Day: September 13, 2021

  • Anambra State Governor leads Protest Against IPOB’s Sit-at-home Order

    Anambra State Governor leads Protest Against IPOB’s Sit-at-home Order

      The Anambra State governor, Willie Obiano, on Monday led a protest against the continued sit-at-home order by the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra. IPOB had on July 30 ordered a sit-at-home in the region. It threatened to shut down economic activities in the region, adding that violators of the order would be visited with…

  • Awolowo’s prophecies coming to pass in Lekki — Sanwo-Olu

    Awolowo’s prophecies coming to pass in Lekki — Sanwo-Olu

      The Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has said the prophecies of the late sage and Premier of the old Western Region, Chief Obafemi Awolowo, is coming to pass in Ibeju-Lekki axis of the state. According to the governor, Ibeju Lekki is prospering richly because of the prophetic utterances of Awolowo. Governor Sanwo-Olu made the…

  • APC announces date for state congresses

    APC announces date for state congresses

      The All Progressives Congress has slated October 2 as the date for its State Congresses. Towards this end, the party has said it would commence the sale of nomination forms on Wednesday. This was made public by the National Secretary of the Caretaker/Extraordinary National Convention Planning Committee, Sen. John Akpanudoedehe, in a terse statement,…

  • PMB Has Handed Over Nigeria To Terrorists, Hates IPOB Agitators – Adeyanju

    PMB Has Handed Over Nigeria To Terrorists, Hates IPOB Agitators – Adeyanju

    President Muhammadu Buhari has been accused of technically handing over Nigeria to terrorists. Socio-political activist, Deji Adeyanju made the remark while claiming that Buhari hates Oduduwa and the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, agitators. Reacting to a reported terrorist attack on a military base in Zamfara State, Adeyanju said the president was only interested in…

  • BREAKING: Edo Prominent PDP Leader Kidnapped

    BREAKING: Edo Prominent PDP Leader Kidnapped

    A prominent chieftain of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Edo State, Pa Owere Dickson Imasogie, has been kidnapped. He was said to have been abducted along with his driver and another person, whose identity had not been ascertained, at the Benin-Agbor highway on their way to the farm. Apart from politics, Pa Dickson Imasogie…

  • Trouble looms in Edo as Obaseki’s Deputy plans to dump PDP

    Trouble looms in Edo as Obaseki’s Deputy plans to dump PDP

    Barring any last minute change, the Deputy Governor of Edo State, Mr. Philip Shaibu will dump the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, to an undisclosed political party. Vanguard was made to understand that if the body language and recent marathon meetings that took place outside the country last week between the Edo Deputy Governor and some…

  • Falana takes over resident doctors legal battles with FG

    Falana takes over resident doctors legal battles with FG

      Foremost human rights activist and Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) Femi Falana will be representing the Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) in their legal battle with the Federal Government. The chairman of Communication and Communique of the NARD, Dr Julian Ojebo, disclosed this to The Nation on Monday. On August 16, barely two…

  • Just In: Explosion Rocks Airport Road In Adamawa

    Just In: Explosion Rocks Airport Road In Adamawa

    A fuel tanker has exploded in the early hours of Monday in Yola, the capital of Adamawa state. It is not yet clear whether lives were lost in the inferno. The incident happened at the busy PZ Roundabout along Airport Road. SaharaReporters learnt that the fuel compartment of the tanker, owned by Conoil, detached and…

  • ‘Money transfer providers may lose $400m to bitcoin wallet’

    ‘Money transfer providers may lose $400m to bitcoin wallet’

    El Salvador’s latest Bitcoin app, the Chivo Wallet, could ensure that money service providers such as Western Union and MoneyGram lose around $400m in remittance commission.   According to a report by CNBC, these remittance service providers could start losing customers and money.   CNBC’s MacKenzie Sigalos said the loss in remittance commission could be…

  • Hundreds of prisoners escape as gunmen invade Kogi prison

    Hundreds of prisoners escape as gunmen invade Kogi prison

    Hundreds of prisoners have escaped from the medium federal correctional centre in Kabba, Kabba/Bunu Local Government Area of Kogi State. Vanguard gathered that Gunmen in their tens attack the prison centre which is on the Kabba – LOKOJA highway, on Sunday night through Monday morning, killing the military men keeping guide on the road before…

  • Lawyer who lost SAN rank over Ondo PDP crisis gets respite

    Lawyer who lost SAN rank over Ondo PDP crisis gets respite

    The Legal Practitioners’ Privileges Committee, LPPC, has restored Mr. Beluolisa Nwofor to the rank of Senior Advocate of Nigeria, SAN. The LPPC had on June 23, 2017, stripped Nwofor of the prestigious SAN rank over his alleged involvement in act of judicial misconduct. Action of the Committee followed a petition the Court of Appeal lodged…

  • Aisha Buhari Resumes Hostility, Taunts Pantami

    Aisha Buhari Resumes Hostility, Taunts Pantami

    After what seemed a break from attacking her husband or his appointees on social media, First Lady Aisha Buhari is back in the news. This time around, it is the Minister of Communication and Digital Economy, Ali Isa Pantami, that seems to be the target. In an Instagram post on Sunday, the First Lady shared…