By Chidi Nkwopara – Owerri Imo State Governor, Senator Hope Uzodimma, has appealed to Ndigbo, to unite and effectively begin to plan how to win the 2023 presidency. Uzodimma spoke during the post-presentation thanksgiving service of Archbishop David Onuoha, at St. Paul’s Anglican Cathedral, Ezeoke Nsu, Ehime Mbano local council area of the state. His […]

By Louis Odion, FNGE The Samuel we read in the Holy Bible was a transformational figure in the Old Testament. Through him finally came kings to shepherd the nation of Israel after Joshua. The miracle child of Hannah was ordained to administer divine oath on God’s anointed. Conversely, the Samuel we encountered in Nigeria’s media […]

Dr Christian Opata, a chieftain of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has said the union’s rejection of the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information Management System (IPPIS) has nothing to do with its current strike. Opata, who is the Chairman of ASUU, University of Nigeria, Nsukka chapter, said this on Monday while briefing newsmen […]

By Dennis Agbo The President General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Chief Nnia Nwodo, has cancelled the inauguration of the 40-man electoral committee he had set up during the Imeobi meeting of the organization in Enugu on December 6. Nwodo who confirmed the cancellation to Vanguard gave no reason for his action but said it was not […]

“My husband is a womaniser, he sleeps with church members,’’ a 49-year-old evangelist, Chinwe Ekwe, told an Igando Customary Court on Monday in Lagos. Chinwe spoke while responding to a divorce suit filed by her husband, Pastor Paul Ekwe, who had accused her of planning to kill him. Chinwe said that her husband was molesting […]

By Chimaobi Nwaiwu Following the inability of South-East governors, to float a security outfit like the Amotekun of the South-West, the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, weekend, floated a security outfit named Eastern Security Network, ESN. IPOB in a statement by its Media and Publicity Secretary, Emma Powerful, said that the security outfit is not […]

Medical workers are due to give the first doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine in locations across the U.S. on Monday, to kick-off the largest inoculation programme in the country’s history. Regulators over the weekend gave the final approvals needed for the emergency use of the vaccine, and logistics companies working with the federal government […]

Justice Tanko Mohammad, the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), said on Monday that lawyers who engaged in unprofessional conduct during court proceedings would be sanctioned. Mohammad was represented by Justice Bode Rhodes-Vivour, while marking the 2020/2021 legal year and swearing-in the 72 newly conferred 72 Senior Advocates of Nigeria (SAN). He appealed to lawyers, particularly […]

By Emeka Anaeto, Business Editor The year 2021 is literally here. Suddenly it has become the year for a magic which was initially expected for 2020, but which disappointed due, obviously, to the public health crises of COVID-19 that practically pressured all economies, including Nigeria’s. Most economies, even corporates and individuals, have moved all the […]

By Omeiza Ajayi The Forum of non-National Working Committee elected officials of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has backed the decision of the Mai Mala Buni-led Caretaker Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee CECPC to embark on membership registration and revalidation, pledging to mobilise Nigerians to participate in the exercise. The forum also expressed satisfaction at […]