APC aspirant’s wife gives out 2,000 pads, sensitises girls in Osun
Hundreds of teenage girls in Apomu Kingdom received free menstrual pads and practical health education on Tuesday as Dr Sekinat Bola -Oyebamiji, wife of APC governorship aspirant and President of Medical Women Association, Osun State Chapter, donated 2000 menstrual pads in a community outreach on menstrual hygiene and girl-child welfare. The teenage girls and young […]
Amnesty: How can it bring peace to Niger Delta?
By Jimitota Onayume There does not seem to be a consensus among militants in the Niger Delta on the amnesty from the federal government.   While some fear it is a booby trap that   should be avoided with a long spoon others think accepting the amnesty would amount to shutting them out of their sources of […]
Amnesty to Militants: Will it work? — Prominent Nigerians speak
Few days after President Umaru Yar’Adua proclaimed amnesty for Niger Delta militants who deem it fit to surrender
their arms and embrace peace, there have been different opinions on the government initiative towards bringing
lasting peace to the volatile region.
Why Elumelu’s trial over N5.2bn fraud is generating controversy
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), few weeks ago, treated Nigerians to a rude shock.
That was when the anti-graft agency bundled the Chairman of Senate Committee on Power, Senator Nicholas Ugbane, his counterpart in the House of Representatives , Ndudi Elumelu and eight others before an Abuja high court sitting at Gudu for trial.
N250m money laundering: Investigate Obi’s aides, Ngige group urges Okiro
A political group, under the name, Ngige Mandate Movement(NMM), within the week lent its voice to the call on the Inspector General of Police, Mr. Mike Okiro, Economic and Financial Crime Commission(EFCC) and other relevant government agencies to commence investigation into the N250 million money laundering allegation levelled against some of aides of Governor Peter Obi of Anambra State, insisting that the allegation must not be allowed to be swept under the carpet.
Police kill citizen Ukpokpo
By Emma Amaize A man David Ukpokpo, was last weekend shot dead by a mobile policeman in the presence of his pregnant wife shortly after settling a dispute between a market woman and a resident at Effurun in Delta State. Eyewitnesses told Vanguard that there was a heated argument at the Effurun market on Saturday, […]
