Former Nigerian Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Alhaji Maitama Sule, yesterday warned northern youths against being used to compromise the unity of the country, asking them to embrace dialogue.

BENIN—THE Court of Ap-peal sitting in Benin, Edo State, has set aside the judgment of an Edo State High Court, Benin, which sentenced one Mr. Clifford Owubu to death by hanging over the murder of one Kate Okoduwa in Uromi, Esan North- East Local Government Area of the state in 2007.

Following recent claims by the Lagos State Government, LASG, that it is currently executing across the state at least 205 road projects, residents who spoke to Vanguard disagree with governor Babatunde Fashola.

LAGOS—The Nigerian Army yesterday in Lagos said it was undertaking a number of counter-terrorism and counter-insurgency measures with a view to combating the security challenges confronting the country, saying it had adopted a new approach known as “Manoeuverist’ approach to warfare.”

Three countries – India, the Netherlands, and Brazil, spent $2.97 billion, about N475.08 billion in the purchase of crude oil from Nigeria in the month of February 2014, data released from the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, has revealed.

Aggreko, a Scottish firm that specialises in providing temporal power solution and temperature control across the world is currently in talks with five electricity Distribution Companies, DISCOs in Nigeria, to provide embedded power to them.

The UACN Property Development Company, UPDC has flagged off the construction of a 200 housing estate in Calabar, the Cross River State capital. Christened Calabar Golf Estate, the project is being executed in partnership with Cross River State Government.

The Ijaw Monitoring Group, IMG, has urged President Goodluck Jonathan not to elongate the tenure of incumbent Inspector-General of Police, IG Muhammed Abubakar, who is statutorily due for retirement soon.

By Kingsley Adcgboye Reacting to the view held by most Lagos residents that roads in the metropolis are in deplorable conditions due to neglect, the Lagos State government last week, insisted that it has delivered on its promise to provide good roads infrastructure. In fact, the Statc claimed that it has done more than all […]

Former Minister of Education and the Coordinator of BringBackOurGirls campaign group, Dr. Oby Ezekwesili, was yesterday arrested and detained by security operatives at Nnamdi Azikwe International Airport as she was about to board an early morning flight to London

Mixed reactions are trailing the operations of the Delta State Traffic Management Authority, DSTMA, following arrests and imposition of fines on motorists accused of allegedly violating traffic laws by the operatives.

SUCCOUR has come the way of Mrs. Juliet Imobhio in Benin, Edo State, a widow whose husband was allegedly killed by officials of the Edo State Traffic Management Agency, EDSTMA, as the state chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has raised about N2 million for her.

The PDP candidate Senator Iyiola Omisore has flayed the Osun Rural Enterprise and Agriculture Programme, O-REAP of the incumbent governor as a fraud saying the estimated N4 billion spent on agriculture cannot be accounted for.

ADO-EKITI — A Police Corporal and five others have been apprehended by soldiers for alleged vandalising telecommunication equipment.

If you have been wondering why the government of Goodluck Jonathan has achieved precious little in the monumental fight against corruption in Nigeria, the answer is very simple. There is actually no corruption in Nigeria. Nigerian politicians are thieves, but they are not corrupt.