Phone calls have poured in asking if  ICPC’s Chairman, Prof Bolaji Owasononye has replied to my offering of 30th November titled, “Ibori’s Corruption Trial Ordeal; Enlightenment for ICPC Chairman.” My reply: “he is a busy man, we should give him time.”

By David Royal – Calabar “When God created mankind, He created us for bliss, in his own image, he created man for the beauty of the world.” The Cross River Governor, Ben Ayade said while flagging off the 2019 Calabar Carnival. Here are some pictures gathered by Vanguard from the event; Vanguard

**Describes group members ‘psychopaths’ By Rasheed Sobowale The Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari has condemned the execution of Christians by Islamic State of West Africa Province, (ISWAP) on Christmas Day. President Buhari said he is “profoundly saddened and shocked” by the action of the “psychopaths” and that “no true Muslim would be shouting ‘Allahu Akbar’ while […]

IT is not open to question that the oil city of Warri in Delta State has since lost its beauty, but it was uncertain if government was willing to re-establish the vanished grandeur of Warri and environs where the state reaped so much proceeds. In his first four years, it was palpable that Governor Ifeanyi Okowa did not have a sudden fix to the blot on the landscape. However, in the first year of his second tenure, the man some of the citizens now call Roadmaster has demonstrated willingness to start the reconstruction of the oil city.

GBOLADE couldn’t believe what he was hearing. He stared at his 26-year old daughter, the girl he had spared no expense to rain into a very intelligent and promising lawyer, now telling him she was pregnant? When he first heard the news, his heart leapt with joy —his cup, he thought, now runneth over. Marriage, the first in the family.

After its unexpected fall from grace to grass following its loss of the 2015 Presidency, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, quickly regrouped, put its house in order and resolved to return with a bang.

Joseph Erunke – Abuja THE Nigerian Army has maintained sealed lips hours after reports emerged that 11 captives in the den of Islamic State of West Africa Province, (ISWAP) were executed on Christmas Day. Neither the Defence Headquarters (DHQ) nor the Nigerian Army could react to the development when Vanguard sought their reactions on Thursday. […]

Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr Femi Gbajabiamila, says the 9th National Assembly is irrevocably committed to protecting the interests of the people through diligent discharge of its legislative duties. The Speaker said this on Sunday in Lagos while speaking at the ”Gbaja 2019 End of the Year Grassroots Empowerment Programme”. Gbajabiamila said criticism […]

ABUJA—The reluctance of the Nigerian Army to release the Army captain and soldiers indicted in the killing of three operatives of the Inspector-General of Police Intelligence Response Team, IGP-IRT, in Taraba State, has stalled prosecution of the case.

By Tordue Salem The Speaker of the House of Representatives Rep Femi Gbajabiamila has said the closure of borders has created a boom for farmers in the country. He said farmers are “smiling to the bank.” The Speaker said the policy, has pushed Nigerian consumers to patronize locally produced food, especially Nigerian rice. Gbajabiamila spoke […]