BARRING a last-minute delay, three opposition governors, including Governor Peter Mbah of Enugu State and Duoye Diri of Bayelsa State, will defect to the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, next week, Saturday, Vanguard has gathered.

Governor of Bayelsa State, Senator Douye Diri, former governor of Delta State, Chief James Ibori, and other prominent personalities in the Niger Delta have said the life of the late Chief Diepreye Alamieyeseigha symbolised the principles of federalism, resource control, justice and environmental rights. They said Chief Alamieyeseigha, who was the first civilian governor of

•Says brutal exploitation must stop By Davies Iheamnachor Human Rights lawyer, Mr Femi Falana, SAN, has said the brutal exploitation of the Niger Delta people by the Federal Government must stop. Falana also called for accountability and justice for the people of Niger Delta, saying that if the region is well compensated that it would

•CAN seeks FG partnership on mental health By James Ogunnaike & Luminous Jannamike The Ogun State government on Friday raised the alarm over the increasing rate of mental health patients, saying that the state recorded over 10,000 cases within the first six months of 2025. This is just as President of the Christian Association of

By Marie-Therese Nanlong Jos – Many years ago, when a vehicle belonging to Professor Joash Amupitan’s wife was stolen, he did not give up. His persistence saw the car traced across borders, from Jos, Plateau State, to Mali, through a painstaking investigation involving the Nigeria Police and Interpol. The vehicle was eventually recovered and returned

By Martin A. Ugboma As Nigeria glowed in the warmth of the rebirth of democracy after the brutal dictatorship of the man in the dark glasses, we showed. The newly elected speaker of the House of Representatives, Alhaji Salisu Buhari owned up to falsifying his age from January 1970 to January 1963 to meet the

By Ibrahim Hassan-Wuyo When Governor Uba Sani assumed office, Kaduna State was grappling with one of Nigeria’s gravest educational challenges—an estimated 680,000 to 768,739 children of school age were out of school. The problem reflected a mix of insecurity, poor infrastructure, lack of access, gender disparities that kept many girls at home, as well as