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At least eight persons travelling for the Eid- El- Kabir  celebration lost their lives in an auto crash along Akure/Owo expressway, in Ondo State of Nigeria. Three others sustained various degrees of injuries in the crash which occurred on Friday evening. Sunday Vanguard gathered that the deceased were travelling in a Toyota Sienna vehicle marked  Anambra ABN 214, which was  …

Pope Francis and more than 200 senior bishops are meeting at the Vatican to discuss some of the most controversial issues affecting the Catholic Church. They will be joined by lay Catholics to debate abortion, contraception, homosexuality and divorce. The extraordinary synod lasts two weeks and a follow-up meeting will be held next year. Pope Francis said on Saturday that …

Jean-Claude Duvalier was a controversial figure. Haiti’s former ruler Jean-Claude “Baby Doc” Duvalier has died of a heart attack in the capital Port-au-Prince aged 63, official sources say. Duvalier was just 19 when in 1971 he inherited the title of “president-for-life” from his father, the notorious Francois “Papa Doc” Duvalier. He was accused of corruption, human rights abuses and repression …

President Goodluck Jonathan Today, Wednesday led former Heads of State, the leadership of the National Assembly, the judiciary and other top government officials to celebrate the country’s 54th independence anniversary. The event, which was held at the forecourt of the Presidential Villa, Abuja, featured the Presidential Change of Guards Parade, a military affair. The parade was performed by men of the 177 Battalion, Presidential Guards Brigade, Keffi, …

2014 Independence Day Broadcast by His Excellency, President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, GCFR Wednesday 1st October, 2014 Fellow Nigerians: 1.             Today marks the 54th anniversary of our country’s independence as a sovereign nation.  This is also the tenth month of our journey into a new century, having marked the centenary of our nation in January this year. 2.             The first one …

Benin, Edo, Nigeria – By Oladipo Airenakho. Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State has urged the Nigeria Bar Association (NBA) to speak out against what he described as many illegalities being perpetrated by the Federal Government for democracy to thrive in the country. According to him the NBA must find time to speak out not only on the rule of …

Benin, Edo, Nigeria – By Oladipo Airenakho. Edo State Governor Adams Oshiomhole has signed the State’s 2015 Appropriation Bill of N159.3 billion into law. An increment of about N3 billion has now however been added to the N156.551 billion Appropriation Bill earlier presented to the House by the Governor. Immediately after giving his assent to the Bill, Governor Oshiomhole explained …

President of the Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor, yesterday for the first time spoke on the controversial $9.3m cash allegedly smuggled into South Africa by two Nigerians and an Israeli using his private jet. The money which has been confiscated by a South African court was meant for the purchase of arms for the Nigerian Intelligence Services.  …

Ashraf Ghani has been sworn in as Afghanistan’s new president, replacing Hamid Karzai in the country’s first democratic transfer of power. The Kabul ceremony followed six months of deadlock amid a bitter dispute over electoral fraud and a recount of votes. Under a US-brokered unity deal Mr Ghani shares power with runner-up Abdullah Abdullah who becomes chief executive. The Taliban …

The Catholic Secretariat of Nigeria (CSN) yesterday distanced itself and the President of the Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigeria (CBCN), Archbishop Ignatius Kaigama from reports that the Catholic Church had indicted President of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor over the $9.3 million linked to the aborted arms deal. Some Nigerian Newspapers had on Thursday 25th September …