An angry mob in Enugu State have beaten a notorious armed robber identified as Emeka Odo to death, this is according to a press statement issued by the State Police Command’s Public Relations Officer, Ebere Amaraizu, and made available to newsmen. It was learnt that the late robber had been a torn in the flesh of motorists and inhabitants within Obollo Afor in Udenu Local Government Area of the state and its environs. Amaraizu disclosed that nemesis caught up with the robber after he allegedly pulled a locally made pistol on a victim, following which a mob swiftly disarmed him,…
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The National Chairman of the All Progressive Grand Alliance, Chief Victor Umeh, has appealed to the President-elect, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), not to ostracize people of the South East for not voting massively for him during the March 28 presidential election. Umeh, who made the appeal at a press conference in Umuahia, the Abia State capital on Tuesday, said the massive support Ndigbo gave to the candidate if the Peoples Democratic Party and incumbent, President Goodluck Jonathan, though he lost at the poll, was based on the conviction of the people that he [Jonathan] represented hope for their political future.…
Buoyed by the success of the All Progressives Congress in the March 28 presidential and national assembly elections, the President-elect, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), the national chairman of the APC, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, and former Vice President Atiku Abubakar and other party officials, have arrived Yola, the Adamawa State capital, to campaign for the party’s candidates in this Saturday’s governorship and state assembly polls. Mr. Buhari and other leaders of the APC arrived Yola airport at 10.55 a.m. They were received by the leader of the party in the state, Atiku Abubakar, and the governorship candidate, Sen. Umaru Bindow. The…
PHOTO CREDIT: NASIR EL-RUFAI TWITTER The Vice President elect, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo (SAN), on Tuesday received over 5,000 members of the Peoples Democratic Party, who decamped to the All Progressives Congress in Southern Kaduna area of Kaduna state. Osinbajo, who was in the state to drum up support for Nasir el-Rufai, the party’s governorship candidate ahead of Saturday’s elections, said the PDP did great harm to Nigeria using religion and playing divisive politics. Prominent among the decampees were a former member of the House of Representatives, Ruth Ango; former Commissioner and Attorney General, Zakari Sogfa, and 114 immediate past councillors…
Senate President David Mark on Wednesday described those who dumped the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the wake of the party’s defeat at the Presidential polls as fair weather friends. Mark insisted that he would not defect to the All Progressives Congress, APC, in order to retain his seat as senate president. He said he would rather remain a member of the PDP to restructure the party in readiness for the 2019 general elections. He spoke during a mass held at St. Mulumba Catholic Chaplaincy, Apo, Abuja, as part of activities to mark his 67th birthday anniversary. There were speculations…
The eldest daughter of the late strongman of Kwara politics, Dr. Olusola Saraki, Senator Gbemisola, has announced her defection to the All Progressives Congress, APC. Gbemisola Saraki, who vied for governorship ticket of the Peoples Democratic Party in the state but lost, announced her decision in a statement she personally signed, copies of which was made available to journalists in Ilorin, the state capital yesterday. She said: “After wide consultations, we found in APC a platform that mirrors the ideals of our political family, both in content and context, especially with under the leadership of General Muhammadu Buhari. “We are…
The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has stated that corps members who participate in the conduct of Saturday’s governorship and state house of assembly elections will receive N13,000. The NYSC Director of Press and Public Relations, Mrs Olubunmi Aderibigbe, in a statement on Tuesday explained that each corps member is entitled to N13,000.00 comprising N9,000.00 (honoraria), N3,000.00 (transportation) and N1,000.00 (feeding). She also debunked the false information making the rounds that the allowance due to corps members that participated in the 2015 general elections was N53,500.00. The statement reads in part, “The attention of the NYSC Management has been drawn…
Dozens of civilians and soldiers were on Tuesday killed when terrorist group, Boko Haram, struck again in a community in Borno State, a Nigerian military source has informed Sahara Reporters. According to the source, some members of the terrorist group arrived in the town of New Marte in a convoy of cars and sports utility vehicles and launched an attack on a military base and civilian targets, leaving some soldiers and scores of civilians dead. “They attacked as a heavy group, shooting at both civilians and soldiers. Then one of their Golf cars laden with explosives sped and hit one…
Ahead of the April 11 governorship and state house of assembly elections, the Department of State Service (DSS), on Tuesday warned against inciting and unguarded statements by some Nigerians. In a statement issued by its Deputy Director, Public Relations, Marilyn Ogar, the service urged Nigerians to instead strive towards deepening democracy in the country. The statement reads in part: “Its attention has been drawn to certain unguarded, inciting and divisive statements by some persons. We want to warn those stoking these embers of violence and disunity to desist, as this will not be tolerated. We should all strive to strengthen…
FILE PHOTO The Police have identified the factory that manufactured Improvised Explosive Devices that caused explosion in Enugu State during the March 28 elections. The Inspector-General of Police, Suleiman Abba, disclosed this on Tuesday in Abuja before a closed-door meeting with senior police officers to strategise on security for the April 11 elections. Mr. Abba said three suspects had been arrested in connection with the incident. “The investigation into the incident has reached advanced stage; we have identified even the factory where those IEDs were manufactured”, Mr. Abba said. “I think that alone is a big success”. Bomb explosion occurred…
