THE Eric Omare-led faction of Ijaw Youth Council, IYC, worldwide, has said that the continued detention of Niger Deltans in the custody of the Department of State Services, DSS, without trial is a breach of the Niger Delta peace process.

Crude oil prices have risen to $48.77 per barrel, showing $3.23 in excess of Nigeria’s 2017 budget reference of $44.50 per barrel.

Wife of the President, Mrs. Aisha Muhammadu Buhari, left for London, United Kingdom, yesterday, to visit her husband who is on medical vacation, her office said in a statement.

GOVERNOR Samuel Ortom of Benue State has lamented that dead staff in the state employ are still collecting salaries from the state.

The top 10 banks earned N138 billion from charges on electronic payment transactions. This represented 26 per cent increase from the N109.1 billion earned in 2015. Bank customers who spoke to Vanguard, however, differed in their views about this development.

Nigerian High Commissioner in South Africa, Amb. Martin Cobham, has said the Early Warning Unit, EWU, aimed at checking xenophobia in that country has not taken off.

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, yesterday, stated that its continuous intervention in the supply of Automotive Gasoline Oil, AGO, also known as diesel, has led to a further drop in the price of the commodity to as low as N150 per litre in some parts of the country over the last two weeks.

BARGAIN hunters will continue to dictate the pace of activity in the equities market as investors continue to buy in on stocks that had depreciated in prior trading sessions.

Catholic priests of the Ahiara Diocese in Imo State said they have complied with the directives of the Papacy.

AS part of its resolve to impact positively on the environment where it operates, First City Monument Bank (FCMB) has reaffirmed that it will continue to empower the people through its various programmes on Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR).