Chief Mathew Omegara, a former member of the House of Representatives, says Chief Hope Uzodinma, newly inaugurated governor of Imo, is the best thing to happen to the state.

…Says security of life, property not on exclusive list Acting National Chairman of SDP Chief Supo Shonibare has lampooned the federal government over the lingering legality issue of the security outfit set up by the South West Governors called ‘Amotekun’. According to Shonibare, “Amotekun is a legitimate solution to enhancing the security architecture of the […]

A new virus from the same family as the deadly SARS disease has spread beyond China’s borders for the first time with a case emerging in Thailand, UN and Thai officials said on Monday. Thai doctors diagnosed a Chinese traveller with mild pneumonia on January 8 later confirmed to have been caused by the so-called novel coronavirus […]

Ukraine’s prime minister offered his resignation on Friday after audio was leaked of him questioning President Volodymyr Zelensky’s grasp of economics, in the first major political test for the inexperienced leader. It was unclear whether Zelensky would accept Oleksiy Goncharuk’s offer, which came after a recording emerged of him reportedly saying the president had a […]

…As Uzodinma makes first appointment By Chinonso Alozie – Owerri Members of different political parties in Imo state are said to have expanded their lobbying strategy to get appointments in the new government of Hope Uzodinma. Also, Vanguard gathered in Owerri, that governor Uzodinma has made his first appointments with the Secretary to the State […]

Protesters blocked several main roads across Lebanon on Friday as unprecedented demonstrations against a political elite accused of corruption and incompetence entered their fourth month. The protest movement rocking Lebanon since October 17 has resurged this week, over delays in forming a new cabinet to address the country’s growing economic crisis. No progress seemed to […]

The leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, has in a live broadcast on the 15th of January 2020, backed the South West security outfit called Operation Amotekun, saying that his group would do anything to ensure that Amotekun stays in Yoruba land.

His one-year sojourn there was routine, and crucially, almost without any joy. And his eventual, almost inevitable departure, without any fanfare. However, the return of Peace Mass Transit founder, Dr. Sam Maduka Onyishi, to one of his alma maters, Buberndorf Memorial Grammar School, (BMGS), Adazi, over four decades after, had all the trappings of a […]

By Emem Idio – Yenagoa Indigenes of Bilabiri communities in Ekeremor Local Government Area of Bayelsa State have fled the community following the alleged military invasion of the community on Friday morning. The alleged invasion of the community is coming over two weeks after some military personnel were reportedly killed in the area. It was […]

By Dirisu Yakubu – Abuja The leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Friday, resolved to set up a committee to review the outcome of the 2019 general elections. The resolution followed a recommendation by former Vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar at the party’s 87th National Executive Committee, NEC, meeting which held in Abuja on […]