By Daniel Idonor ACTING President Goodluck Jonathan , Saturday, stressed the need for local government administration to be strengthened, noting that strong structures at the grassroots impact significantly at the national level. He stated this when he received in audience former president of Ghana, Mr. Jerry Rawlings, who led a delegation of executives of the […]

The clamour for a possible fast-tracking of next year’s general elections for later this year continues to grow; which is why this report examines the pros and the cons of the debate.

By Demola Akinyemi IIorin-Former governor of Lagos State, Asiwaju Bola  Tinubu, says Action Congress [AC] has been positioned as a mega party to take over from the ruling Peoples Democratic Party [PDP] in the next elections, therefore it would not fuse  with any party, association  or organization to form a  mega party. Tinubu spoke in […]

Mr Omo Ezomo is a  former deputy speaker of  Edo State House of Assembly and a chieftain of Action Congress (AC). In this interview, Ezomo, now  the senior special assistant to the governor on parliamentary matters, justifies  the change in the leadership of the House and urges the impeached speaker, Zakawanu Garuba,  to accept the […]

Being the only African and one of the few recipients of the $650,000 MacArthur Foundation’s 2009 award for effective and non-profit organizations, Access to Justice (AJ), a human rights NGO which advances innovative work, was one of the brains behind coroner law in Lagos State in 2006

The governor of Cross River State, Senator Liyel Imoke’s entourage was involved in a minor accident at the weekend. According to a statement released by Patrick Ugbe, the chief press secretary / S A media, the entourage was on its way to the Obudu Mountain Resort when the accident occurred about two kilometres from the […]

Peoples Mandate, a pressure group seeking the re-election of Delta State governor, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan, has appointed 28 coordinators to manage its affairs at the grassroots. Of the number,  three are to serve as senatorial coordinators while the rest would coordinate the group’s activities in the 25 LGAs. They are Chief Isaac Dhwajor(Delta Central), Hon […]

SEVERAL months after the Federal Government set up  a rehabilitation camp at Aluu, Choba for repentant militants from Rivers and some neighboring states, nothing much seems to be happening there. The place looked deserted when Sunday Vanguard visited, on Friday. A few of the former  militants still hanging around said others only come when the […]

It is the case of an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth as land tears two communities in Ebonyi apart.
Sometime between 1928 and 1930, the Ezillo community, now the headquarters of Ishielu Local Government Area of Ebonyi State, had a communal dispute with the neighboring community of Ngbo in Ohaukwu Local Government Area of the state.

When you look at what has been happening since November 23 last year, how would you appraise the events?
What has been happening since the November 23 last year has been a culmination of the culture of impunity that has enveloped the polity! You see, over the last 10 years, we’ve not grown our democracy the way it ought to be grown.