AS the National Conference gets underway, Governor Isa Yuguda of Bauchi State has suggested that advocates of Nigeria’s partitioning should be stoned out of the venue of the dialogue.Yuguda, who spoke exclusively to Vanguard after being conferred with the African Achievers Award in Education Attainment in Accra, Ghana, stated that delegates to the conference should…
A legal practitioner, Barrister Ayodele Owoka has been arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission over allegations of bribery. Owoka, 47, was arrested on Thursday, February 27, 2014 at the Commission’s office in Ikoyi, Lagos as he attempted to bribe a team of operatives investigating a case of contract inflation, abuse of office, stealing,…
The sheer weight of indignation and revulsion of most of Nigerian humanity at the recent Boko Harma atrocity in Yobe is most likely to have overwhelmed a tiny footnote to that outrage, small indeed, but of an inversely proportionate significance. This was the name of the hospital to which the survivors of the massacre were…
He was banned by Governments in UK, US, Australia, Germany, Kenya and other countries across the world. A renowned extremist and Islamic terror Preacher, Dr Abu Ameenah Bilal Philips who lives in Qatar has been issued a Nigerian Visa to visit and preach in the Country. Dr Ameenah Bilal Philips, a Muslim preacher was barred…
The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar II has appealed to Nigerians to unite and fight the “enemies of our individual and collective progress because that is the only we can solve the challenges facing us as a country.”He spoke in Jos, Plateau State yesterday when he visited the Gbong Gwom Jos Da Jacob Gyang…
Former Presidents and Heads of State have expressed gratitude to President Goodluck Jonathan for the Centenary awards he gave them in Abuja on Friday.They declared that Nigeria has come to stay having survived for the past 100 years.Seven past leaders -Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, General Yakubu Gowon, Alhaji Shehu Shagari, General Muhammadu Buhari, General Ibrahim Babangida,…
The lingering feud between President Goodluck Jonathan and his estranged godfather, former President Olusegun Obasanjo may have taken an irretrievable dive for the worst, Sunday Sun learnt over the weekend. The misunderstanding, which began soon after the election of Jonathan in 2011, and gradually built up has emphatically positioned Obasanjo as the rallying point of…
Former Vice-President, Atiku Abubakar has again expressed concern over the scary security situation in the North-east zone of the country, occasioned by incessant Boko Haram attacks. The former vice president yesterday cautioned against buck passing by the political class, as he noted that “ex-pending endless energy on hand-wringing and the trading of blame” would not…
Managing Director of Shell Petroleum Development Company, SPDC, Mutiu Sunmonu, has disclosed that it would be unrealistic to enjoy a stable electricity supply in the country if the rate of crude oil theft and pipeline vandalisation are not looked into.Speaking at the 11th Annual Aret Adams Memorial lecture held in Lagos last Thursday, the Shell…
Four days after he was kidnapped at his residence in Otuoke, Bayelsa State, Chief Inengite Nitabai, the septuagenarian foster father of President Goodluck Jonathan, may not regain his freedom unless a whopping N500m ransom is paid as demanded by his captors. The kidnappers who had been incommunicado finally opened up to the family of their…