President Goodluck Jonathan on Tuesday warned politicians against instigating crisis in the country, saying that the Federal Government will not condone any attempt to foment trouble while pursuing their personal ambitions. The president issued the warning through his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Reuben Abati, at a news briefing with State House correspondents in Abuja. Mr. Jonathan also called on all those who, through their actions and utterances, had been promoting divisiveness, sectionalism and ethnic hatred in the country following the outcome of the March 28 elections, to cease and desist from such actions. According to him, such acts…
The All Progressives Congress has warned the security agencies, the Independent National Electoral Commission and all national institutions connected to Saturday’s Governorship and House of Assembly elections against compromising on their statutory roles under any circumstance, in order to provide a level playing field for all parties to the elections. In a statement issued in Abuja on Tuesday by its National Publicity Secretary, Lai Mohammed, the party said the police, the DSS, the Civil Defence Corps, the military and INEC are all national institutions, hence must never again turn themselves to appendages of any political party. It said the institutions…
Nigeria’s President-elect, Muhammadu Buhari, on Tuesday said that Lagos State is too important for the All Progressives Congress to lose to the opposition. Mr. Buhari, at the APC rally in Orile area of the state, urged residents to vote en masse for the party’s governorship candidate in Lagos State, Akinwunmi Ambode on Saturday. “Defy all elements, whatever it may be, and vote for APC from top to bottom”, he said. Mr. Buhari told the crowd that Lagos, with its huge investments, could not be toyed with. “Don’t attempt to be on the wrong side of the centre because we are…
Northern Elders’ Forum (NEF) has advised the President-elect, Muhammadu Buhari, to serve all Nigerians equally as he assumes power on May 29. The Secretary General of the NEF, Prof Ango Abdullahi, told Vanguard in an exclusive interview that although the forum was elated with Buhari’s victory in the last election, they were also insisting that the president-elect should stand up for the rights of all Nigerians. “As far as NEF is concerned, the right thing has just been done in Nigeria and we are happy the right president to lead Nigeria to its glory has finally emerged, Abdullahi said. “As…
Evangelist Elliot Uko, founder of the Igbo Youth Movement (IYM) and leader of the South-East Self Determination Group (SESDG) says the statement by Oba of Lagos HRM Rilwan Akiolu showed the deep hatred he has for Igbos. “What the Oba is saying is that I should make life difficult for my security guard, his wife and two children who told me he believes in Buhari and voted APC. The Oba is also saying that the Igwe of my community should kill all non-indigenes in my home-town who voted APC, place a curse on them or ask all the area boys…
One person identified as Modupe Olaiya was reportedly killed yesterday at Itawure near Efon-Alaaye in Ekiti State as anti-impeachment protests by persons believed to be loyal to Governor Ayo Fayose entered the second day. The police is yet to confirm the death as all attempts to speak with the Police Commissioner, Taiwo Lakanu by Vanguard was not successful. Olaiya, one of the protesters was said to have been hit by a stray bullet when a bus conveying the 19 All Progressives Congress (APC) lawmakers in the assembly were coming from Osun State and the protesters blocked the road to prevent…
The Inspector General of Police, Suleiman Abba, yesterday, said he would not initiate moves to prosecute Oba Akiolu of Lagos over alleged threat to Igbos in Lagos State, because the monarch has denied the allegations. Speaking after a meeting with DIGs, AIGs and Command CPs on arrangements for the elections, Abba answered questions posed by journalists on the issue. “All I can say is that I read in the papers that the Oba of Lagos denied making such threatening comments to prospective voters opposed to his candidate of choice for the state governor. Therefore, he cannot be held culpable. “I,…
One person was on Monday killed as irate youths set a Baptist Church at Gidan Maso village in Rogo Local Government Area of Kano State ablaze. The residence of the pastor, Rev Habila Garba, was also burnt. The deceased was one of the pastor’s daughters, who died of suffocation. The incident is coming barely a week after unidentified arsonists attacked a branch of Living Faith Church, popularly called Winners Chapel, at Giwa in Kaduna State. President of Tarayyar Masihiyawan Nijeria (Hausa, Fulani and Kanuri Christians), General Ishaku Ahmed Dikko (retd), told newsmen yesterday in Abuja that the intention was to…
National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, yesterday, urged non-indigenes in Lagos State, especially the Igbo, to ignore the Oba of Lagos, HRM Rilwan Akiolu’s threat that they would die within seven days if they did not vote for the APC governorship candidate, Akinwumi Ambode. He said those who visited the Oba should have come to the political leaders of the state and not the monarch. Speaking at APC governorship campaign rally at Coker, Orile-Iganmu, Tinubu said: “PDP is full of liars. Their leader in Lagos, Bode George is a liar, the other person, an Igbo…
This is good news for the popular Nigerian artiste Timaya, as he’s expecting his second child with the mother of his first child, Barbara. Famous blogger, Stella Dimokokorkus put up a picture of a heavily pregnant Barbara at her baby shower. According to the report, it is most likely that Timaya will be having another daughter soon. Timaya had his first daughter on May 21, 2012 even though Timaya isn’t YET married to Barbara. In September 2014, Barbara confessed her undying love for Timaya as she posted a comment on one of his pictures saying “Trust me, I can never love…