Plan to use the ongoing National Conference to extend the tenure of President Goodluck Jonathan and other political office holders has been exposed. A document prepared by one of the delegates from the South-South has been distributed to some delegates on the need to postpone the 2015 general elections by 18 months. The document, which…
As the 20 committees of the National Conference get set to submit their reports for debate on Monday, there has been a sharp division between the North and the South on the pattern of voting to be adopted for deciding contentious issues. Saturday Vanguard learnt from competent conference sources that most of the chairmen of…
by WOLE OLADIMEJI Dangote Cement Plc yesterday warned the Federal Government of ‘serious danger’ if cement manufacturers were continuously allowed to produce low-grade cement for buildings.The company, which attributed the increasing rate of collapse building in the country, to the use of lowgrade cement, stated that something has to be done to stem the production…
By Emmanuel Aziken, Political Editor and Emmanuel ElebekeCampaigners hoping to bring public pressure on the Federal Government to return the 276 girls kidnapped from the Government Secondary School, Chibok in Borno State are to march on the Presidential Villa on Tuesday.The decision was conveyed at the 18th day sit-in of the Bring Back Our Girls…
Security experts fear new wave of British militants linked to Nigerian terrorPaul Peachey , Emily DuganA British-born man suspected of masterminding Boko Haram bomb attacks in Nigeria that left around 100 people dead became radicalised during his years at a Welsh university, it has been claimed.Aminu Sadiq Ogwuche is believed to have led a double…
Alhaji Abubakar Tsav is a respected Nigerian who left the police force as a commissioner of Police.In the dark days of Abacha when bombs were flying over Nigeria and killing democratic forces, Tsav stood on the side of truth and ordered investigations into some killings. He was about to unmask some killers when he was…
Here’s a breaking news report from NTA. A rocket attack on Soye Village market in Bama LGA of Borno state has left 31 people dead and many injured. Below is how they are reporting it The number of the dead following the rocket attack on Soye village market near Bama which killed 29 and injured…
A 27-year-old woman in Sudan has been sentenced to death for converting to Christianity from Islam, sparking protests in a country already hit with social strife.Mariam Yahya Ibrahim had been ordered to give up her newly-adopted Christian faith by Thursday and return to Islam.Judge Abbas Khalifa asked Ibrahim whether she agreed to return to Islam.…
A high-wired plot to obstruct the actualisation of the Ibaka Deep Seaport project within the deep waters of Akwa Ibom State, by some highly placed persons working in tandem with some officials of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) has been uncovered.Daily Sun checks revealed that the plot is being hatched by some opposition governors and…
Borno State Governor, Mr. Kashim Shetima, on Thursday asked the Federal Government to consider the option of negotiating with the Boko Haram sect if the action would ensure the release of the Chibok schoolgirls in their custody.Shetima stated this during an interview monitored on the Cable News Network in Abuja.The governor said, “We need to…