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OSOGBO—Justice Jide Falola of an Osun State High Court sitting in Okuku has sentenced two robbers to death for stealing fowls. The convicts, Olowookere Segun and Morakinyo Sunday, were found guilty of forcefully breaking into the house of one Mr. Balogun Tope, a police officer attached to Divisional Police headquarters, Okuku, in April 2010 and carting away some of his belongings. The convicts were charged with conspiracy, robbery and stealing contrary to Section 6(b) and 1(2)(a) of Robbery and Firearm (Special Provisions) Act, cap R 11 Laws of Federation of Nigeria 2004 and Section (390)(1) Criminal Code Law, Cap 34, Laws of Osun State, 2002. The prosecution team, led by the state Solicitor-General, Mrs Abiola Adewemimo, called six witnesses and tendered several exhibits during the prosecution. The prosecution told the court that on November 13, 2010, men were sighted around Balogun’s home armed with cutlass and a dane gun, and that while two of them were arrested, others escaped. The...

Professor Yemi Osinbajo, who emerged the running mate to the All Progressives Congress Presidential candidate, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari, has promised to proudly serve Nigerians with Buhari if elected in ofice come 2015. APC Presidential Candidate, Gen. Mohammed Buhari with his running mate Prof. Yemi Osinbajo SAN in Abuja. Photo: Gbemiga Olamikan Osinbajo made this statement in his acceptance speech at the national secretariat of APC in Abuja, Wednesday. He pledged to work with Buhari and the party if elected into office to restore the hope of Nigerians. He said: “I am deeply honoured and grateful to have been nominated as the Vice-Presidential candidate of our party, APC and especially the Presidential candidate, General Muhammadu Buhari. “I also thank the leaders and elders of our great party, APC for the trust reposed in me. “The task of rebuilding this nation is one to which I am fully committed. There can be no other President, Leader and commander that can lead that common sense re...

It was an emphatic “Yes” that the Nigerian President, Dr. Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, received in the early hours of Thursday, December 11, 2014, from more than the required two-thirds of the delegates of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), who had gathered at the Eagle Square Abuja, to ratify his candidature as PDP’s flag bearer in the February 14, 2015 presidential elections. Free from the adversarial politics and rancorous spirits all too evident across the channel in the opposition party’s convention in Lagos, delegates of the ruling PDP were indeed in convivial mood – with hugs, laughter and backslaps as they voted and confirmed President Jonathan as their presidential candidate in the forthcoming general elections. Just like all good stories, the matter that started with an overwhelming endorsement of President Jonathan by virtually all the major organs of the PDP as the party’s flag bearer in 2015, ended on a joyous note. File Photo: Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan greets supp...

THE Federal Government will today meet leaders of striking oil workers and other stakeholders in the petroleum sector in a desperate effort to end the industrial action before it worsens the fuel supply chain and other socio-economic situations. Already, the workers, on the umbrella of the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers, NUPENG and its Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria, PENGASSAN’s counterpart, operating as NUPENGASSAN, have not only stopped loading of products, major installations in both upstream and downstream have also, been shut. Vanguard gathered that the Federal Government through the Federal Ministries of Labour and Productivity as well as Petroleum Resources, slated today’s meeting for 11 am in Abuja. However situations reports across the country yesterday indicated high level of compliance by workers on the first day of the strike. In Lagos, most depots were shut. At Ejigbo Depot, some tankers that loaded earlier in the day were...

Lagos – Mr Frank Edozie, Senior Special Adviser on Gas to the Minister of Power, said that power generation dropped to 3,500 megawatts due to sabotage of pipelines and inadequate gas supply. Edozie disclosed this in a telephone interview in Lagos. According to him, the ongoing epileptic power supply being experienced across the country was caused by recent vandalism of Transforcados pipeline that transported crude oil. “Inadequate gas supply and frequent sabotage of the pipelines had contributed immensely to lack of electricity supply in the country. “We are constrained due to the gas challenges and it has contributed to the drop of power generation to 3,500 megawatts,’’ he said. The senior special adviser said that available power generation capacity currently stood at 6,000 mega watts while system capacity stood at 5,000 mega watts. Edozie said that the real challenge of epileptic power supply was caused by gas inadequacy. “Presently, power generation as at today stood at 3,500 megaw...

Onitsha (Anambra) – The Nigerian Army has promoted 103 soldiers of the 302 Artillery Regiment, Onitsha in Anambra. Decorating the newly promoted soldiers on Monday, the Commander of the regiment, Col. Jubrin Fagge, said that the promotion was meant to spur them to duty. Fagge called on the soldiers to maintain professionalism by being loyal to their supervisors and officers. He said “I am happy and delighted for this great gesture the Chief of Army Staff (COAS) and the General Officer Commanding (GOC) of 82 Division of the Nigerian Army, Enugu did for the regiment. “The regiment assures the COAS and GOC that the soldiers would be up and doing and would not let them down. “The soldiers should remember that promotion comes with added responsibility and re-dedication to duty, as well as greater need for them to follow strictly the instructions of officers placed over them.’’ The commander advised the promoted soldiers to take care of their families “because the promotion goes with increas...

