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Anambra, Headlines, State News
Thursday, August 22nd, 2013
An Abuja High Court will today (Friday) hear a motion in which a former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria and a governorship aspirant of the All Progressive Grand Alliance, Prof. Charles Soludo, asked it to set aside his disqualification from the Anambra State gubernatorial election by the party’s screening committee. Soludo and five […]
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Headlines, Lagos, State News
Thursday, August 22nd, 2013
Lagos State Government says members of the Auto Spare Parts and Machinery Dealers Association, operating within the Trade Fair Complex on the Lagos-Badagry Expressway, are constituting a security threat to the state. The government explained that it adopted the view as a result of the refusal of the traders to comply with the law guiding […]
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Governors, Headlines, Plateau, Rivers, State News
Thursday, August 22nd, 2013
I am of the opinion that the press should stop disturbing the Nigerian public with the inability of the state governors to conduct a mere election of 35 persons. They all have shown that they are not true democrats-both the person that changed the rule to suit him by being the umpire in an election […]
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First Ladies, Headlines, Patience Jonathan, Rivers, State News
Tuesday, August 20th, 2013
THE First Lady, Dame Patience Jonathan, has asked to be left out of lingering political crisis in her home state, Rivers State. Mrs Jonathan, in her press release signed by the Director of Information, Office of the First Lady, Federal Republic of Nigeria, Mrs Ayo Adesugba, said it was worrisome that the visit of the […]
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Anambra, Headlines, State News
Tuesday, August 20th, 2013
As Shock, disbelief trail Soludo’s disqualification in APGA ELEVEN ASPIRANTS in the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP who at the commencement of the congresses pledged to work for the realization of the party’s victory in the gubernatorial polls have taken their collaboration to a higher level. The 11 aspirants Vanguard learnt at the weekend have obtained […]
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Abuja (FCT), Headlines, INEC Politics, State News
Monday, August 19th, 2013
The Independent National Electoral Commission has said it will not comment on the controversy between the All Progressives Congress and the Peoples Democratic Party over the women rally organised by the First Lady, Patience Jonathan, in Abuja last Thursday. The APC had referred to the event as a political rally and accused the Presidency of […]
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Headlines, Plateau, Raw Politics, State News
Thursday, August 15th, 2013
Plateau State Governor, Mr. Jonah Jang, has dragged his predecessor, Senator Joshua Dariye, before the court. The governor is demanding a N10bn compensation for libel and defamation of character. Joined in the suit is Beacon Newspapers, published in Jos, the state capital. In a suit filed at Jos High Court, Jang, through his counsel, Sunday […]
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Boko Haram, Borno, Latest Politics, State News
Thursday, August 15th, 2013
A key member of the Islamist militant group, Boko Haram, Momogu Bama, has been killed by the Joint Task Force in Borno State. He met his death the same day with his father, Alhaji Abatcha Flatari, described as one of the spiritual leaders of the sect in an operation between the sect members and the […]
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Abia, General Politics, Headlines, Lagos, State News, Top Stories
Tuesday, August 13th, 2013

A former Governor of Abia State, Dr. Orji Kalu, has accused the Lagos State Government of sealing off his property in Park View Estate, Ikoyi. Close aides of the ex-governor said the development was as a result of the criticism of Fashola by Kalu over the ‘deportation’ of 72 residents of Lagos, who are of […]
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Headlines, Lagos, State News
Tuesday, August 13th, 2013
A 24-year-old patent medicine dealer, Ijezie Chidiebere, and two other men have been arraigned before the Ebute Meta Magistrate’s Court for allegedly raping a 14-year-old girl. The incident was said to have taken place on August 3, 2013 in Orile-Iganmu, Lagos State. The police said Chidiebere and the other suspects (Okechukwu Ezea, 25 and Chikezie […]