Onyemachi Mrakpor, Aniocha/Oshimili Federal Constituency, Delta State You have the names of the appointees and you know where they come from, I take back the question to you. Mr Vanguard, is there anything federal about the character, is there anything character about the federal there. Federal character is clearly stated in the Constitution, it is a general question. The layman should know what is a federal character, is it not to give to Paul what is for Paul and to give to Peter what is for Peter. Let the layman study it to know whether Peter has what should go to Peter and Paul has what should go to Paul.

Operatives of the Lagos State Task-force on Environmental Sanitation and Special Offences Unit, have arrested 40 miscreants believed to be terrorizing residents, passersby and motorists in Oshodi area of the state. The suspected hoodlums were arrested during a special operation carried out at different hide-outs in Oshodi and environs. Chairman of the state task-force Superintendent of Police, SP, Olayinka Egbeyemi who said the arrest was based on the directive of Lagos State Commissioner of Police Mr. Fatai Owoseni , added that 39 males and one female were arrested. Owoseni further directed that all those arrested be charged to Magistrate Courts, Ogba, Lagos.

RETIRED soldiers and ex-agitators from the Niger Delta region are reportedly gathering forces to battle the Niger Delta Avengers, NDA. A top government bureaucrat, who is an ex-army officer, disclosed to Saturday Vanguard that “the plan has reached advanced stage, some retired army officers from the Niger Delta region have met and may call a larger meeting to take up the fight themselves if the militants do not stop destruction of oil and gas installations. “We have kept quiet for too long and with the way the militants are going, they do not seem to understand that they are destroying our environment and inviting the security agencies to come to our territory and kill our people,” he added.

Governor of the state of Osun, Rauf Aregbesola will this morning deliver a keynote address at the launch of Africa Business Club at the Imperial College Business School, London.

OVER ten governors of the All Progressives Congress (APC), under the Progressives Governors’ Forum are expected to join the Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo in flagging off the governorship campaign of the candidate of the party in the September 10 governorship election in the state, Mr Godwin Obaseki, at the Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium Benin City today.

I have to be careful how I tell the following stories; not because they are not true, but because I do not want the personalities involved to identify themselves or be identified by those who are familiar with any of the stories. At the same time, I do not want to distort the stories to such an extent that their veracity, which is the core of my message, is lost. One of the stories involves two friends who pulled out of an agency to set up their own enterprise. The two had different personalities which led them to have different social lives but seemed to complement each other in business. They both brought different sets of skills to the enterprise in any case.

My new boyfriend is a bit on the weird side. Initially, it was fun but I realised that I cannot cope anymore. Sometimes, he would ask to dress himself up in my underwear and bra and I considered it really s3xy. At other times, he would dress up in beastly attire that excites and scares me at the same time and he makes love to me like a horse. He has an outrageous strength and I enjoyed him all the time. Very recently, he started asking for anal s3x and promised me it would be the best.

Former Senior Special Assistant to President Goodluck Jonathan on Public Affairs, Doyin Okupe, has been quizzed for the second time within a month by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission over alleged graft to the tune of N162 million. Okupe, who was first interrogated on June 22 this year by EFC operatives, appeared before the commission this week to answer questions on why he received the sum of N162 million from the Office of the National Security Adviser, Sambo Dasuki, and from Chanchaga Local Government Area of Bauchi State a few days to the Peoples Democratic Party’s primary election in 2014 and the general elections in 2015.

THE House of Represen-tatives yesterday explained that the Senate President, Bukola Saraki and his deputy, Ike Ekweremadu as well as the Speaker of the House of Representatives and his deputy, Yakubu Dogara and Yussuff Lasun respectively will not be beneficiaries of the proposed immunity for the presiding officers of the National Assembly in the ongoing constitutional amendment.

SIXTY- seven days after incarceration, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC yesterday finally released the former spokesperson of ex- President Goodluck Jonathan, Chief Femi Fani- Kayode to join his family and friends.

Military procurement deals during the Boko Haram insurgency were “tainted” by corruption, a statement from the Nigerian government on its investigation into misspent security funds said Thursday. A presidential committee found that defence contracts were awarded to companies “who lacked the necessary technical competence”, the seven-page statement said. There were also outstanding contracts for “armoured […]

The Governor of Plateau State , Simon Lalong has made provision in this year’s budget to expand and develop the perishable cargo terminal at the Jos airport in other to facilitate the evacuation and distribution of farm produce and livestock from the state. The perishable cargo terminal has been lying fallow at the airport. Governor Lalong disclosed this when he spoke with Aviation reporters at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos. said that quick evacuation of farm produce would help the farmers make maximum profits from their crops and also ensure that they are sold out.

Abeokuta, Ogun State capital was agog on Friday as Political associates of fomer Governor Olusegun Osoba in their thousands converged at his Ibara GRA home, Abeokuta to celebrate his 77 birthday.

The Olympic soccer team preparing for the Rio Games say they will not be discouraged by the comments of Sports Minister Solomon Dalung even as they expressed their disappointment.

President Muhammadu Buhari will be represented by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, at the African Union Summit formally opening tomorrow in Kigali, Rwanda.