Human rights lawyer, Mr. Femi Falana (SAN), on Friday, asked the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr. Abubakar Malami (SAN), to withdraw pending criminal charges against his clients, Mr. Omoyele Sowore and Olawale Bakare. Falana said in a statement that there was no evidence to get the ‘RevolutonNow’ protests conveners convicted. He […]

Minister of Communication and Digital Economy, Dr Isa Ibrahim Pantami says Nigeria must begin now to embrace Open Data initiative to be able to grow and become globally competitive.

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) said it made ₦5.20billion trading surplus for the month of August, reflecting an increase of 22 per cent compared with the ₦4.26 billion surplus posted in July. The corporation disclosed this in its Monthly Financial and Operations Report (MFOR) for the month of August released in Abuja on Sunday. […]

WHETHER you are a discerning or dilettante Nigerian, it is not hard to pick holes in the claim, last week, by Hadiza Bala-Usman, the managing director of the Nigerian Ports Authority, NPA, that she was attacked at the sprawling National Assembly complex, Abuja, by thugs purportedly sent by the Chairman of Messrs Ocean Maritime Solutions Limited, OMSL, Captain Wells Okunbo.

…as AZMAN makes maiden flight to Asaba By Festus Ahon – Asaba Governor Ifeanyi Okowa, yesterday said with the upgrade of the runway of the Asaba International Airport to meet international standard, large airplanes can now land in Asaba as the AZMAN AA 5N-AIS made its maiden flight into the airport. Okowa who was represented […]

New Zealand marked one week since the deadly White Island eruption with a minute’s silence Monday, as Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern warned grieving families they face a lengthy wait for answers. At 2:11pm (0111 GMT) — exactly a week since the eruption — offices and shops fell silent as New Zealanders remembered the 16 international […]

 The combined troops of 4 Brigade and 32 Artillery Brigade Nigerian Army Exercise Crocodile Smile IV have recovered eight Dane guns and 725 bags of substance suspected to be cannabis.

President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday commended the Chadian Forces over their contributions to the counter-insurgency campaign in the Lake Chad Basin.

Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has called on Christians to sustain their prayers for the success of his administration and the development of the State. Speaking during the Golden Jubilee Anniversary celebration and Thanksgiving service of St Peter’s Anglican Church Rumuepirikom Deanery on Sunday, Governor Wike said the state is currently faced with enemies […]

James Ogunnaike – Abeokuta No fewer than six persons, including four adults and two children, were on Sunday crushed to death, by truck at Ijebu-Imushin, in Ijebu East Local Government Area of Ogun State. The incident, according to the Public Relations Officer, Traffic Road and Enforcement Compliance Corps (TRACE), Babatunde Akinbiyi, was caused by wrongful […]

Dele Sobowale’s “Labour unions in fantasyland over minimum wage”  (see Vanguard Monday 2nd December 2019) rekindled a fond memory of the late witty-wag and veteran newspaper columnist, Chief Bisi Onabanjo (read: Aiyekoto). Asked   in   a television programme: “The Press”, what motivated his weekly witty reflection over the years. One, he said, was an irresistible urge for deliberate mischief. The second,   self-indulgence for want to do. Nobody would ever pretend that we are in the age of humility. I will therefore not be surprised if Uncle Dele, like the late statesman-columnist, would accept that his weekly   word counts   are out of   deliberate mischief   or boredom of retirement.

LAGOS—None of the 36 states of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Abuja, is fully complying with the Pension Reform Act, 2014, as amended.

Real Madrid missed the chance to replace Barcelona at the top of La Liga ahead of Wednesday’s Clasico but salvaged a 1-1 draw against Valencia as Karim Benzema scored a dramatic injury-time equaliser on Sunday. Madrid goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois ventured up for a final corner at Mestalla and it was his header that caused panic […]

Flour Mills of Nigeria (FMN) PLC says it plans to spend about N34billion over the next 10 years to develop Sunti community in Niger State which is hosting of one of its sugar plants – Sunti Golden Sugar Estates (SGSE).

As FMN plans to invest N34bn in 10 yrs, create 10, 000 jobs As Dangote says Nigeria to be self-sufficient in sugar soon By Gabriel Ewepu – Abuja The Federal Government, at the weekend, commended the massive investment of N64 billion and thousands of jobs created by Flour Mills of Nigeria Plc ((FMN Group) on […]