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  • Police nab ASP 3 others over kidnap kingpin’s escape

    BY EMMA AMAIZE ASABA -- POLICE in Delta State have arrested and detained four police officers, including an Assistant Superintendent of Police, Sergeant and Corporal, for allegedly aiding the escape of a kidnap kingpin from police cell in Asaba, weekend. Delta State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Ikechukwu Aduba, confirmed the detention of the police officers when contacted by Vanguard, ...

  • Citizen stories Report news as it breaks near you

    Vanguard invites its numerous readers to be part of our citizen journalism initiative. You can send us stories that are happening where you are. This may also include photos and videos of events you consider fascinating enough to be shared around the world. Note that these reports may be quickly verified,(when we have to) before we publish, so please include your name and contact ...

  • Senate debates State of Emergency proclamation tomorrow

    By JOSEPH ERUNKE ABUJA -- There are strong indications that senators elected under the platform of Actrion Congress of Nigeria, ACN, and some within Congress for Progressive Change, CPC, may disregard the earlier directives of their respective parties not to support the imposition of a state of emergency on three states of Borno, Yobe and Adamawa, as the debate comes up tomorrow. The action of ...

  • Alaafin urges US to assist Nigeria on security

    By OLA AJAYI IBADAN -- The Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi, has called on the United States of America, USA, to intervene in the security challenges in Nigeria. The call was made, yesterday, when he was receiving the US Consul-General to Nigeria, Mr. Jeffrey Hawkins, in his palace. Oba Adeyemi said: "Nigeria is facing serious challenges in the area of security. I want to use this ...

  • 14 S-East roads fail Reps standard test

    By Emman Ovuakporie ENUGU -- FOURTEEN of the sixteen roads inspected during an on-going inspection of federal roads by the House of Representatives House Committee on Works failed all standard tests. When analysed in percentage, 87.5 per cent of the on-going federal road projects inspected in the South-East failed the standard tests conducted by members of the committee who were mainly ...

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Identity

Identity

Identity, which takes place over one perpetually rainy night, is essentially a reworked version of Agatha Christie's Ten Little Indians, in which 10 strangers find themselves stranded in an isolated mansion and are slowly killed off one by one. This time around, however, it's not an isolated mansion, but rather an isolated motel, perhaps the most isolated since Norman worked the des ... ...

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  • Uduaghan’s revolution in transport restores sanity

    AS a resident in Delta State, one development that has impressed me greatly is transport. The administration of Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan has no doubt given transportation uncanny attention deserving of some mention. Part of this transformation agenda has made Delta Line buses, with their white and blue colour, a common feature in towns and villages of the state and many cities in Nigeria. This ...

  • Why morning flights are delayed at Lagos airport

    By Kenneth Ehigiator LAGOS -- Space constraints on the apron of the General Aviation Terminal, GAT, of the Murtala Muhammed Airport in Lagos may have been responsible for the delay in the early morning flights operated out of the airport. Vanguard investigation revealed that spaces on the apron meant for parking for airlines on scheduled operations had been taken up by cargo aircraft, which ...

  • Priests’ protest Okpalaeke to be ordained outside Mbaise

    By CHIDI NKWOPARA OWERRI -- The Vatican has, in collaboration with the Catholic Archdiocese of Owerri, concluded plans to ordain the largely rejected Monsignor Peter Okpalaeke as the new bishop of Ahiara Diocese. Archbishop Anthony J.V. Obinna disclosed this yesterday, while delivering the homily during a Pontifical Sung Mass at Maria Assumpta Cathedral, Owerri. The Archbishop said: ...

  • Is’haq Modibo Kawu Northern irredentists and the appropriation of Nigeria

    By Itse Sagay, SAN IWAS amused at the almost physical pain exhibited by Is'haq Modibo Kawu in his column in the Vanguard Newspaper on Thursday, May 2, 2013, whilst reacting to a recent speech in the U.S.A. by Mr. Kingsley Kuku, the President's Adviser on the Niger Delta. Mr. Kuku had apparently stated that there would be dire consequences if President Jonathan is not re-elected in ...

  • CABINET SHAKE-UP Orubebe three other ministers to go

    By Soni Daniel, Regional Editor, North ABUJA--Indications emerged, last night, that President Goodluck Jonathan might have concluded plans to offload four ministers from his cabinet in a reshuffle that is about to take place this month. The four ministers; Elder Godsday Orubebe, Mr. Bala Muhammad, Stella Odua and Labaran Maku, are said to have indicated interest in the 2015 election and had ...

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