COMRADE Michael Tidi, an activist, a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Delta State and Itsekiri National Youth Council,INYC, presidential aspirant, says he will ensure that the Itsekiri youths are repositioned for the development of Iwereland and Nigeria. Tidi is hopeful to emerge the President of the INYC, . He also speaks on other issues.

The idea behind the establishment of model colleges by the Lagos State government, was to provide a comprehensive residential education programme for students.

Both schools in focus are under the Badagry Education district. One of six educational districts in the state. The schools are Iworo-Ajido Model College and Kankon Model College.

This is the story of the fall of Alhaji Bamanga Tukur, the former National Chairman of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP. It is also the story of how Nigeria wastes its best; the story of serial mis-calculations by President Goodluck Jonathan leading to the loss of five governors and dozens of legislators.

•Memories of my father are indellible – Mrs Ashiru, daughter By Sola Ogundipe A respected Ijebu indigene,  astute business man and renowned political stalwart of the defunct Action Group,  Chief Samuel Olatubosun Shonibare was one of the major players in Western Nigeria during the transition from British rule to self rule.  As Chairman, Shonny Investments […]

Navy Captain Caleb Olubolade is the Minister of Police Affairs. In this interview, he speaks on the effort to transform the police, the reason President Goodluck Jonathan should not be blamed for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) crisis and the type of governor Ekiti people want to emerge in this year’s gubernatorial election in the state.

A couple of years back, Saturday Vanguard reported the activities of Reverend Rowland who was running a gay Church underground in Lagos, Nigeria. The Church called House of Rainbow was situated at No 36/38 Yakoyo Street, Ojodu Berger, Lagos. Reverend Roland sometime ago reportedly appeared on Cable Network News, CNN, where he proudly talked about his Church of gays.

Few days ago, President Jonathan gave assent to the bill that criminalises same-sex relationships in the country putting paid to all the hullabaloo about gay legal rights in Nigeria. The activities now attract 14 years in prison. The law also prescribed a ten-year jail term for membership or encouragement of gay clubs and groups. Hitherto, members express their belief in the open with pride. To them, GAY means God Accepts You, God Adores You and God Affirms You; where DIVA means Divinely Inspired Victoriously Anointed.

Just as we are about to go to bed with the production of this edition of Saturday Vanguard, Gay Reverend Jide Macaulay, Founder and Project Director of House Of Rainbow Fellowship wrote to Saturday Vanguard, describing the new anti-gay law as one of the harshest laws in the world, adding that the LGBT-community now lives in fear of arrest and violence. The letter runs thus:

The Director, Lagos State Fire and Safety Service, Mr Rasaq Fadipe, while also expressing concern over the rising cases of fallen tankers, confirmed that the fire service responded to about six cases of fallen tankers within the last one week with one fatal incident recorded.

WHo owns Soku and Etche oil wells? Rivers, Bayelsa, or Abia State. This was the poser raised by Rivers State Governor Rotimi Amaechi after he claimed the oil wells belonged to his state but were unjustly allocated to Bayelsa and Abia states. So easy to read politics to the Amaechi claim especially since Bayelsa is the home state of President Goodluck Jonathan against whom the Rivers governor levelled the accusation at a time Jonathan and Amaechi are at daggers drawn over issues relating to the 2015 presidential contest.

The assertion by Herzon, though made many centuries ago, bears the mark of the ‘struggle’, which our current political players in the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, often claim they are playing. The party leaders at the federal, state and local government levels claim rightly that they are the custodians of the democratic principles, having founded the PDP in 1998 via the formation of the G34.

Senator Rashidi Adewolu Ladoja is a big name who made a fortune in business. Despite his status, the high chief of Ibadan, however, lives an incredibly simple lifestyle such that an unsuspecting onlooker would place him among peasant farmers.

It has been a season of explosions in Rivers State. The most recent cases were the ones recorded in the early hours of Monday at Ahoada High Court in Ahoada East local government area and the one at Okehi High Court in Etche local government area.

It was the most horrifying experience of my life. Battered,Blended pepper in my private part, I didn’t know I would survive

Over the years, the population boom in Lagos, the commercial nerve centre of the country has put undue pressure on government and individuals as the demand for housing continued to rise far and above what the urbanised areas can offer. This could be one of the reasons for the high number of slums within the precincts of the city of Lagos.