Ahead of the presidential convention of the ruling All Progressives Congress APC, indications have emerged of a battle of supremacy between state governors and senators over the party’s choice of a presidential candidate.

The Udom Emmanuel Presidential Campaign Committee has said there is no iota of truth in the news in some quarters that the Akwa Ibom State Governor, Emmanuel Udom will not allow Peoples Democratic Party PDP delegates in the state from meeting with former Vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, when the ex VP visits the state […]

By Luminous Jannamike, Abuja The Christian Association of Nigeria (Youth Wing) has said Christian youths will not vote for politicians who fail to condemn the gruesome killing of Deborah Samuel, a 200-level student of Shehu Shagari College of Education, Sokoto, in the 2023 elections. The Chairman, Youth Wing of CAN (YOWICAN), Belusochukwu Enwere, said this […]

May pay minimum wage arrears to varsity workers this week By Johnbosco Agbakwuru ABUJA–PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari has directed the National Information Technology Development Agency, NITDA to subject the Integrated Payroll Personnel Information System, IPPIS and the two other proposed payment solutions proposed by University workers to integrity test. This is as the Federal Government is […]

…Fixes hearing for May 25 By Festus Ahon & Ochuko Akuopha ASABA-A Delta State High Court sitting in Kwale, Ndokwa West Local Government Area, Delta State, has granted an order restraining the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, and the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, from stopping the bank’s governor, Mr.Godwin Emefiele from contesting the 2023 […]

By Emmanuel Okogba Islamic cleric, Ahmad Gumi has joined the conversation of death for blasphemy, saying that Prophet of Islam, Muhammad (SAW), did not at anytime kill anyone despite the fact that he was insulted severally. Gumi said this while conducting a religious teaching class in his Kaduna Juma’at mosque, according to reports. ALSO READ: As […]

Ex-Jonathan administration official, Waziri, boasts: APC will lose 2023 presidency if it fields former President By Olalekan Bilesanmi Adamu Maina Waziri, a former Minister of Police Affairs under President Goodluck Jonathan, is a member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Zoning Committee. Waziri, in this interview, says the decision of the committee to reject the party’s zoning […]

There was pandemonium, yesterday, in Sokoto as protesters took to the streets demanding the release of two suspects detained for the killing of the late Miss Deborah Emmanuel, who was murdered by angry Muslim youths for alleged blasphemy.

•As Ngige pulls out of presidential race President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday in Abuja held a valedictory session for outgoing members of the Federal Executive Council (FEC), who are leaving the cabinet to pursue political ambitions saying that a significant number of them have been sufficiently equipped to aspire to higher elective offices, including the […]

The 8th edition of the prestigious African Magic Viewers Choice Awards(AMVCA) is currently going on at Eko Hotel and Suites, Victoria Island to its usual glitz and glamour. AMVCA is a gathering of industry professionals and lovers of African movies and television.  Without further ado, here are all the winners so far for the 8th […]

By Luminous Jannamike, Abuja The Christian Association of Nigeria, has called for a nationwide protest over the gruesome killing of Deborah Samuel, a 200 level student of Shehu Shagari College of Education, Sokoto.  The CAN President, Rev. Olasupo Ayokunle, in a letter addressed to all bloc leaders, urged Christians to hold peaceful protests within their […]

By Haruna Aliyu Contrary to reports that protesters have burnt the house of Bishop Matthew Hassan Kukah, the Catholic Church and its secretariat in Sokoto, Vanguard learned that the properties were not torched. However, a source, one Niyi, said that protesters actually made attempts to burn it but didn’t succeed. But they succeeded in setting […]

Deborah Samuel who was lynched on Thursday in Sokoto over alleged blasphemy, have been laid to rest. She was buried in her hometown,Tunga Magajiya, in Rijau local government area of Niger State admist tears. Details later…

By Bashir Bello, Kano The ruling party, All Progressive Congress, APC in Kano State is suffering from a serious political tsunami that has hit the party. Vanguard check shows that within a week, the party has lost over 10 bigwigs who defected from the party to join the new but fast growing New Nigeria People’s […]

By Efe Onodjae  There is fear in Sokoto metropolis as protesters in their hundreds trooped into the streets today to express their dissatisfaction over the detention of some Muslims in connection with Deborah Samuel’s killing. Major streets such as Ahmadu Bello Way, Kano Road, where banks are located and Emir Yahaya Road, in the early […]