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The Police Command in Ebonyi has warned native doctors against providing criminals with charms to perpetrate criminal activities in the state. The state Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), DSP Loveth Odah, gave the warning in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday in Abakaliki. Odah, who said the command was committed to the protection of lives and property, urged native doctors in the state and country at large to steer clear of unlawful businesses.  NAN reports that the police had on April 30 discovered the decomposed bodies of two young men in a shallow grave inside Uduku-Igbudu forest in Agubia, Ikwo Local Government Area of Ebonyi. The victims were said to have been abducted and buried alive inside the forest by their abductors, including two native doctors, who have been arrested by the police.  According to Odah, the deceased were blindfolded while ropes were tied to their necks when their decomposing bodies were exhumed by the police. “We went to the f

…exonerate Speaker Gbajabiamila Abuja Members of the House of Representatives have descended on the Senate President, Ahmed Lawan for opposing the call of the southern governors for restructuring and true federalism. They said that Lawan through his utterances has shown biases, technically killing the constitutional review committee. It will be recalled that the Senate President had while granting an interview to State House Correspondents on Thursday after observing the Eid prayers alongside President Muhammadu Buhari and the Speaker of the House of Representatives at the Presidential Villa, Abuja vented his opposition to the restructuring call. Speaking exclusively to Saturday Vanguard on the matter, some members of the House however exonerated Gbajabiamila from the opposition. The lawmakers included Hon. Sergius Ogun, representing Esan North East/ South East Federal Constituency of Edo State; Hon. Kingsley Chinda, representing Obio/Akpor Federal Constituency of Rivers State and Hon.

The front line gubernatorial aspirant of the All Progressives Congress and the Chairman/CEO of the Wichtech Group, Dr. Chidozie Nwankwo has felicitated with the foremost traditional ruler and the chairman of the Anambra Traditional Rulers Council, Igwe Alfred Nnaemeka Achebe as he celebrates his 80th birthday today, May 14th 2021. Speaking through his media office, Dr. Chidozie Nwankwo stated that Igwe Achebe has redefined what it was to be a traditional ruler at this time by successfully marrying traditions alongside the need to progress. He further stated that the traditional ruler of the ancient Onitsha kingdom is a statesman who need to be understudied by all and sundry as he has played his fatherly role exceptionally well in the state and have become a stabilizing hand in activities of our state. Dr. Chidozie Nwankwo further wished him more wisdom, knowledge, health and good fortune so that he can continue to add his quota to the development of the state by offering advises and

Manchester City football club was on Tuesday confirmed winner of the 2020/2021 English Premier League (EPL). For those who follow football keenly, whether it is played in the dusty fields of Ajegunle, in Lagos, the La Liga in Spain, Italian Serie A, German Bundesliga, or EPL, this was one pulsating season, filled with excitement, despite the absence of physical spectators, due to the ravaging COVID-19 pandemic. As someone who gets his kick from football (from what do you get your’s?) the fact that Manchester City got crowned champions three games to the end of the season, after Manchester United lost 1-2 at home to Leicester City, holds great significance even for our country, and what she is currently passing through. Unique lessons can be drawn, which can inspire us as a people. Since it was established in 1880, Manchester City was winning the League for the 7th time. Incidentally, five of the victories were in the past 10 years. Three of them are in four years, under the current coa

Governance in Nigeria, both at the central and sub-national levels, has been hobbled by inconsistent implementation of laid down plans. As a result, there are hundreds of uncompleted projects scattered all over the place as each administration abandons the works of the previous and embarks solely upon its own. To address this issue in Anambra State, Lady Chidi Onyemelukwe, a 2021 gubernatorial aspirant under the platform of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), has vowed to change this narrative, if elected. Onyemelukwe made this known on Wednesday in Umueze–Anam when she conferred with Anambra West LGA statutory delegates of the party. Onyemelukwe argued that since governance is a continuum, there is really no pressure for her to discontinue viable projects initiated by previous administrations, bearing in mind that the people's money has been invested and they do not reap the benefits of such investments if the projects remain uncompleted. “Yes, we are coming to execute our own po

Read Full Text below COMMUNIQUE ISSUED AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE MEETING OF THE GOVERNORS OF SOUTHERN NIGERIA IN GOVERNMENT HOUSE, ASABA, DELTA STATE, ON TUESDAY, 11TH MAY, 2021 At its meeting, held today, 11th May, 2021, the Southern Governors Forum reviewed the situation in the nation generally and focused on the current security situation, agitations/restructuring,prospect for inter-state collaboration and partnerships as well as on the incidence of the COVID-19 Pandemic. Rising from the meeting, the Forum: i) affirmed that the peoples of Southern Nigeria remain committed to the unity of Nigeria on the basis of justice, fairness, equity and oneness and peaceful co-existence between and among its peoples with a focus on the attainment of shared goals for economíc development and prosperity; ii) observed that the incursion of  armed herders, criminals and bandits into the Southern part of the country has presented a severe security challenge such that citizens are not able to live thei