Ebonyi council chairman dies in road accident

The Chairman of Onicha Local Government Area of Ebonyi State, Chief Obasi Nwode, has died in a fatal road
accident along Abakaliki-Afikpo expressway in the state, while four others sustained various degrees of injuries.

We learnt that he died on Sunday evening, while returning from inspection of some of his projects scheduled to be commissioned by Governor Martin Elechi

Our merger is real – Buhari

Former Head of State, Maj.-Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd), says the merger of the Action Congress of Nigeria, the Congress for Progressive Change and the All Nigeria Peoples Party is going to be real.
Buhari, CPC candidate in 2011 presidential election, said this in Lagos on Monday during the presentation of a book, ‘Witness to History’, written by ACN’s National Publicity Secretary, Mr. Lai Mohammed.
Present at the presentation were National Leader

The dilemma called Boko Haram amnesty

Members of the boko haram sect

The Federal Government’s effort to finding a lasting solution to the Boko Haram menace hit a brick wall with the rejection of a pre-amnesty offer by the Abubakar Shekau-led faction of Boko Haram. It stands every reasoning on its head, that the gravy train of amnesty was contemplated for a radical and remorseless sect that has murdered over 4, 000 people since it began an offensive against the Nigerian state in 2009. Pardon with its financial rewards as it is done in the country,

Late Goldie willed properties to charity

Family of late pop singer, Goldie Harvey has indicated their willingness to fulfill the wishes of the songstress who they revealed willed her properties to charity.


Late Goldie

Before her death, Goldie was said to have been an ambassador of ‘Project Alert on Violence Against Women’, and had supported them in several ways. Her properties will be auctioned to the public on the 1st of May, 2013, and the proceeds from the sale will go to charity.

Fire engulfs ICT building at INEC

Abuja – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has reported a fire incident at its Information and Communication Technology (ICT) building in Abuja on Monday.
A statement signed by the Chief Press Secretary to INEC Chairman, Mr Kayode Idowu, said that the incident occurred in the office of the former Director, Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR), located in the ICT Building.

Kayode said that men of the Fire Service attached to

Today, Monday April 22, 2013 marks three whole years since Olaitan Oladapo Olaonipekun better known as Dagrin passed away.

How he died: Dagrin died at 6:00PM on Thursday, April 22 - exactly eight days after he was involved in a ghastly accident in front of Alakara Police station, off Agege motor road, Mushin, Lagos.
The late rapper’s car, a Nissan Maxima 2008 model ran into a parked lorry in front of Alakara Police station, Mushin. He was initially admitted at Tai Solarin Hospital, Mushin before he was transferred to the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH) Idi Araba where
Doctors made serious efforts to save his life. He was admitted at the Intensive Care Unit and operated upon, and later moved to the private wing of the hospital where he died! Doctors at the Lagos State Teaching Hospital LUTH said he survived nine attacks

Court remands Ladipo market leader in prison for alleged N52m fraud

An Ikeja High Court on Monday remanded Jonathan Okoli, President of Aguiyi Ironsi Market– popularly known as Ladipo Market– in prison over an alleged N52 million fraud.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Okoli was remanded in Ikoyi Prison, after his arraignment before Justice Olabisi Akinlade.

Okoli, who resides at No. 2, Akinwunmi St., Ladipo, Lagos was charged to the court by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).

The 51-year old auto spare-parts dealer is facing a three-count charge of obtaining money by false pretences and stealing.

Taraba Speaker, deputy impeached

Reports from Taraba State, indicate that the Speaker of the House of Assembly, Istifanus Gbana, and his deputy have been impeached.
The former speaker and his deputy were removed by 17 out of the 24 members of the Assembly. Both men did not attend Monday’s sitting.

Boston Marathon bombing suspect awake, responding in writing

The 19-year-old suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings, who was seriously wounded and unable to speak, is awake and responding in writing to questions from authorities, according to Tweets by ABC and NBC news networks.

Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, who is in the intensive care unit of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Centre, is responding sporadically, the ABC news network reported on its Twitter fe

Lagos council boss, Bamigbetan recounts ordeal

LAGOS — It was indeed an emotional moment as the abducted Chairman of Ejigbo Local Council Development Area, LCDA, of Lagos, Mr Kehinde Bamigbetan, who was set free by his abductors late Saturday night, after six days in captivity, could not hold back tears while narrating his ordeal to Vanguard. He spoke in the presence of a large crowd that thronged his residence to rejoice with him and his family on his safe arrival.

The council chairman, who was abducted by three gunmen at his Ona Iwa Mimo street residence, in Ejigbo, on Monday, April 15, 2013, at about 11.00p.m, returned to his house at about 10.45p.m, some hours after he was released by his abductors. His return ended six

Personal development tips you should consider

                                                 Personal development tips you should consider

Human resource managers say it is important for individuals to continuously work towards self-improvement. ways that can be achieved


No matter how good or effective you are at work or in life generally, experts say it is important that you strive to improve yourself.

According to them, this will make you more productive and successful – that is if you are already productive. If you are not, then self-improvement will increase your

Telecoms subscribers excited as number portability begins today

                                                  Telecoms

The commencement of Mobile Number Portability in Nigeria comes as a relief to telecoms subscribers, who have been complaining about the poor quality of services being rendered by the service providers

Telecoms subscribers in the country have expressed excitement at the dawn of a new era as Mobile Number Portability commences today.

MNP allows mobile subscribers to move from one network to another without changing their numbers.

Having patiently waited for it for years, some of the

Only Sango, Ogun deities can stop politicians from being corrupt – Alex Akinyele

Chief Alexander Opeyemi Akinyele was Minister of Information and Culture; Chairman, National Sports Commission NSC, and Chairman, National Reconciliation Committee. He is recognized not only for his sharp sense of humour, but also for flashiness in his outfits. Akinyele, who is the Lobosin of Ondo Kingdom, is a Public Relations icon, spoke with Saturday Vanguard on his life at 75, Nigeria, the Newswatch saga among other issues.

At 75, you still have a wonderful sense of humour, is that the secret of your ageless look?

Yes, it is one of those elements that keeps me going.

Row over new Balogun market leaves traders stranded

                                                  The controversial market
 Traders at the New Balogun Ultra Modern Market are left stranded following an eviction order by a new ‘landlord’
Like the proverbial grass that suffers when two elephants wrestle, traders at the New Balogun Ultra Modern Complex in Lagos Island are currently groaning under a forced eviction from a place where they earn their living.

Tenants at the three-storey building with 220

Aregbesola is destroying our legacies – Wole Oke

Hon Busayo Oluwole Oke, represented Ijesha North federal constituency in the House of Representatives between 2003 and 2011 and was for most of that period, chairman of the house committee on defence.

Oke is now one of a handful of aspirants in the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP aspiring for the party’s ticket ahead of the 2014 gubernatorial election in Osun State. In this interview he asserts his credentials for the job and what makes him better qualified