By VANGUARD Gov. Isa Yuguda of Bauchi State has said that the choice of Alhaji Babayo Gamawa, a former Speaker of the state Assembly, as his new deputy, was based on merit. Speaking at the swearing in of the new deputy, Yuguda described Gamawa as a committed and responsible leader who had the welfare of […]

By Dennis Agbo Abakaliki- Mother and elder brother to Ebonyi state Chairman of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mr. Dave Umahi have reportedly been abducted, last Thursday, by unknown gunmen at Uburu in Ohozara local government area of the state. Though neither the state PDP chairman, no any of his close aides was ready […]

Less than 24 hours to the Ekiti North Senatorial re-run election, the Independent National Electoral Commission[ INEC] has identified major obstacle that may marred today’s exercise, as it has directed the electoral officers not to allow those with with conflicting names with serial numbers to cast their votes, even as the commission has denied accreditations to most of the election monitors/ observers who covered the last May 6 gubernatorial re- run in the state.

A FORMER Minister of Petroleum Resources, Professor Tam David West has alleged that there are people from the Northern part of Nigeria, who do not want the oil producing communities to benefit from the proposed Petroleum Industry Bill, PIB.

The CBN governor has left one of the sick banks which market operators are saying has some particular regional affiliation untouched and has not by his own admission concluded the audit investigation in all the banks. Besides, the fact that the apex bank has injected N402 billion as tier two capital which will be sold to both local and foreign investors further fuels the fears that the CBN governor’s agenda is unfolding.