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State of the nation: Those reaping from faulty structure won’t change Nigeria – Kolade

On August 6, 20196:01 amIn News, Politicsby vanguard

Yesterday, we served you the first part of an engaging interview with former High Commissioner to the United Kingdom, Dr Christopher Kolade, on the state of the nation. Today, we bring you the concluding part covering how soldiers made the Nigerian civil war inevitable, his challenge in serving in the Obasanjo and Jonathan’s administrations and how to avert a repeat of June 12, 1993 election annulment among others.

Video: It would be a mistake for anyone to provoke another Biafra war – Late Ojukwu

On May 30, 20179:43 pmIn News, Videosby vanguard

A video trending online shows Lieutenant-Colonel Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu, the then Military Governor of Eastern Nigeria whose declaration of the sovereign state of Biafra in 1967 led to the three years civil war that saw millions killed saying it would be a mistake for anyone to provoke another Biafran war. In the video interview the late
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Breaking: Kogi civil servant returns N1.7m paid in excess of salary

On May 26, 20176:57 pmIn Newsby vanguard

A civil servant in Kogi, Mrs Husseina Mohammed has returned the sum N1, 780,500 paid in excess of her March salary to the coffers of the state government.

Civil disobedience, police checks worry Enugu residents

On April 12, 201712:05 amIn Crime Alertby Urowayino Jeremiah

ENUGU- Residents of Enugu State have expressed worry over the level of disobedience of road traffic rules by motorists as well as street trading, particularly in the metropolis. The residents are also worried over alleged numerous police checks points, particularly in the state capital, which they said is aimed at extorting money from commercial vehicle operators.

No more war for the Igbo, Eze Nri warns

On September 17, 201612:17 amIn Newsby vanguard

EZE Obidiegbwu Onyesoh, the traditional ruler of Nri, Anambra State which is regarded as the ancestral abode of Igbo people, has said that the loss of the three-year Nigeria-Biafra war took the Igbo nation several years back in terms of development, arguing that the worst thing any Igbo man could think of is to engage in another war.

Comrade Chima Ubani may have died in vain —CLO

On September 25, 201510:04 amIn Newsby akintayo eribake

The Civil Liberties Organization, CLO, Anambra State chapter, yesterday, questioned the rationale behind the death of Comrade Chima Ubani, its former national Executive Director, who died 10 years ago, saying that the ideals he stood for and the struggles he died for still stare us in the face.