By admin on April 5, 2010
Alhaji Abubakar Rimi, former governor of Kano State and former presidential aspirant is dead. He died last night from shock he received after an armed robbery incident.
The robbers who were said to had recognised him, only seized his phones so that he would not report to the police.
Alhaji Abubakar Rimi
Posted in Nigerian politics | Tagged Abubakar Rimi, armed robbery, vanguard news
By admin on March 24, 2010
A LIST of 25 ministerial nominees was, yesterday, delivered to the President of the Senate, Senator David Mark.
The list which includes seven from the just dissolved cabinet was delivered by Special Assistant to the President, Dr. Cairo Ojougboh, according to normally reliable sources in the National Assembly. It includes 18 new ministerial nominees.
Posted in Nigerian politics | Tagged acting president, goodluck jonathan, vanguard news
By admin on March 21, 2010
*Says he has consolidated grip on power
*Believes Yar’Adua’s men won’t engineer political come back
Acting President Goodluck Jonathan’s consolidation of his grip on power is drawing applause from the United States of America which says his efforts are easing a political crisis that once fanned fears of instability in the country.
Posted in Nigerian politics | Tagged acting president, goodluck jonathan, vanguard news
By admin on March 16, 2010
WARRI—GOVERNORS, elders, leaders and stakeholders of the Niger-Delta, yesterday, angrily scolded the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger-Delta, MEND, for detonating two bombs some 200 metres away from the Government House Annex, Warri, Delta State, venue of a two-day post amnesty dialogue by Vanguard Newspapers.
Posted in Nigerian News | Tagged delta state, house of assembly, movement for the emancipation of the niger delta, vanguard news
By admin on March 16, 2010
….Militants threaten oil facilities
The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta, MEND, yesterday, claimed responsibility for the explosion that rocked the venue of Vanguard’s Post-Amnesty conference, saying it was to let the world know of its continued relevance in the region.
Posted in Nigerian News | Tagged delta state, movement for the emancipation of the niger delta, niger delta, vanguard news
By admin on March 12, 2010
*GOC says Army acted professionally
*NYSC defies Reps, swears in corps members
By Taye Obateru & Luka Binniyat
JOS—HUNDREDS of Plateau women, yesterday, staged peaceful demonstrations in Jos and Abuja against Sunday’s mayhem at Dogon Nahawa where hundreds, mostly women and children, were murdered.
Posted in Nigerian News | Tagged house of assembly, house of representatives, national assembly, plateau state, vanguard news
By admin on March 10, 2010
THE Joint Task Force (JTF) on the Niger-Delta have destroyed fresh 500 illegal crude oil refineries and arrested six suspected oil thieves at Egbekebor and Gbelekumor communities in Delta State.
Also, several pumping machines used by the bunkerers, drums of suspected crude and refined products were also seized.
Posted in Nigerian Business News | Tagged crude oil refineries, joint task force, niger delta, oil bunkering, vanguard news
By admin on March 6, 2010
Since President Umaru Yar’Adua was sneaked out from the country for medical treatment on the 23rd of November last year, and “smuggled” back penultimate Wednesday night, his handlers have made him look like an oracle.
They, in turn, have assumed the positions High Priests through which he passes his esoteric messages to his confounded people.
Posted in Nigerian politics | Tagged acting president, goodluck jonathan, umaru yar adua, vanguard news
By admin on March 3, 2010
By Simon Ebegbulem
BENIN CITY—THE Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Edo State has condemn the failed attempt to bomb the State House of Assembly complex, just as it denied any involvement of its members in the plot.
Posted in Nigerian politics | Tagged house of assembly, law and order, police security, state commissioner, vanguard news
