Kebbi commissioner lights up community, declares war on crimes, mosquitoes
By Victor Ahiuma-Young BIRNIN KEBBI — In a move aimed at boosting security and promoting public health, the Kebbi State Commissioner for Information and Culture, Yakubu Ahmed, has donated solar-powered street lights and anti-mosquito chemical spray to residents of Rafin Atiku Ta Gabas in Birnin Kebbi. The initiative, flagged off on Saturday, is expected to […]
Gbaramatu youths ‘re not militants —Leaders
They stressed the need for the government to open the waterways for business and easy movement of people, while Delta State Rehabilitation Committee, set up by Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan should be allowed access by the security outfit to Okerenkoko, Kurutie and Oporoza communities.
MEND blows up crude oil, gas pipelines in Delta
*plans to hit Escravos tank farm in Delta By Emma Amaize THE Movement for Emancipation of the Niger-Delta (MEND, Friday, blew up a key crude oil pipeline and gas pipeline manifold in Delta State, about 200 metres away from the overrun militants den, Camp 5 in Delta State. The crude oil and gas pipelines were […]
Bank manager kidnapped in Benin
BY SIMON EBEGBULEM THE bank manager of a first generation bank in Benin, was yesterday abducted by gunmen suspected to be kidnappers. Sunday Vanguard learnt that the bank manager was abducted in front of his residence at Airport Road, and taken to an unknown destination.
African Renaissance Party suggest end to crisis in Niger Delta
BY JIMITOTA ONOYUME AFRICAN Renaissance party has called on the federal government to implement true federalism as a lasting solution to incessant conflicts in the Niger Delta region. Speaking in Port Harcourt, national Publicity secretary of the party, Chief Omenazu Johnson said under the arrangement, the region should allowed to control fifty percent of its […]
June 12: A date that remains indelible
By Okey Ndiribe & Charles Kumolu ALthough many of the gaily dressed youths seated inside the hall listened to the guest  lecturer Prof Adebayo Williams with half attention last Friday in Lagos, the atmosphere was nonetheless melancholic as he went down memory lane to recall tense moments that characterised the struggle for the actualisation […]
