Vanguard newspaper, once again, blazed the trail in online journalism in Nigeria, when it won the award for the Best Online newspaper of the Year, at the maiden edition of the City People Social Media Awards. The colourful event held yesterday at Westown Hotels, Ikeja, Lagos with publishers, bloggers, social media influencers, Computer and Mobile Technology firms, banks and other corporate organisations in attendance.

OWERRI—Uneasy calm now reigns in Umulolo, Ihitte Ubi, Isiala Oparanadim community in Ahiazu Mbaise Local Government Area of Imo State, following the murder of Ezinne Ann Nwachukwu, five days after her abduction by unknown persons.

UGHELLI—EXACTLY a week after a female passenger lost her life at the Ughelli axis of the East-West Road, a mother has lost two of her teenage children in another motor accident.

ABUJA — INDIGENOUS oil companies that acquired the divested interests of Shell, Total and Chevron in Nigeria, between 2013 and 2015 are at r isk of going bankrupt and may find it difficult to repay the loans they borrowed from financial institutions to acquire these assets, thereby putting the banks in dire straits also.

ABUJA—EIGHT standing committees of the House of Representatives that failed to submit budget reports of Ministries, Departments and Agencies of government they are supervising have lost the right to conclude the exercise.

THE Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) was in the streets across Nigeria recently protesting and picketing offices of electricity distribution companies (DISCOS). NLC was fighting against February 1 approved increase of over 45% by electricity regulator, Nigeria Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC).

Former Super Eagles coach, Sunday Oliseh, is prepared to meet the Nigeria Football Federation in court over what they termed breach of contract,

Osogbo—In his remarks before officially declaring Ile-Ife “a Tourism Zone”, the Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi has said that the historical assets of Ile-Ife, the cradle of Yoruba, was enough to empower Nigeria and Africa at large and urged tourists across the world to thrill themselves with artefacts available in the town.

ibadan—FOUR days to the installation of a new Olubadan of Ibadanland, another claimant to the throne, Chief Adebayo Oyediji has asked an Oyo State High Court to arraign the Olubadan designate, Chief Saliu Adetunji for contempt of court

A Togolese living at 14, Ago Street, Okokomaiko, a Lagos suburb, is alleged to have conspired with another foreigner to kidnap a 34-day-old baby, Mustapha Ibrahim.