Terrorism: It’s a plan to polarise the country – Nigerians speak
Nigerians have continued to wonder when and how the menace caused by terrorism will become a thing of the past. To this end, Saturday Vanguard spoke with a cross section...
Biafra War was the reason I was born – Ejiofor
LAGOS (AFP) – For Oscar-nominated British actor Chiwetel Ejiofor, starring in a film about Nigeria’s civil war was “incredibly personal”, as the conflict both affected close relatives and determined the...
Oba of Benin urges Jonathan to contest 2015 presidential election
Abuja – The Oba of Benin, Omo n’Oba n’Edo Uku Akpolokpolo Erediauwa, on Friday in Abuja enjoined President Goodluck Jonathan to contest for the 2015 Presidential Election to enable him...
Ekweremadu Tells Mahama to Make Terror War, Unemployment Major Priorities
The Deputy Senate President and Speaker of the Parliament of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS Parliament), Senator Ike Ekweremadu, Thursday urged the new Chairman of ECOWAS, President...
VC: Politicians Now Buy Honorary Degrees
The Vice-Chancellor of the Ibrahim Babangida University (IBBU), Lapai, Niger State, Professor Ibrahim Kolo, has said the Committee of Vice-Chancellors of Nigeria Universities has taken measures to forestall the purchase...
NIGERIA: Borno’s Longest Serving Chief Imam Dies at 90
The longest service Chief Imam of Borno State, Imam Ibrahim Ahmed, has died. Ahmed died in an Egyptian hospital on Wednesday after a protracted illness. He was aged 90....
Don’t Post Our Youths to the North Again, IYC Tells NYSC, Law School, Military
The Ijaw Youths Council (IYC) has asked the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), the Nigeria Law School and the armed forces to immediately stop the further deployment of Ijaw youths...
NIGERIA: 10 Rescued from Collapsed Building
A combined team of security operatives and emergency responders led by the police Thursday rescued about 10 persons who were trapped under the rubbles of a collapsed building at the...
Call off Your Strike, FG Pleads with Poly Lecturers
The federal government Thursday appealed to lecturers in the Federal Polytechnics and Colleges of Education to call off their seven-month-old strike, assuring them that it was working hard to address...
NIGERIA: Women Offer to Search for Chibok Students in Boko Haram Enclave
Women in Borno State have expressed their willingness to go into the notorious Sambisa Games Reserve Forest, the enclave of the terrorist Boko Haram sect, in search of over 200...