By Kingsley Omonobi ABUJA-The ten Nigerians kidnapped by Somali Pirates who hijacked their ship, MV Yenegoa Ocean off Somali waters, arrived the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport , Abuja aboard an Ethiopian airline to the warm embrace of the Minister of Defence, Dr. Shettima Mustapha with the minister expressing federal government’s joy that the ten of […]

By Dennis Agbo FAMILY of the late former governor of old Anambra State, Chief C.C Onoh, has returned some building material items meant for renovations at the Enugu-Ngwo ancestral home of the Onohs’, which were brought by the Enugu State government as part of the government’s support for the burial of the late sage who […]

By Abdallah el-Kurebe Sokoto – Despite the global economic meltdown , Sokoto State Commissioner of Finance, Alhaji Faruk Malami Yabo has said that the strategic savings embarked upon by the state government before the global recession has provided soft landing for the state, economically. Speaking with Vanguard in his office in Sokoto, Yabo said that […]

They called on the national Boundary Commission to “revisit, as a matter of urgency the purported boundary adjustment between Cross River State and its sister state, Akwa Ibom which has led to the loss of our membership of the league of oil producing states of Nigeria .”

Those advocating for a cut in the agenda are however entitled to their opinion but for those trying to play politics with nothing-agents of confusion and retrogression who wants to cash-in on anything to derail us-let them shop elsewhere as Nigerians are wise to their antics and will not be swayed from the honourable course Mr President has charted for the country’s salvation.

“I am writing a book titled ‘in search of unity’, and June 12 will be treated as a chapter under that book and that’s all, Tofa made a veil reference to one of the significant incident of our tortuous journey to democracy in Kano yesterday.

The Ghanaian President, Mr John Atta-Mills, is  in Abuja on to commence a one-day official visit to Nigeria.

Alhaji Dangote, the chief launcher at the ceremony had made a brief appearance with a whopping donation of 5% of the needed money,N75M before he left the venue, but Femi Otedola a co-launcher shortly after, shocked the entire congregation with a donation of N80M, the highest, shooting Dangotes by N5M.

While explaining that the Ogun State Development and Bond Law of 1980 was passed by the State House of Assembly under Chief Bisi Onabanjo, Ajayi said “that has taken care of the bond and therefore, the house does not need to enact another law because there is an existing Law 12 which takes care of that.”

My wife also failed in her last year in the university, but waited for one year before she graduated. When I asked my daughter about this university, she said everything in Covenant University is good. So keep it up. I want to commend the Chancellor and the Vice Chancellor.”

I will give my life for Enugu state, and it’s a struggle I grew up seeing him go through and it’s a struggle we all as his kids paid dearly for

The Defence headquarters warned yesterday that the offer of amnesty to militants by the federal government to lay down their arms and embrace peace and dialogue in resolving the crisis in the Niger Delta, did not mean that vital national interests in the area would not be safeguarded if threatened or attacked.

By Samuel Oyadongha Yenagoa – The Joint Task Force has confirmed the attack on its location at Obioku in the Nembe Creek by militants.

The relative peace of Nembe creek was in the early hours of today (Friday) shattered as heavily armed militants engaged men of the Joint Task Force stationed at Obioku community in bloody shoot out forcing the natives to flee their homes.

By Laide Akinboade ABUJA – Minister of Environment, Mr. John Odey has revealed that over 43 million Nigerians are affected by desertification.