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Nigeria is in dire need of a President that can rebuild and unite the nation, Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki said on Monday, while receiving the leading presidential aspirants of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to discuss the party’s zoning formula ahead of the 2023 General Elections. The visitors included the Governors of Sokoto and Bauchi States, Aminu Tambuwal …

Justice S.M Shuaibu of the Federal High Court sitting in Benin City has   convicted and sentenced two internet Fraudsters to three-year imprisonment for fraud. The fraudsters, Kazeem Akeem, popularly called, Mr.  Rose Tinda, and Akinbisodun Opeyemi were arraigned on one count charge by the Benin Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes commission (EFCC) for impersonation and theft by trick. The …

•Who amongst these aspirants will be chosen by Nigeria’s changing electorate? A few weeks from now, two of these men – one each from the two main political parties – would emerge presidential candidates of their respective parties and dominate the political space in the countdown to the 2023 presidential run. Currently, Nigeria boasts some 18 political parties, out of …

The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Nigeria, the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Abubakar Sa’ad lll- led Jamaatul Nasril Islam, some state governments and the Manufacturers’ Association of Nigeria have taken a swipe at the Federal Government over its failure to address the rising insecurity in the country. The groups stated this on Monday as killings and other forms of insecurity took …

Indications have emerged that contrary to fears in some quarters, that agitators of self-determination may not boycott the 2023 elections after all. This is following the declaration of by some pro-Biafra groups expressing their readiness to actively participate in the 2023 political process.The coalition of pro-Biafra groups restated their “irrevocable resolve” in pursuing Biafra restoration through peaceful means. They argued …

The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency has denied responsibility for a gunboat that reportedly sank in Lagos on Sunday. The NIMASA/Barugu, a gunboat reportedly in the fleet of Global West Vessels Specialists, was alleged to have been parked at the Kirikiri Terminal, behind the NIMASA Resource Centre. In a video circulating online, seafarers onboard the adjoining vessels blamed NIMASA …

The Minister of State for Education, Mr Emeka Nwajiuba, has said striking university workers including the Academic Staff Union of Universities, the Joint Action Committee of the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities and the Non-Academic Staff Union of Education and Associated Institutions are mean and wicked for shutting down universities across the country. This is just as the ASUU’s …

Former Chief Imam of the National Assembly Legislators’ Quarters Mosque, Sheikh Muhammad Nuru Khalid, has said the termination of his appointment by the mosque’s management committee was a necessary price he had to pay for identifying with the suffering masses and speaking truth to power. Sheikh Khalid said this when he spoke with Vanguard exclusively in Abuja on Monday night, …

Over 72.77 million active telecommunication subscribers have been barred from making calls on their SIMs, following a directive from the Federal Government to telecommunication companies. On Monday, the Federal Government ordered telecommunications companies to enforce compliance with its National Identification Number-Subscriber Identity Module policy by restricting outgoing calls on all unlinked lines as the deadline for the verification expired on …

…I paid price for speaking truth to power, says sacked Imam The Management Committee of the National Assembly Legislators’ Quarters Mosque, Apo, Abuja, has sacked Sheikh Nuru Khalid, the Chief Imam, who was accused of criticing the government of President Muhammadu Buhari in his sermon on Friday. Khalid had earlier been suspended for the sermon but reacted that only God …