OSHIOMHOLE @ 57:I never thought I could be governor
Governor Adams Aliyu Oshiomhole of Edo State turns 57 today. In this interview with Sunday Vanguard conducted at his Iyanmu country home, also known as Camp David, he gives an insight into his upbringing and life, first as a labour leader, and now as politician. He also gives his views on the planned electoral reforms, the genesis of his crisis with the former chairman of the PDP Board of Trustees, Chief Tony Anenih, and other national issues. Excerpts:
I’ve no hand in Warri bomb blasts, says Jeremiah Ajemiyotan
THE thickset and dark-built security consultant came into Vanguard Office in Warri on Tuesday looking troubled. His appointment with this reporter struck through one of his friends was for 10.00am , but, it was re-adjusted to 9.00 am , earlier that day, to enable him keep another engagement. The friend who arranged the left after introducing the reporter to the subject.
Banishing militancy in N-Delta: The Netherlands example
THE six-hour flight, February 23, from the Murtala Mohammed Airport, Lagos on a KLM, Royal Dutch Airlines to Netherlands for the February 25 -26th “Niger-Delta Peace Consolidation Conference†, organized by the Hope for the Niger-Delta Campaign (HNDC) in The Hague was enjoyable and relaxed.
MEGA PARTY COLLAPSE: Jonathan paves way for Atiku, El Rufai, Ribadu
Acting President Goodluck Jonathan has cleared the way for former Vice President Atiku Abubakar to return to his estranged party, the ruling Peoples Democratic (PDP). Saturday Vanguard learnt that a decision would be taken on the return next Tuesday.
Senate in a fix over conflicting Appeal Court judgments on Emodi
Chief Alphonsus Igbeke who obtained a court judgment penultimate Thursday to remove Senator Joy Emodi from the Senate may have perfected a way upstaging legislators from his native Anambra State in the courts
Seven-month-old pregnant NTA reporter jumps into a well to save her daughter
It was just like any other weekend at Zango, a suburb in Ilorin Kwara State, where Mrs Iyabode Olorunnisola, a renowned broadcaster at the NTA, Ilorin, lives.
