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Exclusive Video: See the collapse of Synagogue building

Exclusive Video: See the collapse of Synagogue building

See the footage as captured by security cameras of the moment before the guest-house collapsed at the Synagogue Church, Friday, last week where atleast 40 people were confirmed dead.

Vanguard gathered that this footage was edited for broadcast by Emmanuel TV and shown by Prophet T.B. Joshua to his congregation during service on Sunday 14th April 2014.

I am not an ethnic jingoist  — INEC boss

I am not an ethnic jingoist — INEC boss

The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Prof. Attahiru Jega, last Wednesday, addressed the media on the Commission’s controversial proposal to create 30,000 additional polling units across the country. He answered questions from reporters who attended the briefing. Below are excerpts of the question and answer session.

Polling Units’ Scandal: Jega’s theory and the dangers ahead

Polling Units’ Scandal: Jega’s theory and the dangers ahead

The attempt, last Wednesday, by Professor Attahiru Jega, National Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to explain away the inherent incongruity in allocating Polling Units, PUs, to states of the federation with less probability of having more voting population, an exercise that should have been carried out relying on field data, only served to further pour cold water on the Chairman of Nigeria’s election management body.

How risky  surgery  enabled me walk again— Ayo Adewemimo, 17-year-old sickle cell patient

How risky surgery enabled me walk again— Ayo Adewemimo, 17-year-old sickle cell patient

Ayo Adewemimo is not your regular kind of teenager. He is not the typical 17-year-old adolescent that relishes boyish acts such as playing hooky from school or indulging in a three-a-side football game on a cold, wet afternoon. And perish any thought of hoping to observe Ayo having the time of his life at an all-night party or sneaking out for a joyride in the family car. Young Ayo just isn’t the outgoing type.

The metal bird lands in Jigawa

The metal bird lands in Jigawa

The people started taking vantage positions as early as 7am for an event slated for 3pm that luminous Saturday. They came in droves. Some emerged through footpaths traversing the Sahel forests; others alighted from exotic limousines, decorated buses and cars while many others, including women and children, trooped into the arena by foot but in ecstasy