Abuja – The Federal Government on Monday declared as “erroneous and unfortunate”, the repatriation of 30 Nigerians by Sudan over suspicion of them being infected by the Ebola Virus Disease. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that the Nigerian government had already protested the ill-treatment of Nigerians by the country to the Sudanese authority and was seeking appropriate redress. Spokesman of the ministry, Mr Ogbole Ode, said that 30 Nigerians were repatriated by the Sudanese authority Thursday last week. “The repatriation is erroneous because the World Health Organisation (WHO), has declared Nigeria Ebola-free since Oct. 20 after 42-day observation period without recording any case of Ebola. “It is unfortunate that Sudan a supposedly friendly African nation which has cordial relations with Nigeria, will act this way,” Ode said. The spokesman said that 26 of the affected Nigerians were students who had travelled to Nigeria on holidays and were returning to Khartoun after their holi...

Pastor and televangelist TB Joshua on Monday again failed to appear at a coroner’s inquest into a building collapse at his Lagos church which killed 116 people, including 81 South Africans. TB Joshua had been called to give evidence at the hearing but his lawyer, Lateef Fagbemi, asked for him to be excused because of a pending high court application. Lawyers for Joshua, who has claimed the collapse may have been sabotage, are attempting to stop the inquest, arguing that the coroner has exceeded his powers to call him as a witness. The high court hearing will be held next Monday, the inquest was told. Coroner Oyetade Komolafe accepted Joshua’s absence pending the high court session. “Let your client go to the high court and come back,” he told Fagbemi. TB Joshua Joshua was summonsed twice to appear at the inquest before the application to stay proceedings was made. The engineer of the collapsed building was in court but said he could not give evidence because he was ill. Komolafe warne...

Chief Mrs Genny Adeosun, woman in politics advocate and wife of late former Minister of Aviation, Communication and Transport. Chief Oluwole Adeosun, who died while in active service as Chairman of the National Pension Commission (Pencom), relieved her experience to Vanguard at the family’s Victoria Island, Lagos residence last Thursday. She spoke glowingly about Governor Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo State saying for a governor who has done well in first term, a second term is deserved. Excerpts: By Bashir Adefaka & Maryam Oseni IT is a little above two years now that your husband who was a Minister of Aviation and Managing Director of First Bank, Chief Oluwole Adeosun, departed for greater beyond. How has life been with you? Genny Adeosun I just thank God because the day he passed on, I thought my life was over. I could not believe the man that I see and speak with everyday for almost 30yrs can pass on just like that without a goodbye, without preparation and unceremoniously? I just th...

More than 6,800 people have now died from the Ebola virus, almost all of them in west Africa, the World Health Organization said Monday. The UN health agency reported that as of December 13, there had been 18,464 cases of infection from the deadly virus in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone, and 6,841 people had died. WHO did not provide an update of cases in other countries, but last week said the death toll remained the same: six in Mali, one in the United States, and eight in Nigeria, which was declared Ebola free in October. Spain and Senegal, which have both been declared free from Ebola, meanwhile counted one case each, but no deaths. – Sierra Leone – Sierra Leone, which last week overtook Liberia as the nation with the most infections, counted 8,273 cases and 2,033 deaths on December 13. The toll up until December 10 stood at 8,069 cases and 1,899 deaths. – Liberia – Liberia, long the hardest-hit country, has meanwhile seen a decrease in the rate of transmission in recent weeks. A...

The President of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor, says insurgency persists in some parts of the country due to pretence by some Nigerians and refusal to speak the truth. Oritsejafor, who stated this at the Northern States Christian Elders Forum (NOSCEF) Traditional Rulers Conference 2014, in Abuja, said the country was fighting the war against the truth. His words; “Nigeria is fighting against truth. We hate truth, we hide truth and we fear truth. It is so unfortunate. In John 8:32, Jesus said you shall know the truth and the truth will make you free. “Nigeria is not free because we are running away from truth. Truth can be bitter, but when you swallow it, when it gets inside, it could become sweet. “No nation can grow or develop without embracing the truth. No matter how difficult it is. In the same John 8:46, Jesus said, ‘if what I have told you is the truth, then why do you refuse to believe me?’ This is the situation of Nigerians today, we are ...

