ENUGU—TRADITIONAL Rulers and leaders of thought in Nsukka senatorial zone of Enugu State have endorsed Governor Sullivan Chime for a second term in office with a request to the Governor to handover power to somebody from the zone in 2015. The Nsukka people advised governorship aspirants from the area not to challenge Chime in the […]

Enugu—The Enugu State House of Assembly has passed the National Health Insurance Scheme, NHIS, Bill into law. This followed the presentation of the report of the Joint Committees on Health and Judiciary at the third reading during a plenary of the House, yesterday. Mr David Atigwe, Chairman of the Joint Committee, said the bill was […]

By Sam Eyoboka LAGOS — WORRIED by the continued reports of killing of Christians in the North, the umbrella body of Pentecostalism in Nigeria, the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria, PFN, has renewed its call for a sovereign national conference, SNC, to fashion a way forward for the country. Reacting to what it called the continued […]

By Dayo Johnson AKURE—IN its effort to develop tourism in the state, the Ondo State government yesterday signed a Memorandum of Understanding, MoU, with an Italian firm for the construction of a tourism village that would gulp N40 billion. The State Governor, Dr Olusegun Mimiko who signed on behalf of the government said the tourism […]

By  Emeka Mamah Kaduna — The National Union of Textile Garment and Tailoring Workers of Nigeria, NUTGTWN, has faulted Federal Government’s 2010 budget, describing it as industry and employment-shy. Speaking at a press conference in Kaduna yesterday, the union’s General Secretary who is also Vice President of the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, Comrade Issa Aremu, […]

Youths in Rivers State have pledged their unflinching support for the Managing Director of Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, Mr. Chibuzor Ughwoha.

By Chidi Nkwopara OWERRI—The Chairman, South-South and South East Council of Muslim Traditional Rulers and Otaru of Auchi Kingdom, Edo State, Alhaji Aliru Momoh, has called for an end to what he called the “endless recycling of leaders in Nigeria.” The royal father made the call in an exclusive interview with Vanguard, in the palace […]

By Wole Mosadomi MINNA — A Minna High Court has nullified the results of local government by-elections conducted in six wards of Niger State declared in favour of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, by the state Independent Electoral Commission. The All Nigeria People’s Party, ANPP, had dragged the state Electoral Commission before the court for […]

THE Niger State government has taken delivery of five ambulances equipped with oxygen concentration machines and other life saving facilities to be used in the accident flash points in the state.

I have this male colleague at work and we are very friendly, we see and chat with each other everyday. We’re both single and so far, the relationship has been purely platonic – except for once or twice that we have kissed when slightly tipsy. Lately, I’ve been having sexual fantasies about him. I’m not sure he feels the same way and I’m worried an affair might ruin our relationship. How do I make the first move without making a fool of myself?

By Anayo Okoli Umuahia—ABIA State Government says it is still owing the Federal Government $20 million, which the Federal Government is deducting from its monthly allocation. The debt,  the government explained was inherited from old Imo State, which was borrowed to build industries.  Governor Theodore Orji also disclosed that the Federal Government is owing the […]

By Peter Duru MAKURDI — Director-General, National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC, Dr. Paul Orhii, has disclosed that the agency has intercepted 7 truck-loads of fake drugs valued at over N600 million at Idi-Iroko, a boarder town in Lagos State. The counterfeit drugs which were being hauled into Nigeria from a […]

By AbdulSalam Muhammad KANO — The police have arrested 57 suspects in connection with the robbery attack on former Governor of Kano State, Alhaji Abubakar Rimi, which eventually led to his death. Kano State Commissioner of Police, Muhammad Gana told the visiting Deputy Inspector-General of Police, Mr Uba Ringim, that most of the accused persons […]

WARRI — THE 23rdCoronation anniversary (Oyo-Ekoro) of His Majesty, Ogiame Atuwatse II, The Olu of Warri, commences today, 28 April through May 2.

The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Mrs. Farida Waziri, has said the agency has so far recovered over $6 billion from top political and economic operators in the country since its inception with $3.5bn recovered in the last 18 months.