Vanguard Media head office on Kirikiri Canal, Apapa, Lagos, kinsmen to the detained Mike Okonkwo led by Messrs Bonny Okonkwo, Sam Ajuluchukwu and Jerry Okwosa all natives of Oraifitie in Anambra state and members of Ifite-Oraifite Progressive Union, Lagos described the arrest of their kinsman as sponsored and politically motivated

I can tell you that this struggle for zoning was originated, promoted and organised by the minority, because we have looked at the way the three major tribes were going and the fact that the possibility of a minority being a ruler of this country at the national level was very slim.

Governor Liyel Imoke of Cross River State has given seven imperatives of credible elections in Nigeria.
According to Imoke while presenting a lecture titled “Imperative of Credible Elections in our Nascent Democracy” at the 2010 Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) Delegates Conference at Jogor Centre, Ibadan, Wednesday, these include a people-based constitution, an enlightened citizenry, accountable leadership, democratic institutions, separation of powers, the sanctity of elections and credible opposition.

Dr Orhii disclosed this while declaring open a one day workshop organized by NAFDAC in collaboration with the Fake Proof and Quality Awareness Initiative Organization in Enugu.

The Nigerian Army said yesterday that it turned down many pressures from some quarters to interrupt the current democracy because of its firm belief in the sustenance of democracy.

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, yesterday ruled out the possibility of extraditing the Chinese nationals arrested in connection with the recent seizure of 450.400kg of cocaine valued at N4 billion.

Today, I will go a little deeper on certain issues. Life itself is very deep, and you really cannot fully understand it. Just when you begin to think you are getting a grasp of what life is all about, things happen, and you begin to realize that it really is a little bit complicated.

New Face philosophy in governance, in my opinion, is the greatest achievement of Ohakim now and whenever he leaves office. Because to me, it is not the actual inventor but the conceptualization of an invention that should be praised. For example, Egypt is given credit for inventing the wheel by the world, but Egypt may not have invented the best wheel. So, it is actually the Egyptian conceptualization of the wheel that brings her the accolades.

Waje Iruobe is one celeb we love to love. Most of us heard her and mimicked her voice even before we knew what name she goes by. That was in 2008 when pop twins P_Square came to town with monster hit, Do Me.

Mr Joseph Daudu, SAN, has emerged the President-elect of the Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, at an election held on Thursday in Ibadan, Oyo State. Mr Daudu has meanwhile described the congress that produced him as worthy of emulation.

The Sokoto state Police Command has arrested a 35-year old woman, Asma’u Ibrahim for allegedly setting her adopted son, Mohammed Mubarak Bala, aged ten ablaze.

FOUR men have been arrested in Igbokoda area of Ondo state ahead of today’s Bye Election into the Ilaje Constituency 11in the House of Assembly with pump action guns.

TRAGEDY occurred yesterday when an unidentified tanker driver suspected to be a smuggler of petroleum products lost control of his vehicle around the popular Bama_ Banki Junction and ram into passengers and trapped them when he was about to negotiate his way, living the driver and the passengers dead.

FORMER NFA board member Chief Taiwo Ogunjobi may be under probe from the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over his activities in the NFA but the former Shooting Stars Sports Club manager still influential in Nigerian football .

Dear sir, you may not remember me. However, I have been privileged to meet you face to
face when you were the Military Administrator of Lagos State.