By Perez Brisibe UGHELL—TRAVELLERS on the Ughelli axis of East-West Road were, yesterday, stranded for over four hours as hundreds of protesting women from Ughelli and surrounding communities shut the road over what they described as the continuous estimated billings by Benin Electricity Distribution Company, BEDC. Vehicular movement and commercial activities on the road were […]

The commencement of the dredging of the Escravos has been commended and described as one of the clear dividends of democracy at the infrastructural level.

ABUJA—MINISTER of Defence, Mansur Dan-Ali, has told President Muhammadu Buhari that the military needs more equipment to tackle security challenges in the country.

PORT HARCOURT—A Rivers State High Court sitting in Port Harcourt has held that Mr. Nwafor Felix is the legal representative of All Progressives Congress, APC, in the crisis rocking the party following its ward, local government and state congresses conducted in the state in May

AS the 2019 elections draw closer zoning is turning into an issue for consideration by the two major political parties in Akwa Ibom State; the ruling People’s Democratic Party, PDP and All Progressives Congress APC in Akwa Ibom State are pushing forward strategies on how to win the gubernatorial election.

Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, SAN, has faulted the defection of Senate President, Dr Bukola Saraki; Governor Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State, his Kwara State counterpart, Abdulfatah Ahmed, from All Progressives Congress, APC, to Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, saying, it was unconstitutional.

A 48-year-old mother of five, Mrs Ebere Dike has been arrested in connection with the death of one of her lovers, Mr. Otti-Oriekpa Mike, at her apartment in Morogbo area of Ikorodu, Lagos.

Chairman of All Progressives Congress, APC, Governors’ Forum, Rochas Okorocha, has said no governor will defect from the party again.

MEMBERS of the youth wing of the ruling APC in Edo State have in the last few days been enmeshed in verbal war over the performance of the almost two years old administration of Governor Godwin Obaseki, who in the eyes of non-party members have performed creditably in terms of infrastructure, sanity in public behaviours and traffic management among others.

The Circulation Representative of Vanguard newspapers in Kaduna, Clement Olajide, yesterday, escaped death by the whiskers as soldiers deployed to enforce blockade of roads leading to the Kaduna High Court, where leader of Islamic Movement in Nigeria, IMN, Ibrahim El-Zakzaky, was to be arraigned, fired several tear gas canisters at his car, while he was distributing yesterday’s edition of Vanguard newspapers.

Bothered by the negative impression delays at the airports have caused, Delta State   government is looking at ways to effect speedy evacuation of delegations to the 21st African Athletics Championships.

Association of Economists and Statisticians of Nigeria, AESN, has hailed the Federal Government for signing Bilateral Currency Agreement with China, stressing that trade and investment between the two countries will improve and financial market stability maintain.

Confederation of Africa Athletics president, Kalkaba Malboum has explained why Asaba was chosen to host the 2018 African Athletics Championships.

Nigeria Football Federation president, Amaju Pinnick has hinted that the Super Eagles will play one of their qualification matches at the Stephen Keshi stadium.

It has been disclosed that equipment for the flood lights and scoreboard of the Stephen Keshi Stadium will be installed in another 24 hours after failing to meet the opening day deadline.