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Bank manager kidnapped in Benin

Bank manager kidnapped in Benin

BY SIMON EBEGBULEM THE bank manager of a first generation bank in Benin, was yesterday abducted by gunmen suspected to be kidnappers. Sunday Vanguard learnt that the bank manager was abducted in front of his residence at Airport Road, and taken to an unknown destination.

African Renaissance Party suggest end to crisis in Niger Delta

African Renaissance Party suggest end to crisis in Niger Delta

BY JIMITOTA ONOYUME AFRICAN Renaissance party has called on the federal government to implement true federalism as a lasting solution to incessant conflicts in the Niger Delta region. Speaking in Port Harcourt, national Publicity secretary of the party, Chief Omenazu Johnson said under the arrangement, the region should allowed to control fifty percent of its […]

June 12: A date that remains indelible

June 12: A date that remains indelible

By Okey Ndiribe & Charles Kumolu ALthough many of the gaily dressed  youths seated inside the hall listened to the guest   lecturer Prof Adebayo Williams  with half attention last Friday in Lagos,  the atmosphere  was nonetheless  melancholic as he went down memory lane to recall tense moments that characterised  the struggle for the actualisation […]

‘We are retrogressing from the standard practice of democracy’

‘We are retrogressing from the standard practice of democracy’

CHIEF Femi Lanlehin is a chieftain of the Action Congress party, AC in Oyo State. In this interview with Sunday Vanguard, the legal luminary cum politician speaks on the significance of June 12 among other issues. Excerpts: THERE have been arguments that June 12 and not May 29 should be regarded as democracy day. From […]

Enemies of June 12 should stop posing as democrats —Onitiri

Enemies of June 12 should stop posing as democrats —Onitiri

CHIEF Sunbo Onitiri is a chieftain of the Peoples democratic Party,PDP, in this interview with Sunday Politics, he lamented that the federal government is yet to make June 12 a national holiday. Onitiri, who was a senatorial candidate of PDP in 2007 elections, declared that Chief M.K.O Abiola is supposed to be honoured by past […]