Mallam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi had said at different fora that his life ambition is to become the Emir of Kano. His selection as the emir has fulfilled his life dream.

Former Brazilian international Ronaldinho Gaucho was ordered to remain in jail in Paraguay on Saturday after a judge ruled him a flight risk. The ex-FC Barcelona forward was arrested on Friday for attempting to enter Paraguay with a false passport two days earlier. He spent Friday night in a police cell along with his brother […]

Growth and emerging markets investor, Actis, said it has acquired a majority stake in Nigeria’s provider of data centre collocation and cloud services, Rack Centre.

By Adesina Wahab As members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, embarked on a two-week warning strike on Monday, the union has said its grouse is not only about enrolment on the Integrated Personnel and Payroll Information System, IPPIS. Speaking in a chat with Vanguard on Monday, the ASUU Chairman, University of Lagos, […]

The chairman also accused some multinational companies in the country of evading taxes by hiding under the cloak of pioneer status to get tax exemption for a period of five years as against the lawful three.

The Lagos State Government on Monday released the names of two men who are currently wanted over their contact with Nigeria’s index coronavirus case. The state Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, who addressed journalists in Alausa, Ikeja, gave the names of the duo as Enwelunta Obumnore Godfrey and Salami Abiodun Sadeeq. He also said […]

By Festus Ahon SUSPECTED gunmen, Sunday stormed Obior, Aniocha South Local Government Area, Delta State and kidnapped aged man, his son and a friend. The man who was identified as pa Ojeogwu, his son, Mr. Elvis Ojeogwu and his friend whose identity was unknown as at press time, were abducted from their family house. A […]

President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan on Monday advocated for a contitutional role for traditional rulers in the fight against insurgency and other security challenges.

The African Development Bank (AfDB) said on Monday it would invest $200 million through the Rural Electrification Agency (REA) to boost power supply in Nigeria. The Acting Vice President, Power, Energy, Climate and Green Growth Complex (AFDB), Mr. Wale Shonibare, disclosed this when he led some management staff of the bank on a visit to […]

The National Council for Women Societies, NCWS, have expressed displeasure over inadequate representation of women in public offices when compared to their male counterpart.

ABUJA—AS a proactive measure to contain unlikely outbreak of Coronavirus (COVID-19) in the country, President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday set up a task force for the Control of the disease. 

By David Royal The ex-governor of Imo state, Rt.Hon. Emeka Ihedioha has finally spoken after Supreme Court judgment’s review nullifying his election as the governor of Imo state. You would recall that Ihedioha had officially approached the Supreme court of Nigeria, led by Justice Tanko Muhammed to review a Judgement delivered against him and his […]

Two persons had been confirmed dead from a collapsed fence that happened at the slaughter section of the  Lagos  State Abattoir at Oko-Oba. Also,  eight others who were said to have sustained various degrees of injury had been treated at a hospital and discharged. The incident was said to have last Wednesday. The Divisional Police […]

The African Development Bank (AfDB) is to invest 200 million dollars through the Rural Electrification Agency (REA) to boost power supply in Nigeria.

ABUJA- AFTER completing the mandatory 14-day isolation period recommended by the World Health Organisation (WHO)-China Mission on COVID-19,Director General of  Nigeria Centre for Disease Control,NCDC,Dr. Chikwe Ihekweazu, resumed official duty Monday,in his office.