While the strike lasts
Monday was the 16th anniversary of 9/11, the day the whole world woke up to witness the full horror of man’s inhumanity to man. Today, six days after this indiscriminate and irreligious destruction of innocent lives was also the 16th anniversary of my own version of 9/11; the day I and my family witnessed at close range, the horror of man’s inhumanity to man. It was the day I was shot point blank as they say, disposed of my car, and dumped in a secluded side road to die. It was also the day, paradoxically, that I witnessed the good and bad sides of humanity.
PDP: Is the joy ride about to end?
For a party itching to stage a comeback after its 2015 thrashing; the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) must leave little or no room for another sequence of self-inflicted woes.
Buhari’s men battle for Cross River APC leadership
There is palpable anxiety in the cross River State chapter of the All progressives congress, APC, following the tussle for leadership of the party in the state, with observers asking questions if the party would be able to pull its acts together before the fast approaching 2017 elections .
Army, police planted bombs in Mazi Nnamdi Kanu’s house – IPOB
The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, yesterday denied that the organization was either a terrorist or military group, saying that the members had always preached non-violence in all their activities.
Imo 2019: Is Equity on the side of Ihedioha?
Many people in Imo State are wont to believe that 2015 was the best opportunity for Hon. Emeka Ihedioha, former Deputy Speaker of House of Representatives, to have emerged the governor of the state.
Money is sweet, but not oily
The heading is a literal translation of a popular saying in Urhoboland: igho vwerha; yo f’ivwrii. It means money is good, but not everything. For some time now, especially since Vanguard Newspaper and others started devoting specific pages to reporting of crime stories, many people have been asking if these crimes have always been there or there an upsurge.
Western Lotto fulfils promise as lady wins N15m
In the bid to fulfil the promise of empowering Nigerians by rewarding 2042 Nigerians with the sum of N168 million,one of the customers of Western Lotto has just won a jackpot of N15 million.
Labour spits fire over non appointment of professionals in NIMET to curb flooding
As some states in the country have been warned to be on alert over imminent flooding, the organized labour has condemned the alleged appointment of non career professionals in some key technical and scientific directorate position in Nigerian Meteorological Agency, NIMET by the Federal Government.
FG, SSANU, NASU, NAAT negotiation inconclusive
THE meeting between the Federal Government Negotiation Team and striking non teaching staff in the universities was inconclusive last night but with some agreements reached between the two parties.
Produce my son, dead or alive – family of missing Sergeant urges IGP Idris
The family of Pa Jeremiah Nwankwo of Abala community in Obingwa council area of Abia state has cried out over the whereabouts of their son, Daniel Nwankwo, a Police Sergeant attached to the Anti Kidnapping Unit of the Akwa Ibom State Police Command.
How I was forced to drink my late husband’s bath water by family – widow
A widow, Mrs. Stella Ogheneovo, who was allegedly forced to drink the water used to wash her dead husband’s corpse by relatives of the deceased to prove her innocence about the death of her husband, Captain Johnbull Ogheneovo, has alerted police authorities over her plight.
