiwa Adetiba, is the pioneer editor of Vanguard newspaper. Between mid -80s when he left the medium and now, he has tried his hands on other publications. His present endeavours is Readers’ Delight and City Mail. The former, he said, is fashioned after Reader’s Digest while the latter focuses on Lagos as it transforms into a mega city.

According to Vanguard sources, in the early hours of Saturday, August 5, the butcher, Geriki Jubrin, had gone to the cattle market in the company of his colleagues to buy cattle to be slaughtered that day for their usual business.
Unknown to Geriki Jubrin, the Fulani cattle rearer whom he owed was there waiting for him to appear.

Rising from its 2009 plenary session the association lamented that the closure of the universities had brought untold hardship to parents and students and called on both parties to find amicable solution to the crisis.

The five Managing Directors of banks sacked by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on Friday may be in for more trouble as the Federal Government has launched an investigation into their personal financial involvements with a possibility of putting anyone found wanting on trial.

Owerri – Students of Imo State University said they would not participate in the planned demonstration by the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS). NANS planned a three-day protest to start on Monday in Owerri, to put pressure on the Federal Government to end the teachers’ strike which began on June 22, 2009. Mr Martins […]

By Innocent Anaba The Action Congress (AC) has accused the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) and the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr Michael Aondoakaa (SAN), of seeking to destabilise the Nigeria Bar Association (NBA) over what they perceive as the association’s persistent criticism of the President Umaru Yar’Adua’s administration. AC’s National Publicity […]