Some commercial sex workers in Port Harcourt, NIgeria have planned “a service of songs” for pop idol Michael Jackson, to display their heartfelt grief “for a musician whose music always attracts customers to us when we dance”.

By Kingsley Adegboye The seeming recurring decimal of building collapse reared its tragic head once again on Sunday in Lagos and by the time rescue operation could be mounted 11 people had lost their lives while others sustained different degrees of injuries. This is besides valuable possessions also lost in the process. As was the […]

By Bose Adebayo WHEN was the last time you visited Sango-Ota in Ogun State? In those days, it used to be a commercial hub that links the state to Lagos State but activities on this road have been on a standstill since December 2007 due to the abandoned flyover. Interestingly a lot of those who […]

By Ebele Orakpo At Egbeda Bus stop Thursday, the usual Lagos traffic was gradually building up and everyone was praying to get home before the heavens opened its bowels with heavy downpour. Suddenly, a newspaper vendor passed with some of his wares on display. The bold headline of one of the national dailies caught the […]

By  Mike Ebonugwo & Bose Adebayo When the rain-drenched gentleman suddenly began to wax poetic some of those around were taken aback as they thought he had lost his mind. But this was not the case since the man was simply reciting the popular nursery rhyme, Rain, Rain Go Away… to underline his wish that […]

Last week, we learnt about how to access the treasures in the Word of God. As I conclude this teaching, I want to show you why you need revelation. I will also teach on the virtues of revelation.

You needed to have seen Diepreye Solomon Peter Alamieyeseigha, the former governor of Bayelsa State. In this very first tell-all interview with Sunday Vanguard, Alamieyeseigha discloses some disturbing truths about former President Olusegun Obasanjo and what actually led to his travails. Sober but not condescending, Alamieyeseigha admitted that mistakes may have been made but that they were made on the platform of expediency.

The Police in Enugu made a breakthrough over the week when they arrested a five-man kidnap gang that specializes in kidnapping prominent businessmen and personalities within the South Eastern States for which ransoms worth several millions of naira had been paid to them. Members of the gang were intercepted at a police check point manned by operatives of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad of the Enugu State Police Command on the Enugu – Onitsha highway Monday evening, the police said .

The popular Orishirishi joint, a beer parlour in Iranwo area of Ikorodu was recently in the news following the death of a customer right inside the beer parlour. The alleged assailant, a private security man, one Sampson Olu Felintin, is currently explaining to detectives at the dreaded State Criminal Investigations Department (SCID),Panti, Yaba, Lagos how it all happened.

AS Nigeria joins the rest of the world to mark the United Nations Day Against Illicit Drug Trafficking and Abuse on Friday June 26, the Chairman of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Ahmadu Giade has said that Nigeria is winning the war against illicit trafficking in hard drugs.

The spate of kidnaping in Edo state has remained unabated in the past few months. About thirty persons have been kidnaped and freed in the last two months and several millions of naira was paid to their captors. Majority of the victims are bankers but because of the safety of these victims ,the matter is treated quietly.

South Africa recently held its Election without the storm of protest that usually trails elections in places like Nigeria. Mrs Papela a member of the South African electoral Commission told Saturday Vanguard in an interview recently what they do to electoral offenders. Enjoy it.

By Abdulwahab Abdulah Senator Sikiru Ayodeji Shitta-Bey, a lawyer and front-line politician is one man that would not be prevented by his old age  from carrying out his daily practice of law and politics. In his days as politician, he was elected as a member of the Federal House of Representatives and a Senator of […]

By Awa Kalu Like darkness, the sad upsurge of kidnapping has enveloped with ease, certain parts of this country. According to H.Loewy (Criminal Law in a Nutshell (2nd ed.1987), ‘at early common law, kidnapping required asportation of the victim to another country.

By Emmanuel Majebi The Chief Justice of Nigeria or the Chief Judge of a State against whom an allegation of inability to misconduct or contravention of the code of conduct has been made under this section shall be entitled to defend himself in person or by a Legal practitioner of his own choice before the […]