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Anti-gay law: Gay Pastor Rowland writes Saturday Vanguard

Posted by admin Headlines Saturday, January 18th, 2014

Via Vanguard By Ishola Balogun and Ebun Sessou Just as we are about to go to bed with the production of this edition of Saturday Vanguard, Gay Reverend Jide Macaulay, Founder and Project Director of House Of Rainbow Fellowship wrote to Saturday Vanguard, describing the new anti-gay law as one of the harshest laws […]

Gay members relocate to UK

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Headlines Saturday, January 18th, 2014

By EBUN SESSOU with Agency report A couple of years back, Saturday Vanguard reported the activities of Reverend Rowland who was running a gay Church underground in Lagos, Nigeria. The Church called House of Rainbow was situated at No 36/38 Yakoyo Street, Ojodu Berger, Lagos. Reverend Roland sometime ago reportedly appeared on Cable Network News, […]

Botmang, former Plateau governor dies at 76

Posted by admin Headlines, Plateau, State News Saturday, January 18th, 2014

Jos – A former governor of Plateau, Mr Michael Botmang,76, is dead. His son, Mr Dadung Botmang, said his father died at his Zawan country home in Jos South Local Government of Plateau at about 2 a.m. on Saturday after a long struggle with kidney disease. He told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that the […]

Kaduna budgets N3.5bn for education

Posted by admin Headlines, Kaduna, State News Saturday, January 18th, 2014

Via Vanguard Zaria (Kaduna) – Gov. Muktar Yero of Kaduna State on Saturday said the state government had earmarked N3.5 billion to develop the education sector in 2014. Yero said this at the 2013 Annual General Meeting of Barewa Old Boys Association (BOBA) at Barewa College in Zaria, Kaduna State. Represented by Alhaji Ibrahim […]

Is the US powerless in South Sudan?

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, American Politics, Headlines Friday, January 17th, 2014

By Mark Mardell In a church in Alexandra, Virginia, just across the river from Washington DC, the congregation sing a solemn, gentle hymn in Dinka, one of the languages of South Sudan.There are more upbeat songs too, but this is a fairly reflective gathering. At the front of many minds is the violence that is […]

Leave Soku oil wells alone, David-West tells Jonathan

Posted by admin Latest Politics, Rivers, State News Friday, January 17th, 2014

From TONY JOHN, Port Harcourt A former Minister of Petroleum, Professor Tam David-West, has advised President Goodluck Jonathan to lose his grip on the Soku oil wells in Akuku-Toru Local Government Area of Rivers State. Professor David West gave the advice yesterday, when he led a delegation of royal fathers, chiefs, community leaders from Oceania communities, comprising […]

Police arrest 9 over Igarra shootings

Posted by admin Edo, Headlines, Nigerian Police, State News Friday, January 17th, 2014

From TONY OSAUZO,Benin The Edo police command has confirmed the arrest of nine persons following the fracas over the festival in which two youths were shot in Igarra community, Akoko-Edo local government area of the State. Confirming the arrest, the Commissioner of Police, Mr Foluso Adebanjo, said the suspects would be transferred to the state […]

Ebonyi to expend 500m US Dollars on varsity devt

Posted by admin Ebonyi, Headlines, State News Friday, January 17th, 2014

From JEFF AMECHI AGBODO, Abakaliki Ebonyi State Government has said that a total of 500 million US dollars would be spent on the development of the State University (EBSU), Abakaliki. The state governor, Chief Martin Elechi gave the figure during the flag-off ceremony of the distribution of 2013 instructional materials, assessment report booklets and commissioning […]

Northern elders set to drag Ihejirika, 6 others to ICC

Posted by admin Armed Forces, National Politics, Top Stories Friday, January 17th, 2014

From ABDULGAFAR ALABELEWE, Kaduna Barely 24 hours after his sack by President Goodluck Jonathan, Northern Elders Forum (NEF) has disclosed its resolve to drag the immediate past Chief of Army Staff, Lt. General Azubuike Ihejirika to International Criminal Court of Justice (ICC) in the Hague. The forum said the former Army Chief and six others […]

Police threaten to arrest Amaechi’s aide, LG chairmen

Posted by admin Headlines, Nigerian Police, Rivers, State News Friday, January 17th, 2014

Rivers State Police Commissioner, Mr. Joseph Mbu and Governor of Rivers State, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi The Rivers State Police Command has threatened to arrest and prosecute the Chief of Staff, Rivers State Government House, Port Harcourt, Chief Tony Okocha, and some local government council chairmen. The police command said it would not watch some […]