Former Head of State, Gen Muhammadu Buhari(retd) has condemned the bombings in Kano and Jos, saying the actions of the terrorists, not sanctioned by any religion, will not succeed. In a statement by the All Progressive Congress presidential candidate, made available to newsmen, Saturday, Buhari said the nation will overcome its presents challenges. ” I condemn, unreservedly and with every strength in me, the recent terrorist attacks in Kano and Jos, the two historic cities that are known for their rich cultural and religious heritage. “Once again, those who seek to influence our way of life, modify our faith and our most sacred core values, have struck, leaving in their wake lives brutally cut short, limbs badly broken and dreams forced to fade away. General Muhammadu Buhari “But these people, whose actions are not sanctioned by any religion and who subscribe to no known decent values, will not succeed. Our people are resilient and strong, and our nation is capable, based on our rich h...

The Registrar of the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) Professor Dibu Ojerinde has said that the agency had successfully stamped out corruption in form of examination malpractices using its innovative biometrics platform. This, according to him, allows JAMB to conduct examinations throughout West Africa and produce the results same day to block chances of manipulations. Dibu, who said they had succeeded in blocking all avenues upon which examination malpractices thrive, however, noted that there was need for school authorities of various institutions to carry out the last check on their prospective applicants, who seek admission in their schools. Consequently, he solicited the collaboration of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) in this regard to completely stamp out corruption in the admission process. Dibu was speaking at the 11th ICPC Good Governance Forum with the theme; “Good Governance, Accountability and Transformation: The...

President Jonathan has picked the current Vice President, Namadi Sambo as his running mate for next year’s elections. The President made this known at the PDP Presidential Convention that held at the Eagles Square, Abuja. President Jonathan who was ratified as the party’s presidential candidate having won all 2,812 delegates votes at the convention, told party faithfuls in his acceptance speech that he had picked his “tested and loyal” Vice President as his running mate. Rumors were rift a few months ago of the possibility of Jonathan dropping VP Sambo and picking another person as his running mate.

President Jonathan has picked the current Vice President, Namadi Sambo as his running mate for next year’s elections. The President made this known at the PDP Presidential Convention that held at the Eagles Square, Abuja. President Jonathan who was ratified as the party’s presidential candidate having won all 2,812 delegates votes at the convention, told party faithfuls in his acceptance speech that he had picked his “tested and loyal” Vice President as his running mate. Rumors were rift a few months ago of the possibility of Jonathan dropping VP Sambo and picking another person as his running mate.

Alleged irregularities in the primaries for the gubernatorial post in Kebbi under the protective umbrella of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) have 7 aspirants demanding for a fresh primary elections, and have all threatened to defect if not done. Mr Celestine Omehia chairman of the electoral committee reported via NAN, that the primaries has been suspended after the aspirants protested and no results were announced. The aggrieved aspirants, met for several hours and listed their worries in a communique that was forwaded to PDP’s National Secretariat said the election was bodied with violations of the party constituition. Spokesman for the aggrieved aspirants, Dr. Musa Zagi, said they demand for fulll investigation into the failed primaries and the penalization of the culprits.

The US Senate report on theCIA and torture releasedmakes it clear that the US has systematically violated the prohibition against torture. Despite the report being made public, US politicians, security service personnel and commentators are defending the CIA’s ‘right’ to torture individuals. The report also notes the other countries that were complicit in or partners to those practices. When Global North countries that hold themselves out as bastions of liberalism are willing to practice torture, then how can those same states criticise emerging democracies and non-democratic countries for doing the same?

Today is Human Rights Day; a day designated by the United Nations to draw attention to the 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights. That declaration set out 30 fundamental rights belonging to all persons. But 76 years later, the state of play of human rights across the world leaves a great deal to be desired. Gross and systemic abuses continue to be perpetrated at an alarming rate. Despite the UN and regional systems investing vast sums into protecting and promoting human rights, they are disregarded in many countries. A day does not go by without news reports of grave human rights abuses in countries across all regions of the world. We are confronted with deaths and displacements inSyria; looting and killing inIraq; rapes and amputations in theCongo; repression of dissent and ill-treatment of workers inChina; disappearances and beheadings inMexico; torture and arbitrary detention inGuantánamo Bay; racism and xenophobia inEurope; subjugation ofwomenand oppression of homosexuals acro...

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo, has been found guilty of contempt for publishing his memoirs. The court ordered the police, Department of State Service (DSS), and Nigeria Customs Service to confiscate the book, while also restraining media houses from publishing excerpts. On December 5, an interim order restraining the former president from publishing his memoirs, My Watch, was given by Valentine Ashi, a justice of the Abuja high court. However, on Tuesday, Obasanjo went ahead to launch the book, arguing that it had already been published before the court’s order. On Wednesday, Ashi ruled that it was irrelevant that the book was published before the interim order, adding that Obasanjo should have obeyed the court’s order. “The fact that the book was published in November is irrelevant. As long as the substantive suit is not yet determined, no party is entitled to publish or comment on material facts that are yet to be decided on by the court,” he said. Ashi also gave the former pre...