AHEAD of the November 16 governorship election in Bayelsa state, an aspirant on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Mr. Fred Agbedi, has promised to take advantage of the state’s oil and gas resources to build a modular refinery, if elected.

BAYELSA State Resident Electoral Commissioner, REC, Pastor Monday Udo-Tom, has assured  of the determination of the the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to conduct credible governorship election in November.

ABUJA— Members of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria, IMN, also known as Shi’ites, yesterday, clashed with the police at the federal secretariat, Abuja, with one of the leaders in the South-West saying there would be no Nigeria in 2023, if security agents continue to kill them.

Suspected armed herdsmen who shot at their host community in Obokofia community in Ohaji/Egbema local government area, Imo State, have asked to be forgiven over the incident. Vanguard was told yesterday in Owerri, that it was the outcome of the security council meeting held on Wednesday in Ohaji/Egbema, by the transition community chairman, Damian Ezeru, […]

LAST week, three surprising climb-downs took place.  Firstly, Adamawa-North lawmaker, Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Senator, Elisha Abbo – a Christian – was filmed viciously assaulting a sales lady in a sex toy shop that he happened to be visiting and instructing his police orderly to aggressively yank the sales lady out of her place of work. 

IT must have come as a shock to many Nigerians when the Kano State Command of the Nigeria Police revealed, weekend, that it combed the city and arrested no less than 87 suspects, including three Boko Haram commanders and others paraded for armed robbery, kidnapping, theft and banditry.

Dr. Kunle Olajide, Secretary-General, Yoruba Council of Elders and the Aare of Efon Kingdom, in this interview with Vanguard, described his purported suspension as a huge joke. He also explains why the South-West is currently being pummeled by security challenges. Excerpts:

ONE of the governorship aspirants of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP,  Amb. Godknows Igali, in an interview with Vanguard spoke among others on how he will consolidate on the achievements of Governor Seriake Dickson, if elected.

The Department of State Services, DSS, has invited the leader of Biafra Independence Movement BIM, Chief Ralph Uwazuruike, to its Owerri office for “a meeting with the State Director.”

The Town Unions of over six hundred Autonomous Communities and collaborating Apex Zonal Social Cultural Organization have demanded the probe of the former Governor of the state, Senator Rochas Okorocha, accusing the former governor of allegedly plunging the state into unprecedented debt which amounts to the tune of 200billion naira under the supervision of his son-in-law, Mr Uche Nwosu.

 Members of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria, IMN, also known as Shi’ites, yesterday, clashed with the police at the federal secretariat, Abuja, with one of the leaders in the South-West saying there would be no Nigeria in 2023 if security agents continue to kill them.

AS the crisis within the Yoruba Council of Elders continues, the President of the council, Col. Dansaaki S. Ade Agbede (retd) has said the embattled Secretary- General of the council, Dr Kunle Olajide was suspended because of “public disgrace he opened the association to during the recently-concluded security summit held in Ibadan.”

ABUJA—THE Presidency, yesterday, said it welcomes the Reverend Philip Mounstephen, Bishop of Truro’s recent report to the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office, and the UK’s new focus on herder-farmer clashes.

Reformed Niger-Delta militants popularly known as ex-agitators have threatened to resume attacks on oil facilities in the region over claims of delay in training programme and inhuman treatment meted against them in the Presidential Amnesty Office, Abuja.

IBADAN—FORMER Head of State, Gen. Abdulsalami Abubakar (retd), yesterday, urged Nigerians to be involved in tackling insecurity by providing helpful information about strange faces in their areas to relevant security agents, saying government could not do it alone.