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
Nigerian poet/writer Odia Ofeimun has made a startling statement that Nigerians are buzzing about. It involves late Chief Obafemi Awolowo and late South African human rights activist Nelson Mandela.In an interview with Sahara TV which was recently uploaded on Youtube, the Edo-state born social critic rated that the late Nigerian politician above the South African…
By Obinna AkukweThe fight between the Association of Igbo Youths (AIYO) and Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) had taken a new twist with the Igbo Youths giving ultimatum to Uwazurike to evacuate and bury the corpses of slain MASSOB members abandoned in mortuaries between 2003 and 2013.In a petition…
President Goodluck Jonathan, on Sunday, declared that no individual, group or persons or terrorist organisation could hold the nation to ransom.Jonathan spoke at the first Sunday service in 2014 which he attended at the Church of Christ in Nations (COCIN), Garki, Abuja.He vowed to end insecurity and spate of killings in some parts of the…
Five policemen, serving in Imo State police command, including the armourer of New Owerri police division, are now in detention over how one of the AK-47 rifles officially issued for guard duties, ended up in the hands of dare devil kidnappers operating in the state.Confirming the develpoment to Vanguard in a telephone interview yesterday, the…
The Presidency on Sunday said President Goodluck Jonathan was favourably disposed to mending fences with former President Olusegun.The Special Adviser to the President on Political Matters, Mr. Ahmed Gulak, made this known on Sunday that the feud between Jonathan and Obasanjo was adding to the worries of the leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party.The sour…
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…