Gbagi dumps PDP for Labour Party

Gbagi dumps PDP for Labour Party

The former chairman of the Board of Directors of the Legal Aid Council of Nigeria announced his decision to leave the PDP at Kiagbodo, the country home of the former Federal Commissioner for Information, Chief Edwin Clark, when the national officers of the party, led by the National Chairman, Barrister Dan Nwanyanwu, paid a courtesy call to the elder statesman.
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Restoring confidence in our elections and challenges of democracy in Nigeria

Restoring confidence in our elections and challenges of democracy in Nigeria

By Awa Kalu In a short while, the election calendar will be activated having regard to the fact that the Anambra state gubernatorial elections will be held next year. By the time that election is concluded, politicking and election campaigns would be hotting up in all parts of the country in preparation for legislative, gubernatorial […]

Security in Lagos, not yet uhuru

Security in Lagos, not yet uhuru

Emmanuel Majebi, Vanguard Law and Human Rights contributor, recently had a sour taste of Lagos robbers, when he was attacked at the Central Business District, Alausa. He recount his experience in this piece. A few months back the Lagos State Government launched the onslaught on insecurity that pervaded Lagos with much fanfare. Corporate bodies fell […]

CJN and Judges handling of electoral matters

CJN and Judges handling of electoral matters

By Innocent Anaba The recent allegations against the Court of Appeal, Port Harcourt, Rivers State, which sat on appeal over the Abia Govwernorship Election Tribunal, has continued to elicit reactions. Nigerian Coalition for Justice, a civil society group,  had petition the National Judicial Council (NJC), to investigate allegation of corruption in the process that led […]

Re: Presidential amnesty, youths of the Niger Delta and the 1999 constitution (2)

Re: Presidential amnesty, youths of the Niger Delta and the 1999 constitution (2)

By Akpo Mudiaga-Odje This kind of Treaty and/or Agreement between the contending parties enacted into law for the peace, order and good government of the Federation and the Niger Delta in particular, will be a reference point for posterity and the nation as to its terms and conditions. So, any party that breaches it will […]

CBN’s operating surplus fall by 73% to N8.8 bn

CBN’s operating surplus fall by 73% to N8.8 bn

Operating surplus of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) fell sharply for the operating year ended 31st December 2008, reflecting the impact of the global financial crisis on the operations of the bank.

Re: Go, Etiaba, go

Re: Go, Etiaba, go

By Dozie Iweka DAME Comfort Obi is one journalist that I admire and was therefore most disillusioned by her opinion on the above subject in Vanguard Oped page. By her own admission, she has a lot of respect and admiration for Her Excellency Dame Virgy Etiaba, the esteemed Deputy Governor of Anambra State. This is […]

Park & Shop, customer tangle over returned goods

Park & Shop, customer tangle over returned goods

Park & Shop, a highbrow supermarket along Adeola Odeku Street in Victoria Island, Lagos, has been accused by a customer of violating her rights by refusing to take back an item purchased from the shop.

Equity trading soars by 196%, despite bearish trend

Equity trading soars by 196%, despite bearish trend

Specifically, a turnover of 1.03 billion shares valued at N3.81 billion was recorded in 8,686 deals in contrast to the previous day’s turnover of 348.51 million shares valued at N3.32 billion in 11,168 deals.