Kano — As part of the effort to boost water and electricity supply to the people, the Kano State Government, yesterday, inaugurated the boards of the two parastatals. They are the state’s Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Agency, which has 10 Directors and the Rural Electrification Board, which has 13 Directors. Inaugurating the boards, Commissioner […]

By Ndahi Marama MAIDUGURI — As a result of the increase in desert encroachment, particularly in the northern parts of Borno State, the state government is set to plant over six (6) million tree seedlings before the end of this year to control deforestation which has continued to hamper environmental development of the state. The […]

By Vincent Ujumadu AWKA—THE Nigeria Postal Service  (NIPOST) has said that it has no intention to close down some of its unviable post offices in Anambra state, but appealed to the people to patronise them to justify their existence. Area Postal Manager for the Anambra territory, Mr. Austin Ebodili said in a statement in Awka, […]

By Demola Akinyemi Ilorin — Following the sealing up of two pharmaceutical companies in Ilorin last week over gross violation of the processes in making standard drugs, the Pharmacists Council of Nigeria ( PCN), yesterday, threatened further sanction on pharmaceutical companies that engage in unwholesome practice. The Council particularly warned the unsuspecting public to be […]

The Progressive Peoples Alliance (PPA) has defended the election of Mrs Uche Ekwunife, as its party candidate for the Anambra gubernatorial election in 2010, saying “a woman as the PPA governorship candidate will make the needed difference because Anambra needs the loving care of a hard-working, people-oriented woman such as honorable Ekwunife.” Mrs Ekwunife is […]

By Festus Okoye Suddenly, a cloud of fatalistic resignation has enveloped the leading lights of some civil society groups and organisa tions on the possibility or impossibility of electoral and constitutional reform before the 2011 elections. Prior to this period, some have been very upbeat and worked assiduously on very various electoral models that can […]

By Taye Obateru Jos – The Senate of the University of Jos has approved Monday for the resumption of normal academic activities at the institution. The Senate at a meeting, yesterday, took the decision following the suspension of the over three-month strike by lecturers. A statement from the institution aired on state electronic media advised […]

By Dennis Agbo ABAKALIKI – Full academic activities are yet to resume in Ebonyi State University, Abakaliki (EBSU), five days after the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) temporary suspended the three months strike that paralyzed the tertiary institutions in the country. When Vanguard visited the three campuses of EBSU, few students were seen within […]

By Innocent Anaba A Lagos High Court has adjourned for judgement in the suit by widow of late Military Administrator of Lagos state, Air Commodore Gbolahan Mudasiru, Foluke, who is challenging the powers of the executors/trustees of her late husband estates. Late Mudasiru died in a London hospital on September 23, 2003. Four weeks after […]

LAGOS – The Nigerian Economic Summit Group (NESG),  in response to the on-going reforms in the banking sector, is hosting a policy dialogue with the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Mr. Lamido Sanusi, on the post-consolidation crisis in the banking sector on Friday, October 23, at the Nigerian Institute for International Affairs, Victoria […]