As delegates to the National Conference prepare to debate the Report of the Committee on Devolution of Power, which is expected to be presented at plenary tomorrow, there are strong indications of a titanic battle over the 50 per cent derivation being canvassed for oil producing states. The battle-line would be drawn between the submissions…
CONCERNED Muslim Professionals, CMP, an Islamic group, yesterday, called on the Sultan of Sokoto and President-General of the Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs, NSCIA, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar III, to engage members of Boko Haram Islamic sect in discussions. CMP, while expressing concern over the activities of the sect, said the insurgency persisted because of…
A stormy session is expected today as Northern and Southern delegates at the ongoing National Conference head for a showdown over power configurations in the consideration of the report of the Committee on Devolution of Powers. The North, Vanguard learnt, is especially concerned with recommendations of the committee adopted last Thursday that could put the…
No fewer than 63 out of the 68 women, abducted two weeks ago
It appears that the government of Jonathan is determined to implement ideas coming from Radio Biafra and her listeners in a bid either to appear as a man in touch with public opinion or to neutralise the potency of the current worldwide agitation for Biafra spearheaded by the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). The current…
This is the link to download last years accounts of Radio Biafra that were filed legally with Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs, Radio Biafra company is held in the UK to avoid the
Reports of arrests of suspected members of Boko Haram and pockets of incidents similar to alleged plot of the insurgents to extend their nefarious activities to some parts of the South Eastern part of Nigeria, have attracted the attention of an Igbo group who has warned against the incursion of the dreaded sect into Igboland.The…
A total of 222,437,870 barrels of crude oil was unaccounted for by the Nigerian government in the period between 2004 and 2014, a report by the watchdog, Nigeria Extractive Industry Transparency Initiative (NEITI), has revealed. At an average cost of $100 per barrel over the period, the country is estimated to have lost a total…
The Defence Intelligence Agency (DIA) has solicited for the support and cooperation of foreign military mission in the country as part of the efforts towards tackling the current security challenges in Nigeria. The Chief of Defence Intelligence (CDI), Rear Admiral Gabriel Edmund Okoi, made the appeal recently in Abuja while addressing foreign Defence Advisers/Attaches (DAs)…
THE national conference, on Thursday, approved the creation of 18 additional states across the country, as a way of meeting the yearning and aspirations of the people. The conference also resolved that the office of the President of Nigeria shall now rotate between the North and South and revolve among the six geopolitical zones of…