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Nigerian newspapers review: [2027] Elections must be decided at polls, not courts – Onaiyekan, Osigwe
In today’s Nigerian newspapers review programme, Today in the News, Vanguard leads with the Catholic Archbishop Emeritus of Abuja, John Cardinal Onaiyekan; former Nigerian Bar Association President, Mazi Afam Osigwe (SAN) and political economist, Prof. Patrick Utomi, warning that democracy is weakened when the courts become the arena in which electoral victories are finally decided.
Police Inspector runs amok, kills one, injures 2, hold colleagues hostage in Calabar
A Police Inspector, one Effiong Bassey, ran amok, yesterday, shooting indiscriminately, killing one civilian identified as Mrs. Ijoema Obot and injuring two others in Calabar, Cross River State capital.
The incident Vanguard learned occurred about 6a.m. when the policeman who went to night beat at a Microfinance Bank in Calabar South returned to the Atakpa Divisional Police station and allegedly started behaving strangely.
Photos: Pope leaves hospital after more than five weeks
Pope Francis greeted and thanked the faithful from a balcony of Rome’s Gemelli hospital Sunday, the first time the 88-year-old has been seen in public since his admission on February 14.
Otedola Bridge: Survivors relive horror of fiery tanker crash
By Nnamdi Ojiego It was supposed to be a typical Tuesday night commute for many, but it turned into a nightmare for those who witnessed the devastating fire on Otedola Bridge. The inferno, which engulfed a tanker and several vehicles, left a trail of destruction and chaos in its wake. The fire, which started when […]
TINUBU, FUBARA: Why Jonathan didn’t sack govs during his emergency rule in three states — Adoke, former AGF
•‘Obasanjo desperately wanted state of emergency declared in Ogun’ By Dickson Omobola A former Attorney General of the Federation (AGF), Mohammed Bello Adoke, has provided an insight into why President Goodluck Jonathan did not suspend Governors when he imposed emergency rule in three north-eastern states in 2013. Adoke argued that Jonathan allowed the Governors to […]
Economic sabotage can’t be reason for a state of emergency — Kargbo, SAN
By Olayinka Ajayi Senior Advocate of Nigeria Sam Kargbo says criminality that has been in several parts of Nigeria ought not to be the reason for suspending a sitting governor in Rivers State. “Criminality has been with us, but you do not categorize economic criminality as one that is over or above other aspects of […]
