The six weeks postponement of the polls the security forces demanded to enable them flush out Boko Haram fighters from occupied territories in the North-east states of Borno, Yobe and Adamawa appears to be paying off. Military sources claimed that many of the towns captured by the Islamist group had been liberated.

Don North, professor of journalism, is so many things rolled into one. He is the Director of Northstar Productions, Inc., Virginia, USA, a communications expert, teacher, writer, documentary filmmaker and above all, a veteran war correspondent having covered the wars in Vietnam, Borneo, Cambodia, Afghanistan, El- Salvador, Egypt, Israel, the Gulf, Bosnia, Kosovo and Iraq. He has worked for ABC News and NBC News.

AMID overwhelming suspicion that the readjustment of Nigeria’s general election calendar by the Independent Electoral Commission, INEC, was done to sway political momentum in favour of a political party, an in-depth analysis, reveals that the aftermath of the decision has so far been characterised by profound gains and losses in some key areas. IT was […]

Ex-President of the Nigerian Bar Association and human rights activist, Olisa Agbakoba, SAN, in this interview with Saturday Vanguard maintains that Nigeria is a sick patient in the accident and emergency ward which requires an orthopedic President who will crack the structure and heal it just as he berates the two major political parties, APC and PDP for not providing an answer to this dilemma

By Omoh Gabriel, Business Editor The Federal Government’s policies on industry, trade and investment activities are yielding modest results, according to industry stakeholders GIVEN the slowdown in economic growth globally as a result of the 2008 financial melt down from which various governments across the world are beginning to retool and realign their economic policies, towards […]