Senator Walid Jibrin is a founding member of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. He rose through the ranks to chair one of the organs of the party, the Board of Trustees, BOT. A respected leader in the party, the former federal lawmaker recently declared support for the now suspended Fulani settlement scheme, otherwise known as Ruga.

In this interview first published by Sunday Guardian of February 17, 2008, Lt-General T.Y. Danjuma, who led the troops that killed then Head of State, General Aguiyi Ironsi, who was visiting Ibadan, and his host, speaks on the events of that day.

Clashes between the police and the Islamic Movement in Nigeria, IMN, (a.k.a Shi’ites)  yesterday,  assumed a dangerous dimension, claiming the lives of a Deputy Commissioner of Police, DCP, and no fewer than six members of the group. Three police officers are said to be in critical condition following a bloody clash between the Islamic sect and security forces, yesterday in Abuja, the nation’s capital.

FOUNTAIN of Life Church Sunday, February 3 held its first Discovery for Women rally in 2019 with the theme, “New Possibilities” at the church headquarters in Ilupeju, Lagos where Associate Pastor and wife of the Senior Pastor, Pastor (Mrs.) Nomthi Odukoya, called on the Nigerian women not to be distracted but be focused on their future.

It is no longer news that road traffic accidents and disease conditions such as diabetes continue to increase the number of amputees in the country.   Statistics show that an estimated 1:6 percent per 100 (32,200) Nigerians suffer extremixity amputation. 

Saturday Vanguard   spoke to the Medical Director of the National Orthopaedic Hospital, Igbobi, Lagos, Dr. Mustapha Alimi on amputation and other issues affecting the country’s health sector.