The faceoff with Lawal was a clear demonstration of how the Senate could apply grit on an issue it is well at grips with

No fewer than four people were feared dead in the clash between the herdsmen and farmers in Minda, Lau local government area of Taraba state on Thursday.

FORMER Speaker of the Parliament of the Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS Parliament, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, yesterday congratulated a serving member of the Community Parliament, Senator George Oppong Weah, on his victory in the Liberian presidential election.

Since her university days, the Chief Executive Officer, Knowledge Aid Initiative (KAI), Success Ojo has consistently fought for the interest and social inclusion of the vulnerable people in remote communities. In this interview with Olayinka Latona, she shares her experience over the years, talked about her organisation, the launching of the OneBariga Women Project of the organization and the Christmas Blessing Bag party with 1,000 Children in the slum of Ilaje Bariga, Lagos State, Nigeria.

In his goodwill message to Nigerians in the new year, immediate past National President of the Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, His Eminence Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor maintained that it is expedient on all Nigerians to take advantage of the start of a new era to review our past failures and resolve and make new commitments to God who created the Heavens and Earth, stressing that if “we are dissatisfied with the past, then we have another opportunity to make a fresh start with God as the center of our focus.

ANOTHER disturbing factor about prison congestion in Nigeria is the confirmed presence of underage persons in some of the country’s prisons.

A serving soldier, Cpl Akpan Edet who said he was attached to 81 batallion, Mokola Ibadan was among other suspects paraded by the Oyo State Police command for allegedly hijacking a fuel-laden truck at Iwo area of Ibadan.

THE member representing Ughelli North/Ughelli South /Udu  Federal Constituency, Chief Solomon Ahwinawhi, has urged Deltans continue to support the People’s Democratic Party, PDP led government of Dr Ifeanyi Okowa. Ahwinawhi who spoke to Saturday Vanguard on telephone, yesterday assured that 2018 would be better than 2017,  saying that the state government is committed to the economic well-being of all Deltans.

A group, the Posterity Initiative for Fairness and Justice, has enjoined the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, to be non-partisan in its fight against corruption in the country in order to enjoy the support of majority of Nigerians.

The common war cry ‘health is wealth‘ is borne out of the reality that it is only a healthy man that can meet his needs, his immediate environment and the society at large. A healthy man is a wealthy man by any standard and his social, political and economic contributions to the society are unassailable. Little wonder, the government of Delta State is driven by the uncommon passion to minister to the health challenges of Deltans through the provision of quality health care delivery and making sure that the various government owned hospitals across the length and breadth of the state are manned by qualified manpower and the constant provision of drugs and other medicaments. This is not by fluke or accident of history. The man at the driver‘s seat in Government House, Asaba, Senator Ifeanyi Okowa is a qualified medical doctor, a product of the University of Ibadan.

It is no longer news that 29-year-old Edo State actress cum producer, Ruth Kadiri, got engaged to her mystery man in Sweden during the week, as she displayed her engagement ring in a post without showing the lucky man whom she allegedly referred to as red cap chief.

Sultry Nollywood actress Titi Osinowo, has risen above the hurdles in the make-believe world and she’s on her way to the big league. The thespian who started her journey into acting in 2006,opens up on career and relationships in this interview.

This is one Christmas story that should never, ever be told again—by government, marketers, anyone

AHEAD of 2018, leadership tussle which had hitherto split members of Actors Guild of Nigeria, AGN into factions and hindered smooth operations of the guild has at last been brought under control and declared over.

Founder/C.E.O of Africa International Film Festival,AFRIFF, Ms. Chioma Ude was honoured with a Special Recognition Award at this year’s edition of In-Short Film Festival which was held penultimate Saturday, in Lagos.