WHEN then Head of State Gen Yakubu Gowon, rtd proclaimed the “No Victor No Vanquished”, slogan at the end of the Nigerian Civil War on January 15, 1970, the general assumption was that the Biafran question would be resolved with the post- war programmes that were expected to come with that proclamation. Although the Igbos were obviously vanquished , the declaration created some level of confidence amid overwhelming doubts and despair.

The Secretary of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) in Shao Park, Ilorin, in Ilorin East Local Government Area of Kwara State,Mallam Salman Rafiu, was unaware of what fate had for him as he went to withdraw money from the Automated Teller Machine, ATM, in one of the new generation banks(names wiitheld) along Taiwo, Ilorin penultimate Wednesday morning.

Dr. Evelyn Omawumi Urhobo is the Chief Executive Officer of Morgan Smart Development Foundation (MSDF), a Non-Governmental Organisation with headquarters in Warri. In this chat with Vanguard, Dr Urhobo speaks on what she sees as conspiracy of silence against the women of the Niger-Delta, noting that if the women are empowered as most of them […]

Hundreds of lives, including those of security men and vandals, have been lost to pipelines explosions at Arepo, a community in Obafemi-Owode Local Government Area of Ogun State. The community is host to several oil pipelines belonging to the Nigerian National Petroleum Cooperation, NNPC .

For residents of Onitsha, the commercial nerve centre of the South Eastern part of the country, these are not the best of times. Reason: The rising occurrence of collapsed buildings in the city has unsettled many residents who are not sure of which building will cave in the next time.