*All 492 delegates to be nominated *75% majority to approve decisions *Conference may begin late February THE Federal Government, yesterday, declared that the indivisibility and indissolubility of Nigeria would be the only no-go area for the planned National Conference which may be convened before the end of February. This was disclosed by Secretary to the…
Two hundred and seventy-five persons among those held by the Police in Rivers State on the suspicion that they are members of the dreaded Boko Haram group, have been released. Deputy Commissioner State Criminal Investigation Department (DC/CID), Sam Ukaula told reporters in Port Harcourt yesterday that 19 of those arrested are being held for further…
Immigration Service, Ondo State command, have discovered a baby factory in Ilu-Titun, in Okitipupa Local Government area of the state.
Palpable confusion reigned in Owerri, yesterday, as a father tied his seven children, including his triplet, to a wheel-barrow and was heading to an unknown destination before officials of Ministry of Women Affairs and Social Development intervened.Vanguard investigations revealed that the 44-year-old man, Israel Dike,* is a native of Odenkume, Obowo Local Government Aarea of…
THE Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA, and the National Oil Spill Response and Emergency Agency, NOSREA, have fined Shell Nigeria Exploration and production Company, SNEPCO, $11.5billion, about N1.84 trillion over the Bonga spill incident of 2011. Mr Patrick Akpobolokemi, the NIMASA’s Director General made the disclosure while speaking at a Public Hearing organised by…
LAGOS — A 60-year-old man simply identified as Akinduro is cooling his heels in police net for allegedly defiling a 12-year-old student of May Flower School, Ikenne, Ogun State.Vanguard gathered that the girl (names withheld) was put in the custody of the suspect who runs a private hostel in the town.Findings revealed that the her…
Several media platforms and discussion circles have been awash with the accusation coming from the Imo State Chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) that our Governor, Owelle Rochas Anayo Okorocha is in the scary business of importing some boko haram fighters into the State. We have read and heard about the denials from the…
Coordinator of the Northern Emancipation Network, Malam Abdul-AzeezSuleiman has cautioned that President Goodluck Jonathan’s chances in 2015in the North could only be guaranteed if he drops his Vice, Namadi Samboand runs with a more valuable mate. In a press statement signed in Abuja, Suleiman pointed out that theJonathan/Sambo ticket is proving a hard sale considering how…
As the debate on the 2014 budget continued in the Senate yesterday, Chairman, Senate Committee on Rules and Business,Senator Eta Enang, on Wednesday accused the Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mallam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, of committing acts inimical to fiscal prudence and development of the country.The Senate said that Sanusi had constituted a…
Hours after Boko Haram struck in Borno and Adamawa states, grim details of the attacks emerged yesterday. The death toll rose from 74, which was reported yesterday, to 138. Eighty-five died in Kawuri village in Borno State, and 53 in Chakawa, Adamawa State. No fewer than 16 others are believed to be missing in Borno,…