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Our private jet cost N7bn, not N9bn –Amaechi

Posted by admin Headlines, Rivers, State News Sunday, May 5th, 2013

Rivers State Governor, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi, on Saturday said contrary to reports, the state government’s private jet costs $45m (N7.1bn) and not $57 (N9bn). The governor said this through his Commissioner for Information and Communications, Mrs. Ibim Semenitari, in an interview with our correspondent in Port Harcourt. Amaechi described the allegations that he inflated the […]

(Picture) This Pastor Adeboye’s son

Posted by admin Headlines Sunday, May 5th, 2013

He is the eldest child of Pastor Enoch Adeboye and his wife, Folu. A successful entrepreneur, Adeolu co-runs luxury clothing stores in Lagos with his wife, Tope. Surprisingly, in spite of their high-profile standing, they remain reserved and down to earth. For one whose father is the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of […]

Pini Jason, Vanguard columnist, is dead

Posted by admin Headlines Sunday, May 5th, 2013

Vanguard columnist, Chief Pini Jason Onyegbaduo,popularly known as Pini Jason, is dead. He died Saturday afternoon in a Lagos hospital after undergoing a surgical procedure a few days ago. He was 65. Mr. Jason was a long time Vanguard columnist who took a leave of absence in 2007 to work as special assistant on special […]

No plans to impeach Amaechi – Rivers PDP Chair

Posted by admin Headlines, Rivers, State News Wednesday, May 1st, 2013

By JIMITOTA ONOYUME PORT HARCOURT — Chairman of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Rivers State, Mr. Felix Obuah, has dismissed as mere speculations, allegations of plot to impeach Governor Chibuike Amaechi of the state. Briefing newsmen, yesterday, at the state secretariat of the party in Port Harcourt, Obuah said his cardinal programme was to unite […]

Junaid Mohammed slams Jonathan…accuses him of giving juicy contracts to Niger Delta militants (What about the 83 percent oil bloc belonging to northerners?)

Posted by admin Headlines, National Politics Wednesday, May 1st, 2013

BY SONI DANIEL, REGIONAL EDITOR, NORTH Second Republic lawmaker, Dr. Junaid Mohammed, yesterday, slammed President Goodluck Jonathan for awarding multi-million Naira pipeline protection contracts to Niger Delta militants of Ijaw extraction, describing the action as illegal and self-serving. Mohammed, who spoke in an exclusive interview with Vanguard, noted that it was unbecoming of the administration […]

Grounded aircraft: Reps condemn action; say it’s witch-hunt of political opponents

Posted by admin Headlines, Rivers, State News Wednesday, May 1st, 2013

*Rivers govt explains, wonders why State was singled out for sanction By Okey Ndiribe & Jimitota Onoyume The House of Representatives, yesterday, condemned the grounding of an aircraft, a Bombardier BD 700 Global Express jet, belonging to the Rivers State Government by the National Airspace Management Agency, NAMA, describing it as “witch-hunt” of “perceived political […]

May Day protests against austerity, ‘slave labour’

Posted by admin Headlines Wednesday, May 1st, 2013

MADRID (AFP) – Tens of thousands of angry protesters staged traditional May Day rallies in several countries of the crisis-wracked eurozone on Wednesday, as fury erupted at demonstrations in Bangladesh after a deadly building collapse. Although numbers were lower than in previous years, thousands took to the streets in Spain, some brandishing flags reading “6,202,700″, […]

1000 Nigerians killed extra-judicially since January’

Posted by admin Headlines Wednesday, May 1st, 2013

BY VINCENT UJUMADU AWKA — THE International Society for Civil Liberties and the Rule of Law, INTERSOCIETY, said Wednesday that a research it conducted between January and April, 2013, showed that no fewer than 1000 Nigerians were killed extra-judicially in the country within the period. Chairman of board of trustees of the group, Mr. Emeka […]

Opinion: Still on MEND, Boko Haram and amnesty

Posted by admin Boko Haram, Books & Magazines, Headlines, Niger Delta Wednesday, May 1st, 2013

Seneca it was who opined that “Men love their country not because it is great but because it is their own.” We may disagree with President Goodluck Jonathan; we may criticise him, still, that is not a good reason to bastardise our country. It is the only country we have. It is ours and ours […]

Baga Killings ‘ll not Obstruct Dialogue with Boko Haram, Says Lugga (Will that be the same dialogue they turned down?)

Posted by admin Boko Haram, Headlines Wednesday, April 24th, 2013

A member of the Presidential Amnesty Committee on Dialogue and Peaceful Resolution of Security Challenges in the North, Dr. Sani Abubakar Lugga (Wazirin Katsina), Wednesday expressed confidence that the recent killings in Baga in Borno state will not obstruct dialogue with the Boko Haram sect. Lugga spoke on the Hausa service of the British Broadcasting […]