Chief Chekwas Okorie is the founder of All Progressive Grand Alliance, APGA, and the United Progressives Party, UPP. He was the UPP presidential candidate in the March 28 election. In this interview, he speaks on the expectations of Nigerians from the President Muhammadu Buhari administration.

Since the global human rights watchdog, Amnesty International (AI), released its latest report on the Nigerian military, calling for the heads of nine military commanders and condemning the rank and file for alleged war crimes, things appear to have fallen apart for it. Stung by what they called the obvious biases and inconsistencies in the report which reduced the ongoing counter-terrorism war to an attack by the Nigerian Army, Navy and Air Force on innocent and law-abiding citizens in Nigeria’s North-East, many civil society and human rights organisations across the country have been staging demonstrations calling for the probe of the AI in Nigeria and expressing solidarity with the armed forces over the perceived campaign of calumny by the global watchdog

After three weeks of consultations with international and Nigeria’s political leaders, President Muhammadu Buhari appears set to effect major changes in the administration of the country in a bid to translate the ‘change’ mantra of his party into reality. To start with, the President is said to have accepted the recommendation of the transition committee he raised a few weeks ago to slash the number of ministries from the present 42 to 19 with a view to saving cost and making them more effective and responsive to the needs of Nigerians.

After two weeks of investigation, Sunday Vanguard presents exclusive details of the dirty war going on between the military, members of the Jama’atu Ahliss-Sunnah Lidda’awati Wal Jihad (Western education is evil), otherwise known as Boko Haram, some influential Nigerians who appear to have lent support to the terrorists on the one hand, and some officers and men of the military who are aiding the operations of the terrorists in this war, as well as the sometimes naïve yet complicit contradictory disposition of Europe and America, that have both wittingly and unwittingly allowed the terrorists to gain ground and have become somewhat difficult to defeat.

Fair-skinned actress, Edwin Princess, is a fast-rising actress in Nollywood. She was born in Anambra State but lived in Austria until she relocated to Nigeria to pursue her acting career. Edwin Princess has starred in movies like ‘The Birds’, ‘Ibu’s Wedding’ amongst others. She was recently on a movie location in Festac Town, where she starred alongside Eze Nwora George, Ginika Maureen and others in her latest movie. In this exclusive interview, she talks about her life, career and more.

’The odds against Boko Haram amnesty’ Professor Ibrahim Gambari was Nigeria’s Minister of Foreign Affairs during General Muhammadu Buhari’s first coming as Head of State in 1984. He moved on to serve at the United Nations as Nigeria’s Permanent Representative and was the Chairman of the National Anti-Apartheid Committee for over 20 years. He served […]

*Says he collected N300,000 on each abduction victim kept in his custody By Evelyn Usman The visit of stern looking policemen in three vans to Odubotu compound, located in Okesopen area of Ijebu-Igbo,Ogun state, sent fear down the spine of members of the sleepy community. The armed men reportedly jumped out of the vehicles and […]

The request by seven All Progressive Congress, APC, Governors, namely, Okorochas (Imo), Ambode (Lagos), Al-Makura (Nassarawa), Aregbesola (Osun), Masari (Katsina), Ganduje (Kano) and Ajimobi (Oyo) raise several questions before consideration of the content of the request itself, as well as the reasons adduced for it.

The former Federal Office of Statistics, now National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has been calculating employment/unemployment statistics to guide policy over the years. During the 1960s, data from the then FOS reflected full-employment in the economy. Even when government was concerned about rising unemployment, the FOS from 1983 – 1998 published unemployment rates average as 4.0 per cent signaling full-unemployment. From 1999 to 2013, the rates of unemployment published by NBS mirrored the concern of government that unemployment was not only a major challenge but also indicated noticeable rising trend among youth unemployment. For example, in 2010, the rate of unemployment stood at 21.4 per cent and rose to 27.4 per cent in 2012 and declined to 24.7 per cent in 2013. These high rates clearly indicate that the economy has an unemployment problem. These rates are quite at variance with the 5-5.5 per cent full employment rates.

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Alfonso Sebastian de Erice is the Spanish Ambassador to Nigeria. In this interview, he speaks on the relationship between Spain and Nigeria.

Mr Ayodeji Peter Oyedokun was the General Manager of Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) and a pioneer member of the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC). The incumbent Chief Executive Officer, Lagos State Drivers Institute, in this piece, addresses ‘At Work Road Crashes’.

Nigeria’s maritime sector appears set to compete with South Africa’s as the Liquefied Natural Gas (NLNG) moves to attract foreign investment for a USD1.5 billion (about N300 billion) shipyard begin to pay off.

Africa’s richest man Aliko Dangote has insisted his interest in buying Arsenal is not ‘overnight stuff’ and revealed he has been a fan of the club for more than 30 years thanks to former vice-chairman David Dein.

The outgoing chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof Attahiru Muhammadu Jega, has said that the commission’s staff were not adequately compensated for their diligent performance in the just concluded general elections. Prof Jega said this in Lagos at an event tagged, “Afternoon Tea with Professor Attahiru Muhammadu Jega” organised by EbonylifeTV.