Twenty five out of twenty-seven result sheets had resurfaced from the controversial Ward congress of the Imo state chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, conducted on Saturday. The Director-General of the Imo PDP New Media, Collins Opurozor, confirmed this to Vanguard in Owerri. He said one of the panel members confessed that the […]
Members of the National Assembly on Saturday said many Nigerians do not value the main duty of a legislator, which is to make laws. The lawmakers spoke at Open Square, a townhall meeting organised by Daria Media and supported by Channels Television and the MacArthur Foundation. “Legislators are not judged by their performance as […]
A former student at Government Girls Secondary School in Chibok, Borno State, Lydia Pogu, has delivered a moving speech during her convocation at Southeastern University, United States. Pogu, who was one of the about 300 students abducted on April 14, 2014 by Boko Haram terrorists, bagged a master’s degree at the university after earning […]
Senate President Ahmad Lawan on Saturday called for a speedy and amicable resolution to the months-old Academic Staff Union of Universities(ASUU) strike. He made the call in a statement celebrating Nigerian workers on the occasion of this year’s May Day. The statement was signed by his spokesperson Ola Awoniyi. “Nigerian workers deserve our appreciations […]
The Coalition of South-East Youth Leaders said they were alarmed over the gruesome murder of a young girl who was found dead and her body dismembered at Merry-Home hotel, Aba, Abia State, describing it as wicked, barbaric and villainous and condemned the act as despicable in its entirety. The President-General of the apex socio-political […]
Chief Ralph Uwazuruike, leader of the Movement for the Actualisation of Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) on Saturday, led some South-East youths in a solidarity march in Owerri, Imo, in support of the 2023 presidential bid of Gov. Yahaya Bello of Kogi. Uwazuruike who also said he does not believe in the president of […]
A presidential aspirant of the African Action Congress and publisher of online news platform, Sahara Reporters, Mr. Omoyele Sowore, on Saturday, arrived at his home-state, Ondo, through the Akure Local Airport, to continue consultation ahead of the 2023 general election. It was the first time the Ondo-born pro-democracy activist would be visiting the state […]
Dr Babatunde Ipaye, the Commissioner of Health under immediate past Governor, Senator Ibikunle Amosun, on Saturday joined Governor Dapo Abiodun’s fold within the All Progressives Congress (APC). Abiodun and Amosun have been at loggerheads over the state’s APC structure, a development that led to conduct of parallel primaries last year. On Saturday, Ipaye reportedly […]
Angry Youths of the Imo state chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, on Saturday held hostage the panel who came from Abuja, to conduct the ward congress of the PDP, in the state over alleged missing result sheets. Vanguard gathered in Owerri, the panel led by the Chairman identified as Mr Udensi, made […]
Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar, the Sultan of Sokoto, has declared Monday as the day for the celebration of eid-el Fitr. The national moonsighting committee disclosed this in a tweet on Saturday night. The Sultan’s confirmation signals the beginning of Shawwal and the end of the holy month of Ramadan. “His Eminence the Sultan of Sokoto […]
