By James Ogunnaike Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, has hailed the Supreme Court verdict upholding his election in the March 9 gubernatorial election in the State. In a statement by the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Kunle Somorin and made available to newsmen in Abeokuta, the Governor described the verdict as not only […]

  The HUAWEI Y9s equipped with an Ultra-wide angle 48MP AI Triple Camera to deliver outstanding photography is now available for sale in Nigeria market starting. Here are four (4) reasons why HUAWEI Y9s should be on your gift list this season. The holiday season is right around the corner which means it time to […]

To build grassroots movement of 5 million young people By Gabriel Ewepu – Abuja THE ‘Not Too Young To Run’  movement has assured youth, women, and People Living With Disabilities, PWDs, of 30 per cent elective office in 2023 general elections. This was contained in a statement signed by the Convener, Samson Itodo, reinstating commitment on […]

    The Senate on Wednesday confirmed the nomination of Muhammad Nami and 13 others as Executive Chairman and board members of the Federal Inland Revenue Services (FIRS). The confirmation of followed a report of the Committee on Finance and consideration of same at the Senate Committee of the Whole. President Muhammadu Buhari had forwarded […]

An anti-racism campaign by Serie A featuring monkeys was “too provocative”, Lazio president Claudio Lotito said Wednesday, stressing however that the league was not racist. Monday’s launch of the campaign was aimed at promoting “integration, multiculturalism and fraternity” but immediately drew widespread criticism and ridicule. “The spirit was not to accentuate the racist side, but […]

Charges metal operators on way forward By Gabriel Ewepu – Abuja The Minister of Mines and Steel Development, Architect Olamilekan Adegbite, yesterday, assured that Ajaokuta Steel Company will commence full production activities with Federal Government’s resolve to get it working soon. Adegbite gave the assurance while declaring open the 2nd Nigeria Metallurgical Industry Stakeholders Forum, […]

By Tordue Salem The House of Representatives has raised a panel to probe an alleged non-remittance of N1.343 trillion Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) to the Consolidated Revenue Account by the Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency (PPPRA). Two members of the House, Reps. Ossai Nicholas Ossai (PDP-Delta) and Julius Ihonvbere (APC-Edo), sought the probe, through a […]

Benjamin Uwajumogu, the Senator representing Imo North Senatorial District in the National Assembly is dead. He was said to have slumped in the bathroom while taking his bath and rushed to a private hospital in Apo, Abuja, where he died. Details later… VANGUARD

The Federal High Court, Abuja, on Wednesday, granted the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC)’s request to extradite the Briton, Adam Quinn, over his alleged complicity in the failed Gas Supply Processing Agreement (GSPA) between the Nigerian government and Process and Industrial Development (P&ID). Justice Okon Abang, who gave the order for Quinn’s arrest, said […]

By Ochuko Akuopha – Oleh Youth wing of the Urhobo Progress Union, UPU, Worldwide, has called on President Mohammadu Buhari and the National leadership of All Progressives Congress, APC to work out modalities for the inauguration of the Dr. Pius Odubu and Olorogun Bernard Okumagba led Niger Delta Development Commission, the NDDC board. President of […]

CENTRAL Bank of Nigeria, CBN, has expressed worry on how housing projects in the country favour the upper class alone; leaving the lower class that it said has more need for shelter in desolation.

By Tordue Salem The House of Representatives, Wednesday summoned the management of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), over allegations that its contractors abandoned constructions of Onicha-Aku/Idumuje, Onicha-uku/Idumu-Ogo roads and Onicha-uku Civic Centre projects. The motion sponsored by Minority Leader of the House, Rep. Ndudi Elumelu (PDP-DELTA). In his motion, he noted “with serious concern, […]

South Africa’s Supreme Court of Appeal awarded 1.4 million rand ($97,500) Wednesday to the family of a five year-old boy who drowned in human waste after falling into a pit latrine at his school. Michael Komape’s death in the north eastern province of Limpopo in January 2014 shocked the country. The toilet structure above the […]

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Lagos Zonal office, on Wednesday, December 18, 2019, arraigned one Gbenga Kolade before Justice Mojisola Dada of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos on a five-count charge bordering on forgery, use of false document and stealing to the tune of N1,540,000.00 (One Million, Five Hundred and […]

By Ikechukwu Nnochiri The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Wednesday, issued a bench warrant for the arrest of another British national, Adam Quinn, following his alleged involvement in the gas supply contract scam that led to $9.6billion judgement liability against Nigeria. Trial Justice Okon Abang ordered his arrest after he heard an ex-parte […]