The Saraki, Dogara resistance
On June 9, members of the National Assembly, particularly the Senate, put aside political affiliation to elect their leaders. Some of them defied their party, the All Progressives Congress, APC.
First week in office: Buhari sets tone for administration
Three weeks after his swearing-in, President Muhammadu Buhari formally resumed at the Aso Rock Presidential Villa on Monday. It was a move that many Nigerians had waited for with bated breath as many had expected that it would mark the very moment Buhari would announce key appointments, including ministerial nominees.
Inside Nigeria’s dirty war on terror
After two weeks of intense investigation, Sunday Vanguard presents exclusive details of the dirty war going on between the Nigerian 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 Nigerian 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, which have both wittingly and unwittingly allowed the terrorists to gain ground and have become somewhat difficult to defeat.
Do you know who your children are sharing their mobile ‘sexting’ with?
Matilda, in her early 40s, is the principal of a high-brow private secondary school and her teeth are really on edge because of what she sees as a dangerous increase in ‘sexting’ among teenagers. According to her, “Curiosity about the sexual organs starts well before children know what their ‘bits’ are actually for, and the whispered exchange, ‘you show me yours and I’ll show you mine’ was always a secret rite of passage for kids. So, there’s nothing new about kids being fascinated by sex; sexual inquisitiveness is a natural part of growing up. But today, sadly, the innocence has been stripped away and it’s become something base and far more sinister.
Three years of Mimiko’s ‘farewell to poverty content of June 12’
When the free school shuttle scheme for pupils and students in public primary and secondary schools kicked off three years ago in Ondo State, many people expressed reservations about the sustainability of the programme. Some people lauded the programme while pessimists argued it was politically motivated to garner votes from parents of school children for the second term ambition of Governor Olusegun Mimiko.
The implication of toying with Mr. President’s security – Ejiofor, ex-DSS Director
In this interview, a security consultant and former Director of the Department of Security Service, Mike Ejiofor, speaks on the implication of the withdrawal of the DSS personnel from protecting the president.
