UPDATED: Gunmen kill 20 in Igangan in fresh attack
SIX days after the Chairman of Amotekun Corps in Oyo State, General Ajibola Togun (retd) raised alarm that some foreign herders were about to unleash terror on the six states in the South West, scores of gunmen have attacked Igangan in Ibarapa North Local Government area of the state killing about 20 people.
PDP govs defecting to APC will be shocked — Ortom
By Peter Duru, Makurdi Benue State Governor Samuel Ortom, in this interview, speaks on state of the nation and defection of PDP governors to All Progressives Congress, APC, among other issues. Some governors elected on the platform of your party have defected to All Progressives Congress, APC. Don’t you think the development will affect the […]
Six years after: Counting the gains of change at a time of pain
By Mike Ebonugwo IT was a Wednesday morning. And as usual the news-stands at the Ikeja Under Bridge in Lagos played host to a throng of patrons and free readers poring over the newspapers on display and arguing heatedly about sundry news reports of interest. With most of the dailies featuring reports of the latest […]
Things fall apart in Edo PDP, as Obaseki, party’s alliance hits bump
• Chairman suspended, gov takes over party By Ozioruva Aliu WHEN Governor Godwin Obaseki and many of his supporters defected from the All Progressives Congress (APC) to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) before the September 19 2020 governorship election in Edo State due to his disqualification by the APC, some political analysts had opined that […]
On the increasing possibility of Nigeria’s disintegration (2)
By Douglas Anele Moreover, British officials favoured the north against the south, Igboland in particular, for very bad reasons that have absolutely nothing to do with merit or competence in democratic governance. First and foremost Islam,the predominant religion of the Fulani, strongly enjoins believers to obey their rulers, which in practice made northern muslims especially […]
How Nigeria can make peace with Fulani – — Gen Alabi-Isama (3)
•‘Fulani say they own Nigeria. I believe them’•ON SCHOOLCHILDREN KIDNAPPING: You don’t rule out ransompayment without providing alternative to rescuing victims•ON 2023: Let power shift end but Igbo must be President first By Kennedy Mbele In this concluding part of his interview with Sunday Vanguard, Brigadier General Godwin Alabi-Isama, Staff Officer at the Third Marine […]
Former beauty queen, Radiance opens first truck restaurant in Benin City
By Ayo Onikoyi Former Queen Tourism, Osatohanmwen Iwinosa Radiance is making waves in the hospitality industry in Edo State. The 22-year-old former Beauty Queen is set to open the first truck restaurant in Benin City known as Gemini Gourmet Restaurant while hoping to replicate the same feat in other cities in Nigeria in due time. […]
LAND GRABBING IN OGUN: Trouble looms over OPIC land
• UK based lawyer, another accuse Chinese firm of encroachment, using police to harass, seek Gov Abiodun’s intervention By Johnbosco Agbakwuru London based lawyer, Adeniran Adewumi, has pleaded with Governor Dapo Abiodun of Ogun State to intervene in an alleged land encroachment case by a Chinese firm, Sinoki System Ltd, operating in the state. Adewumi, […]
Why APGA will lose Anambra election – Etiaba
By Levinus Nwabughiogu, Abuja Emeka Etiaba, SAN, a governorship aspirant in Anambra State under the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in this interview, among other national issues, says the fight against insecurity has not been given the best shots. What informed your decision to run for governor of Anambra in 2021? My decision to vie in […]
Biafra, Yoruba nation agitators are talking nonsense — Gbenga Olawepo-Hashim
By Soni Daniel, Northern Region Editor One of the founding fathers of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), a major player in the oil industry and a strong voice for a united Nigeria, Mr. Gbenga Olawepo-Hashim (GOH), is not pleased with moves by some individuals to dismember Nigeria. GOH, in this interview, speaks on issues in […]
DIKKO: Bringing Port Harcourt Refinery back to life
…as US lauds rehabilitation project By Nnamdi Ojiego The Managing Director, Port Harcourt Refining Company, PHRC, Mr. Ahmed Dikko, is on course to end the protracted rot in the establishment and ensure it works at full capacity again. This is even as the United States of America, USA, delegation expressed optimism about the rehabilitation of […]
Youth commissioner mourns demise of TB Joshua
Commissioner for Youth Political Participation, Pan-African Youth Union (PYU), Oladele Nihi has mourned the demise of the Founder of The Synagogue Church of All Nations (SCOAN) Prophet TB Joshua.
DELTA 2023: Rotation rumpus escalates as Bozimo, ex-Minister, dismisses pact
• Says Ijaw not agitating, only pleading to be next gov• ‘Uduaghan, Okowa never won on basis of zoning’ By Emma Amaize, Regional Editor, South-South, and Chancel Sunday ALAOWEI Broderick Bozimo is an elder statesman and former Minister of Police Affairs. In this interview, he speaks on the need for the Ijaw to produce the […]
FG denies barring youths from travelling abroad
By Omeiza Ajayi, ABUJA The Federal Government has denied seeing up a committee to bar Nigerian youths from leaving the country. The denial was contained in a statement issued Saturday night by the Ministry of Interior and signed by Towoju Raphael on behalf of the Director, Press and Public Relations. The statement reads; “This is […]
Ayade woo Igbo investor’s to boost Cross River industrialization drive
By Ike Uchechukwu Cross River State Governor ,Prof. Ben Ayade, has called on igbos to invest in the state in a bid boost the industrialization drive when their privatisation bid Kick-starts. Gov. Ayade made the call when Igbo Community under the aegis of Igbo Congress in Cross River paid him a courtesy visit at the […]
At least 100 people killed after gunmen attack Burkina Faso village
At least 100 people were killed in a “barbaric attack” by gunmen targeting a village in north-eastern Burkina Faso, said the West African country’s president, Roch Kabore, on Saturday. Kabore said he had ordered three days of national mourning over the attack on the village of Solhan in the conflict-ridden Sahel region. Security forces were […]
