7 countries that recently changed their names
Countries sometimes change their names to reflect their history, culture, language, political identity or a new national direction.
IGP bans vigilante, Amotekun others from participating in Ondo election
As the Ondo State Gubernatorial Election, scheduled for November 16, 2024, draws near, the Inspector-General of Police, IGP Kayode Adeolu Egbetokun, has unequivocally assured the public of the Nigeria Police Force’s unwavering readiness to ensure a peaceful and orderly election process across all 18 Local Government Areas, 203 Wards, and 3,933 Polling Units in the state.
EndBadGovernance: Row over judge in minors’ treason case
In this report, Sunday Vanguard explores the background facts surrounding the November 1, 2024 arraignment by the Federal Government of 76 persons, including 32 minors, who participated in the last countrywide #EndBadGovernance protests and engages senior legal minds on the appropriateness of a High Court judge taking the pleas of minors in his court notwithstanding the provisions of the 1999 Constitution and the Child Rights Act on the matter.
Obasanjo opens up on Igbo bid for president in 1999
FORMER President Olusegun Obasanjo has narrated how Chief Onyema Ugochukwu, a former Chairman of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), dumped a fellow Igbo man, Dr Alex Ekwueme, to support his presidential bid in 1999
I never organised national prayer – Remi Tinubu
“She believes that praying for Nigeria is the responsibility of every Nigerian, irrespective of religious belief, political affiliation, tribe or tongue”
No opposition, as Okonjo-Iweala seeks second term at WTO
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, the first woman and first African to head the World Trade Organization, is uncontested in seeking another term, the group’s chair announced on Saturday.
