Uneasy calm has pervaded the university town of Nsukka, Enugu State, following allegations of involvement of masquerades in the increasing acts of robbery, torture and extortion of money from unsuspecting victims.

*Katsina airport traffic rises amid general decline in air passenger traffic By Emeka Anaeto, Economy Editor THERE are indications that the political fortunes of Katsina State which rose with Muhammadu Buhari’s election and inauguration as president have yielded massive commercial returns for the city as passenger traffic at the airport rose by 668 or 319.6 […]

The Nigerian social media space was agog some weeks back when Cynthia Morgan shared pictures of her kissing Burna Boy.

In recent times the Nigerian entertainment terrain has witnessed a number of upcoming artistes who have the potential to become great. One of such is Ogochukwu Uche Anya a.k.a Gogowe.

Most respondents to Saturday Vanguard’s inquiries pointed to the fact that members of the Governor’s immediate family, in-laws and a handful of trusted friends, run the affairs of the state. They are the power brokers that would continue to shape and possibly populate the expected cabinet. The same persons, the respondents argued, have remained in government since 2011 and are being moved from one public office to the other.

After three month in office as governor of Taraba state Arch Darius Ishaku has not appointed commissioners that would constitute the state executive council. This may be connected to paucity of funds to pay the salaries and allowances of the prospective commissioners and special advisers.

AFTER the April 11 governorship election, it was as if the handing over from Dr. Muazu Babangida Aliyu of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the Governor elect, Alhaji Abubakar Sani Bello of the All Progressives Congress (APC), should be with immediate effect. The expectations of dividends of democracy anticipated from the change were high.

The alarm bells that the cookies have crumbled have continued to toll for the trio of Taraba, Sharks and Akwa United, who are all in danger of being relegated if they do not stem the slide of poor results that have been their lot in recent weeks.

FORMER Militants in the Niger Delta under the Third Phase Group has called on the Federal Government to aggressively pursue development of the Niger Delta to forestall another crisis in the region. The former militants, who flayed the actions of former Presidential Adviser to the President on the Amnesty Programme, Kingsley Kuku, said that the call is timely as such failure in the past led to increase in militancy and unrest, which caused drastic drop in national earning.

A bomb explosion Friday morning rocked the Malkohi camp of the Internally Displaced Persons, IDPs killing no fewer than nine persons, while nine others were injured, most of them in critical situation.

With about 10 matches left to play in the season, Heartland, Shooting Stars and Ifeanyi Uba are begging to be separated. From available statistics, the trio share the same number of points, 41 and similar number of victories, 12.

Nigerian artistes usually move around with bodyguards. Many of them even have men of the Nigeria Police Force on their entourage to protect them from overzealous fans and unruly touts.

Fast-rising singer, Kiss Daniels was recently enmeshed in a controversy with another upcoming singer, Byno over his failure to pay the latter $3,000 which he won in the ‘Woju’ contest.

IF the outcome of the 2015 governorship election in Abia State depended on the Aba electorate, Dr Okezie Ikpeazu of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) would not have won the polls. The victor would have been Dr Alex Otti of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA).

Five Star Music signee, Harrysong is still basking in the euphoria of the success of his latest single, ‘Reggae Blues’ which has currently assumed the status of a national anthem at clubs, and on the airwaves.