‘Buhari’s move against pension for former govs will help reduce cost of governance’
A human rights group, known as the Centre for the Vulnerable and the Underprivileged, (Centrep) has commended the President-elect, General Muhammadu Buhari (retd) for moving against pension for former governors, noting that the move if successfully achieved would help to reduce what he described as “prohibitive cost of governance” in this country.
‘Local gin’ suspected of causing 20 deaths in Ondo
THE Ondo State government said it suspected ethanol poisoning from a local gin for the death of over 20 persons at Irele area of the state last week.
Presidency denies spending N2trn on 2015 election
Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Dr Reuben Abati has dismissed as “mischievous, false and embarrassing”, a report in a national daily, (not Vanguard) that the Presidency spent N2 trillion on the 2015 General elections.
Footprints, contradictions of Uche Chukwumerije
SENATOR Uche Chukwumerije was a rallying point at some of the country’s most poignant political periods. In the civil war, when the country almost broke in two, Chukwumerije’s voice was an echo that helped to rouse demoralised Biafran soldiers and compatriots. Subsequently, in 1993 as political passions seemed to boil over after the annulment of the June 12, 1993 presidential election, Chukwumerije arrived the scene as the chief propagandist of the military regime’s controversial decision.
How a father could be sexually interested in his daughter
No matter how repulsive majority of the public think incest is, it is troubling that a lot of cases involving what is now termed ‘Genetic sexual attraction’ surface everyday – in the papers, on the telly and even on the grapevine.
Lagos PDP seeks use of card reader for council polls
Lagos—The Lagos state chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has advocated the use of Smart Card Readers for the state’s local council elections just as it decried the delay in the conduct of the polls.
