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Governor Amaechi Blasts Monarch Over Comment On Soku Oil Well

Governor Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers State, has described alleged statement credited to the Amayanabo of Abonema, HRH Israel Bobmanuel, in which he reportedly expressed satisfaction with the actions so...

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Andy Murray and David Beckham overlooked in New Year's Honours

Wimbledon champion Andy Murray and former England captain David Beckham have been overlooked in the New Year's Honours list.The duo, who both have OBEs, had been tipped to be knighted.Murray, 26,...

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Christiano Ronaldo and his girlfriend Irina Shayk visit Aquarium with his son

Cristiano Ronaldo is getting as far away from football as he can during his winter break, taking Russian model girlfriend Irina Shayk and his son, also named Cristiano, to the aquarium.The Real Madrid...

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ASUU Commends FG's Payment Of Five Months Salary Arrears

Dr Segun Ajiboye, the Chairman, Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), University of Ibadan chapter, has described the payment of lecturers’ five-month salary arrears by the Federal Government as...

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No Plans To Increase Fuel Price Or Sell Oil Refineries – FG

The Federal Government said, yesterday, that it had no plans to increase the pump price of Premium Motor Spirit, PMS, popularly known as petrol from the prevailing pump price of N97 per litre,...

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Keshi Plays Down His Chances Of Winning 2014 CHAN

Super Eagles head coach Stephen Keshi has played down his side’s chances of winning the 2014 African Nations Championship.The tournament, which is open only to those who ply their trade in Africa,...

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Nigeria's Landmarks Since Amalgamation

1914: Nigeria is created through the amalgamation of the Northern and Southern protectorates.1918: The Adubi War is fought in Egba Land, the first major revolt against Lord Lugard’s government.1923:...

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I Will Soon Join APC – Senator Abe

Chairman, Senate Committee on Petroleum (Downstream), Senator Magnus Abe, has said he will soon join All Progressives Congress, APC, insisting that there was no provision in the constitution preventing...

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Over 73,000 People dead in Syria in 2013

More than 73,000 people were killed in Syria in 2013, the bloodiest year yet in the brutal civil war that began in March 2011, an NGO said on Wednesday.The tally from the Syrian Observatory for Human...

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NEC Meeting: PDP Governors Under Pressure To Save Tukur

National Chairman, PDP, Alhaji Bamanga TukurThe Presidency has started lobbying the Peoples Democratic Party governors to avert the removal of the National Chairman of the party, Alhaji Bamanga Tukur,...

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Fayemi, APC Wants To Frame Me For Murder – Bamidele

Mr. Opeyemi Bamidele and Governor Kayode FayemiA House of Representatives member and governorship aspirant of the Labour Party in Ekiti State, Opeyemi Bamidele, on Thursday raised the alarm over an...

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Rivers State Assembly Majority Leader, Mr. Chidi Lloyd, Arrested For Alleged...

Mr. Chidi LloydThe Rivers State Police Command said it had arrested the Leader of the Rivers State House of Assembly, Mr. Chidi Lloyd, for the alleged murder of his kinsman, Mr. Kingsley Ejeuo and a...

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Malaysian Islamic Authorities Seize Bibles From Christians Over The Use Of...

Malaysian Islamic authorities on Thursday seized hundreds of Bibles from a Christian group and questioned two of its officers, one of them said, amid tensions over the use of the word "Allah".A court...

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Presidency And Nyako Clash Over Single Tenure Agreement

Adamawa State Governor, Murtala NyakoThe Presidency on Thursday lashed out at Governor Murtala Nyako of Adamawa State over his recent claim that President Goodluck Jonathan indeed signed a document...

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Three Persons Killed In Edo Cult Clash

Three persons have been killed in different parts of Benin City, Edo State in the past three days following renewed war between the Eiye confraternity and the Black Axe.Besides, suspected cultists,...

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Awardees Of The Vanguard Troika Awards 2013

In spite of the persisting gloomy indices portraying Nigeria as a country still mired in backwardness, the year 2013 was full of silver linings on the dark clouds of the nation’s firmament. Our economy...

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Brief History of Alhaji Aliko Dangote, Vanguard's African Of The Year 2013

When on 10th of April 1957, a male child was born in Kano, little was heard or known of the child. Like Shakespeare wrote in one of his epic books, Julius Caesar, when beggars die there are no comets...

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Brief History of Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan, Vanguard's Man Of The Year 2013

Growing up, the focus of the young Emmanuel Eweta Uduaghan was to be an accountant. The potential for leadership that had been identified during his formative years had been expected to propel him...

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Home-based Super Eagles to play Friendly Match Against Ethiopia

Super Eagles Team B will today battle Ethiopia at the Abuja National Stadium with a totally new team in a friendly aimed at tuning up both sides for the 2014 Africa Nations Championship, CHAN, which...

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Brief History of Dr. Innocent Chukwuma, Vanguard's Most Innovative...

Dr. Innocent Chukwuma, Chairman of Innoson Vehicles Manufacturing Co. Ltd, the first indigenous vehicle manufacturing plant in Nigeria was born in 1961 in Umudim, Nnewi, Anambra. He is the last of six...

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