By Demola AkinyemiTHE 2019 governorship contest in 2019 is taking shape and fanning out as the battle of two Abdulrazaqs given the emergence of Hon Abdulrazaq Atunwa as the candidate of the ruling party, Peoples Democratic Parry,PDP, and Alhaji Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq as the standard bearer of the main opposition All ProgressivesContinue Reading
The federal government 2017 budget recorded an 86 per cent implementation, the Minister of Budget and National Planning, Sen. Udoma Udo Udoma, has disclosed. He told Vanguard in an interview on the sidelines of the just concluded 2018 Annual Meetings of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank,Continue Reading
Abuja — Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, insisted, yesterday, that All Progressives Congress, APC, will not field candidates for the 2019 general elections in Zamafa. INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, stated this on the sideline of the opening of a two-day validation workshop entitled “Study on the cost of elections inContinue Reading
By Joseph ErunkeABUJA—IN its determination to neutralise the strength of terrorists’ activities on the cyber space, the Nigerian Army has established a cyber command centre. The command, according to the Chief of Army Staff, Lt. General Tukur Buratai, is principally to empower the Nigerian Army with the capabilities to protectContinue Reading
Abuja—In line with the Presidential directive to the Ministry of Defence to establish a Military Industrial Complex, MIC, with the Defence Industries Corporation of Nigeria, DICON, as the hub, stakeholders in the industry have inaugurated the Defence Industries Association of Nigeria, DIAN. Minister of Defence, Brig-Genl Mansur Mohammed Dan-Ali TheContinue Reading
By Charles Kumolu A former governor of Delta State, Chief James Ibori has said that his experience in the United Kingdom, made him lose faith in the ability of its judicial system to dispense justice without malice.Ibori said this on the heels of reactions trailing his earlier statement where heContinue Reading
By Emem IdioYENAGOA—A Police officer serving with Bayelsa State Police Command was, Monday, shot dead by suspected cultists while on patrol duty around Tombia junction in the state capital. The killing, it was gathered, occurred around 5 pm. A statement by spokesman of Bayelsa Police Command, DSP Asinim Butswat, whoContinue Reading
By Monsur OlowoopejoLAGOS—A Pan-Yoruba Group, Yoruba Youth Forum, YYF, Monday, commended former President Olusegun Obasanjo for forgiving former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar in the interest of Nigeria, saying the decision has portrayed Obasanjo as a genuine leader. Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, PDP Presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar In a statement by its Chairman, Olusegun Abiodun BolarinwaContinue Reading
Romania’s Simona Halep said she was enjoying her position on top of the world standings after she secured the year-end WTA number one spot for the second consecutive year. Halep “I feel great. I feel very happy that I am on top two years in a row,” Halep told aContinue Reading
Turkish prosecutors on Monday charged Barcelona player Arda Turan over a brawl with a prominent singer, asking for the footballer to be sentenced to twelve-and-a-half years in jail. Turan The prosecutors charged Turan, who is currently on loan to Istanbul club Basaksehir, with sexual harassment, unlicensed possession of weapons andContinue Reading
