Police in the FCT say they have arrested two suspects in Abuja over “one chance’’ con trap, rescued a female victim and recovered N401,000. Police Public Relations Officer in the FCT, DSP Josephine Adeh, made the disclosure in a statement issued in Abuja on Sunday. “One chance’’ is a crime in which assailants pose as […]

The Comrade Lucky Ighoyota Foundation has urged the National Association of Okpe Students (NAOS) to remain focus in their studies, noting that education is still the only way out of poverty. The foundation coordinator led by its national coordinator Engr. Samuel Eghele Iyeni attended the National Association of Okpe Students (NAOS) 2021 Cultural Day celebration […]

By Obadiah Mailafia Why do states fail? In this Column, we have tried to meditate on the concept of state failure in relation to theNigerian predicament. As a reminder to my much-cherished gentle reader, the indicators of state failure include: mounting democratic pressures; refugees or internally displaced persons resulting in complex humanitarian emergencies; legacy of […]

Another batch of 10 abducted students of Bethel Baptist High School, Maraban Damishi, in Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna state, have regained their freedom, bringing the total of those released to 100

Ace Vanguard columnist and public intellectual, Dr Obadiah Mailafia, is dead. According to a source, the 64-year-old former deputy governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) died at the National Hospital Abuja. Dr Mailafia who was born on 24 December 1956 in the village of Randa, Sanga Local Government Area of Kaduna state served […]