Osun Election: CSOs demand thorough investigation of Senator Fadahunsi
…hail Osun voters’ resilience, election outcome By Gabriel Ewepu ABUJA — ActionAid Nigeria (AAN) and The Abuja School of Social and Political Thought have called for a thorough investigation into allegations of inciting violence against Senator Francis Fadahunsi, following statements reportedly made during the build-up to Saturday’s Osun State governorship election. The civil society organisations […]
MEND blows up crude oil, gas pipelines in Delta
*plans to hit Escravos tank farm in Delta By Emma Amaize THE Movement for Emancipation of the Niger-Delta (MEND, Friday, blew up a key crude oil pipeline and gas pipeline manifold in Delta State, about 200 metres away from the overrun militants den, Camp 5 in Delta State. The crude oil and gas pipelines were […]
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
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
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’
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 […]
