THE Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Peoples Democratic Party, Walid Jibrin, on Tuesday, reaffirmed his earlier position on the alleged Northernisation of the party, saying its leadership hierarchy is pro-North. Jibril had on Sunday while featuring on Channels Television’s programme, Sunday Politics, said it was unfair for the presidential candidate of PDP, […]
AS the crisis rages on, the Director General of Wike Solidarity Movement, Prince Sudor Nwiyor, yesterday, dumped the PDP for APC. Nwiyor, who announced his resignation from the PDP in Port Harcourt, cited high-handedness in the party as one of the reasons he left the ruling PDP. He further stated that he defected because those […]
THE Edo State Police Command has announced the killing of a suspected kidnapper at Izuala forest in the Ovia North East Local Government Area of the state. The state Command’s Deputy Public Relations Officer, ASP Jennifer Iwegbu, explained that the exploit of the command in killing the suspect followed a complaint by one Mr Moses […]
THE four Catholic Church Reverend Sisters kidnapped last Sunday at Okigwe-Umulolo axis in Okigwe Local Government Area of Imo State have been released. Secretary-General of Sisters of Jesus The Saviour (Generalate), Zita Ihedoro, disclosed this to newsmen in Owerri, yesterday. The freed Reverend Sisters, Johannes Nwodo, Christabel Echemazu, Liberata Mbamalu and Benita Agu, were kidnapped […]
THE factions of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Edo State have continued to lay claim to the authenticity of the candidates of their factions as the await the ruling of the Supreme Court on issues. The party conducted parallel primary elections to pick candidates for all the elective positions in the state. The Federal […]
A war is currently brewing online between the fans of music superstars, Burna Boy and Wizkid. On Tuesday morning, Afro-fusion superstar, Damini Ogulu popularly known as Burna Boy knocked the fans of Afrobeats superstar singer/songwriter, Ayodeji Ibrahim Balogun “Wizkid” labelling them “delusional’. Burna Boy dragged Wizkid’s fans (Wizkid FC) after a cross-section of his fans […]
THE Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE) and the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) have instituted a lawsuit against President Muhammadu Buhari and the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) over the arbitrary use of the NBC Act and broadcasting code to threaten, revoke and shut down 53 broadcast stations in the country for failing to renew […]
MINISTER of State for Labour and Employment, Mr. Festus Keyamo SAN has lamented the growing lack of appreciation of the best efforts of the President Muhammadu Buhari -led All Progressives Congress APC administration at repositioning the country, saying what afflicts the party is not non-performance but lack of salesmen. According to him, the APC has […]
THE Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, University of Abuja branch, has said contrary to the claim by the federal government, the union did not receive N100 billion from the federal government. The union blamed the government for its ongoing strike, saying it frustrated all genuine efforts it had made to end the industrial action. […]
PRESIDENTIAL candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu is meeting with Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers state in London. A source privy to the meeting confirmed to Vanguard that Tinubu is meeting Wike alongside Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue state and Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State. The governors on the platform […]