Some of them that spoke secretly to Vanguard said it was the prayers they said to God over the way the outgoing police boss treated their promotion that resulted in his inglorious removal from office. One of them at the 1st floor unequivocally told this reporter that he has been drinking with his colleagues after hearing the news.

On getting to the Villa, he was shocked with the President’s gift of a retirement message even though he had not completed 35 years in service and he still had until 2013 to be in the force.

So, the point I am making is that because the South-West had fought a heroic battle,
everybody had no alternative than to say ‘accommodate them so that we can have peace.’ What I am telling my Igbo brothers is to make themselves so relevant to the Nigerian system that people will say, ‘look, at this point in time, the Igbo candidate is the best we have and it is in Nigeria’s interest to have him.’

National Chairman of All Progressive Grand Alliance, APGA, Chief Victor Umeh, has embarked on voter education ahead of the January 2011 general elections

A non governmental organisation, the Initiative for Better Power Supply, has called on the Federal Government to stay action on the planned increase in electricity tariff in the country. The group in a statement, yesterday by its national Coordinator, Mr Emmanuel Onose and Technical Adviser, Mr Ayembi Agidi, said government should rather concentrate on improving power supply in the country

Members of the Bayelsa State House of Assembly led by the Speaker, Mr Nestor Binabo, have met with civil society groups in the state on the need for the accelerated passage of the Bayelsa State Expenditure and Income Transparency Initiative, BEITI, bill, saying that it will reduce conflict in the management of the state’s resources

PRINCE Obioma Eze Ogbulafor, second son of immediate past National Chairman of the ruling, Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Prince Vincent Ogbulafor, has joined the race for Umuahia/Ikwuano Federal Constituency of Abia State.

THE Benin National Congress, BNC, a Bini socio-cultural organisation, has raised alarm over alleged plot by some persons to cause fresh crisis at the University of Benin, UNIBEN, through what it described as frivolous petitions against the management of the university

Governor Jonah Jang of Plateau State has congratulated Muslims in the state on the successful completion of the 30-day Ramadan fast, calling for prayers for continued peace in the state.

Some members of the Jama’atu Izalatul Bid’a Wa Iqamatus Sunnah, JIBWIS, in Sokoto observed Eid-el-Fitr on Thursday against the announcement of the Sultan of Sokoto that it would take place today