Nigeria@sixty

Nigeria@sixty

DEAR Vanguard readers, please go through the following excerpt from an article I wrote for the British Broadcasting Corporation, BBC, magazine 10 years ago when Nigeria turned 50 on October l, 2010…and then get in touch via text or email to tell me whether you think that there have been any significant changes since then.
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Lets leverage on ICT advantages to tackle security challenges — Tambuwal

Lets leverage on ICT advantages to tackle security challenges — Tambuwal

The chairman of Peoples’ Democratic Party ( PDP)  Governors Forum and governor of  Sokoto State,  Aminu Tambuwal, has suggested the deployment of Information and Communication Technology (ICT)  in tackling security challenges nationwide. Addressing newsmen in Bauchi on Friday when officials of the party visited Gov. Bala Mohammed, Tambuwal said the use of modern ICT gadgets […]

The broken video on Nigerian military

The broken video on Nigerian military

By Charles Obi There is an illustrative video making the round. Produced by HumAngleTV/ATJLF, the 6 minutes 5 seconds clip titled “Knifar: Women Facing Forced Family Separation by Soldiers Cry Out, But They are not planning to give up hope” is an attempt to revive attention in the plight of its subject matters. Or is […]

Huawei ready to reveal operations to show no security threat

Huawei ready to reveal operations to show no security threat

China’s Huawei is ready to be thoroughly examined to show that its technology does not pose any risk to the countries that will include its equipment in the creation of 5G networks, the head of its Italian unit said on Wednesday. “We will open our insides, we are available to be vivisected to respond to […]

Arewa leaders urge FG to grant Lagos special status

Arewa leaders urge FG to grant Lagos special status

The leaders of Arewa communities in Lagos State have urged the Federal Government to grant Lagos State special status, lamenting the state’s diverse infrastructure challenges since Federal Capital Territory, FCT, moved to Abuja.

Independence speech: President provided no solution to Nigeria’s problems — PANDEF

Independence speech: President provided no solution to Nigeria’s problems — PANDEF

By Chioma Onuegbu – Uyo The Pan Niger Delta Forum, PANDEF, has expressed disappointment that President Muhammadu Buhari did not provide solutions to Nigeria’s problems in his 60th independence speech presented to Nigerians. National Chairman of PANDEF and former military administrator of Akwa Ibom State, Air Commodore Idongesit Nkanga made the assertion yesterday in Uyo. […]

Nigeria @60: We owe our unity to God — Rivers APC

Nigeria @60: We owe our unity to God — Rivers APC

By Davies Iheamnachor – Port Harcourt The All Progressives Congress, APC in Rivers State has said the unity of the nation was an act of God. The party also said the nation in the celebration of its 60th Independence Day Anniversary was on the better stand on diversification and infrastructural development. The party in a […]

Photos, Video: IPOB, Oduduwa republic agitators in alliance march

Photos, Video: IPOB, Oduduwa republic agitators in alliance march

The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, and the Oduduwa republic agitators have protested against the celebration of Nigeria’s 60th independence anniversary calling for self-determination of both Oduduwa Republic and actualization of the sovereign state of  Biafra.

Oduduwa Republic: Students’ group reject call for secession

Oduduwa Republic: Students’ group reject call for secession

The Muslim Students’ Society of Nigeria (MSSN), Lagos State chapter, has condemned a recent call for secession and creation of the ‘Oduduwa Republic’ in the South-West. In a statement issued on Wednesday in Lagos, the Amir (President) of the students’ group, Mr Miftahudeen Thanni, described the secession attempt as a “nation killer”. Thanni said it […]