A major crisis of confidence has hit the planned National Conference, following yesterday’s insistence of Igbo leaders on a new constitution. Unless the Prof. Ben Nwabueze-led Igbo leaders of thought are persuaded, a credibility crisis is imminent for the conference, which is likely to begin before the end of March. The Igbo leaders of thought,…
PASSENGERS going back to their various working places from the Eastern part of the country are stranded in different loading parks in South East states, following a sharp increase in transportation fares. The over 100 percent increase in transport fares forced some of the passengers returning to their various working places after the Christmas and…
The All Progressives Congress, APC, controlled House of Representatives has set stiff hurdles for the passage of the 2014 Federal Government budget including a comprehensive answer to the 50 questions on the economy presented to the Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala. Elements in the emerging new leadership of the House who disclosed this yesterday…
The occasion of the 100th anniversary of Frederick Lugard’s amalgamation of the Northern and Southern protectorates of Nigeria has reopened discussions about whether that action was a monumental error – one which has led to the entrapment within the same country of ethnicities that would otherwise never have been in union with one another. There…
FORMER Minister of Information and Ijaw national leader, Chief Edwin Clark, on Monday, described former president, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo as “a mischief maker and egomaniac, who always want to play to the gallery.”ADVERTISEMENT The Ijaw leader also carpetted Obasanjo, describing him as “an unrepentant trouble maker,” adding that he had, in the past, embarassed former…
ANOTHER tragedy struck in Plateau State on Monday when about thirty people were killed and forty houses
The Presidency has finally moved against the National Chairman of People’s Democratic Party, PDP, Alhaji Bamanga Tukur, as it is now certain that it is shopping for his replacement. Reliable sources told Vanguard that Tukur “will lose his position on January 16, as his exit is now a foregone conclusion.”The sources said the out-going Chairman…
IN order to effectively checkmate the growing insecurity in the country, the Nigerian Airforce and the Navy, at the weekend, effected a massive shake-up in the two services in order to position them for effective operations. Also, the shake-up became inevitable following the recent promotion of senior officers in the Nigerian Air Force and the…
President Goodluck Jonathan, yesterday, stoked his campaign against perceived enemies of the country, saying that Nigeria “must be liberated from evil people”. He also insisted that his administration was committed to combating the threat posed by the Boko Haram sect. The President noted that the Boko Haram menace was a temporary problem that will be…
Anambra State Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Mr. Chuks Chinwuba,