VANGUARD By Owei Lakemfa LEBANON is a fragile country held together by common sense. As a distinct nation, it has been involved in 21 pre-colonial wars, two colonial wars and 11 post-colonial wars. It has 18 officially recognised religious sects:…
VANGUARD By Owei Lakemfa CRONJE. “Do you want Cronje?” “Do you have Cronje?” were questions some students asked on the streets of Lagos in 1977. Some question papers of that year’s West African School Certificate, WASC, examinations organised by the…
VANGUARD …..you’ve a case to answer, FG fires back …..as tribunal stands-down to rule of motion to stop trial ABUJA—-The suspended Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Justice Walter Onnoghen, on Friday, demanded an apology from the Federal Government for dragging…
CHANNELS TV Rivers Women from the 23 Local Government Areas of the state have called on the Independent National Electoral Commission ( INEC) to conclude the Collation Process for the Governorship election and declare Governor Nyesom Ezenwo Wike duly re-elected.…
SAHARA REPORTERS Chief Nengi James-Eriworio, National Coordinator of the Association of Rural Chiefs (ARC), said the traditional rulers from all existing host communities of the Niger Delta states were behind the calls for the non-renewal of oil block licences. A…
THISDAY A Niger Delta based Oil and Gas expert, Chief Sunny Onuesoke, has called for a legislative framework by the National Assembly for the implementation of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). This, he said would make it a legal and enforceable…
An Abuja-based lawyer, Mr Pelumi Olajengbesi, has threatened to drag the management of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) to court following what he described as “discriminatory” recruitment process. Olajengbesi, in a letter, addressed to the Group Managing Director, NNPC,…
CNN A major new inquiry into oil companies operating in the Niger Delta has been launched by the Archbishop of York, John Sentamu. The probe will investigate “environmental and human damage” in Nigeria’s vast oil fields. “This Commission will investigate…
PUNCH The police have rescued a five year-old girl, Aisha Ibrahim, who was kidnapped while returning from school on March 16, 2019, at the Ibudu 1 area of Warri, Delta State. She was rescued unhurt at Bukan-Kwatu, Lafia, Nasarawa State,…
VANGUARD ABUJA – With the Federal Government closing its case in the on-going trial of Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Walter Onnoghen, before the Code of Conduct Tribunal, CCT, where the prosecution failed to prove most of the allegation carried…
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