By Tony Edike ENUGU—THE Enugu State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Mohammed Zarewa,  has called on the private sector to collaborate with the Nigeria Police Force to seek ways of tackling the security challenges facing the country. He said that such collaboration was crucial in the war against criminal activities,  since the government alone cannot provide […]

By Luka Binniyat ABUJA—Acting  President, Jonathan Goodluck yesterday enraged the House of Representatives over what it considered a “slight on its integrity” when he failed to write the Green Chamber on the appointment of his five new Special Advisers. The Reps cited section 151 (1) of the 1999 constitution as empowering the two chambers of […]

At least 11 people are feared dead in an attack on another village in Riyom Local Government Area of  Plateau State. The attack took place around 1. am this morning (Wednesday) by suspected Fulani herdsmen.  Some of them were allegedly dressed in the new Army camouflage uniforms. Details later. 

By  Udo Ibuot ABUJA—FORMER governor of Edo State, Senator Oserheimen Osunbor, has denied a front page story in the National Life newspaper of 14-20 March 2010 with the headline ‘Osunbor exposes ex-godfather’  saying there was no time he granted any reporter of the medium an interview. Osunbor said in a statement in Abuja that he […]

The Senate will today debate Monday’s bomb blast that ruptured the Vanguard organised post-amnesty dialogue in Warri.

WARRI is calm after Monday’s bomb explosions that rocked the post-amnesty dialogue in the oil city, even as security agents have launched a manhunt for the operatives of the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta, MEND, that detonated the bombs.

A FRESH petition by counsel to Alhaji Aliko Dangote, whose election as president of the Nigerian Stock Exchange, NSE, was nullified, weekend, by a Federal High Court in Lagos, yesterday, stalled further hearing in the su

Condemnations, yesterday, trailed Monday’s bomb explosions by the Movement for the Emancipation of Niger Delta, MEND, which aborted the two-day post-amnesty dialogue by Vanguard Newspapers at the Government House Annex, Warri, Delta State.

By Gabriel Enogholase BENIN—DARE-devil armed robbers yesterday raided a police station at Agenebode, headquarters of Estako East Local Government Area of Edo State, killing a female police constable attached to the station. Vanguard gathered that arms and ammunition were carted away by the robbers from the station. However, the name of the slain police officer […]

The Acting President, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan yesterday challenged the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to do all within its powers, to replace the existing distrust about it amongst Nigerians with respect and admiration by doing the right thing in the 2011 election.

EX-MILITANT leaders are angry with the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger-Delta, MEND, for aborting Monday’s post-amnesty dialogue in Warri, Delta State, with explosives.

The Senate yesterday expressed satisfaction with the performance of Dr. Goodluck Jonathan as Acting President even as it claimed its continued ignorance of the circumstances of the well being of President Umaru Yar‘Adua.

By Emma Ovuakporie ABUJA—The Minister of State, Interior, Chief Ademola Seriki has said the Nigerian Government and the British will by April 2010 sign a Memorandum of Understanding, MOU, that would make possible the transfer of Nigerians in British jail back home. He disclosed this when the British High Commissioner, Mr Bob Dewer led a […]

NIGERIA has been called upon to have a rethink of the Federal Character clause in its constitution, if there should be any meaningful check of the series of crises and violence that rock the country.

THE Federal Government’s Presidential Steering Committee on the Implementation of Amnesty for the Niger-Delta, chaired by Acting President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday rose from an emergency meeting with a marching order to all Ministries Departments and Agencies, MDAs, that are directly or indirectly connected to the programme to go back to work, and ensure that the provision of infrastructure continues flawlessly.