AHEAD of the 2016 governorship election in Edo State, a group, Peter Esele Solidarity Committee, PESOC 2016, has called for issue-based debates among all those aspiring to succeed Mr Adams Oshiomhole to enable the people elect the best candidate that will fly the flag of the All Progressives Congress, APC.

Mr. Fajemidagba Foluso is an elder in the Christ Apostolic Church, CAC, Mowe in the Obafemi Owode Local Government Area of Ogun State. Foluso who recently had a close shave with death in the hands of persons suspected to be ritual killers, narrated his ordeal to Vanguard Metro.

THE Ijaw Women Connect, IWC, worldwide, yesterday, added its voice to those of other Nigerians in condemning the manhandling of the former Director-General of Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA, Dr. Patrick Akpobolokemi, by operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, at the premises of the Federal High Court, Ikoyi, Lagos.

The suspended member representing Isoko South II constituency in the Delta State House of Assembly, Mr Johnson Erijo, has dissociated himself from the litigation by a group of persons against the state legislature over his suspension from the House.

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THE Delta Ijaw Youth Assembly, DIYA, yesterday, urged President Muhammdu Buhari to call the Director General of Department of State Services, DSS, Musa Lawal Daura, to order, saying that he has succeeded in infusing a culture of lawlessness on other law enforcement agencies with his purported impunity.

The Osun State Governorship Election Tribunal headed by Justice Elizabeth Ipejime on 6th of February, 2015 declared, Osun State Governor, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola of the All Progressives Congress, APC, as the winner of the August 2014 governorship election in the state.

The Bauchi State government in collaboration with UNICEF is training 1,847 female teachers under a project known as Female Teachers Trainee Scholarship Scheme (FTTSS) as part of efforts at boosting girl child education.

There were surprises at the residence of Governor Abiola Ajimobi yesterday as one of his arch political rivals at the April 11 poll, Otunba Adebayo Alao-Akala appeared and congratulated him on his victory at the Appeal Court.

Warri based constitutional lawyer, Dr Akpo Mudiaga-Odje in this interview bares his mind on the APC led government insisting that it may be too early to assess the Buhari administration

The Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai, said on Thursday that the arrested Shi’ite sect leader, Sheikh Ibrahim El-Zak-Zaky, is no longer in the custody of the Army.

AKURE—DETECTIVES in Ondo State Police Command are investigating the death of an unidentified man who was reportedly beheaded beside a mountain where people pray and worship at Amese Community in Akure, the state capital.

Lagos – A sexagenarian, who stood surety for their neighbour, were yesterday arraigned before an Igbosere Magistrate’s Court, Lagos, for allegedly failing to produce the person they stood surety for.

IT was indeed another intellectual gathering and honour well deserved as notable Nigerians, captains of industry, scholars, writers and friends converged on the Nigeria Institute of International Affairs, Victoria Island, to celebrate the Vanguard Publisher, Mr Sam Amuka, fondly known as Uncle Sam in the media industry.

Following the All Progressives Congress, APC’s allegation that Governor Ayo Fayose’s victory at the June 21 governorship election was aided by the military, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP in Ekiti State has described the APC outcry as a cock and bull stories.