GOVERNOR Nyesom Wike, yesterday, vowed to use all he has to fight Amb Desmond Akawor, newly elected Rivers Stats Peoples Democratic (PDP) Chairman, if he falters in sustaining dominance of the party in the state’s politics.

THE Senate, on Thursday, under a tense atmosphere, approved the 2016-2018 External Borrowing Plan to the tune of $22.7 billion as requested by President Muhammadu Buhari to be spent by the Federal Government on key infrastructural projects.

Coronavirus (COVID-19) has resulted in production shutdowns in Nigeria, Africa and globally, with supply chain disruptions due to seaport and air travel cancellations in the United States, Europe and China, causing global ripple effects across all economic sectors in a rare “twin supply-demand shock.”

Few weeks ago, when an Italian came into the country and was diagnosed with coronavirus, nobody thought the spread of the disease would lead to the lockdown of the country or affect the education sector as it has done.

Gradually, through what could be described as a systematic, frugal allocation of scarce resources, Edo State is joining the league of sub-national entities that are rewriting their story through pragmatic policy reforms, programmes and initiatives.

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB yesterday conducted the 2020 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination UTME for 341 blind students in 12 centres across the country.

Hon. Ben Igbakpa represents Ethiope East and Ethiope West Federal Constituency of Delta State in the House of Representatives. In this interview, the lawmaker speaks on coronavirus, saying Nigeria was too late in issuing travel ban on 13 highly affected countries

As the number of people infected with Coronavirus in Nigeria increased to 22 yesterday, findings by Sunday Vanguard revealed that of the 12 states that restricted mass gathering many are complying in default.

THE decision of Ondo State government to share abandoned corpses to different locations in the state for mass burial has sparked off crisis.

Mr.  Segun Idris is the Vice Chairman of Amuwo Odofin Local Government Area of Lagos State and a member of the investigative committee set up by the state government on Abule Ado explosion.  In this interview, he assures that the committee will come up with a report that everybody will embrace.

Chief Jimoh Adegbeji is the Baale of Soba town,the community where an explosion occurred last Sunday in Lagos. He is also a member of the committee set up on the incident. In this interview with Sunday Vanguard, he gives an account of what happened in the community and expectations from government.  

The strongest indication yet that electricity tariff may go up came from Ikeja Electric Plc (Distribution Company, DISCO) which said, in February, that consumers will contend with 50 per cent hike beginning from April 1 (eight days away).

The long history of pipeline explosions and regimented repetition in Nigeria make it mandatory for the Federal Government and National Assembly to find an urgent solution to the challenge, according to Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC).

Hon. Peter Kolawole Oluwasegun, is an indigene of Soba town from the Adelakun Royal family and also from the Adebeji Royal family in Soba community. In this chat, the former Alliance for Democracy, AD, candidate, who contested for the Federal House of Representative in Amuwo-Odofin urges appropriate agencies to do thorough forensic investigation on the actual cause of explosion as there’s no gas pipeline that could cause damage of that magnitude. Excerpts: 

  Edited by Ayo Onikoyi Generally acclaimed number one Afropop artiste from the north of the country, Kamar, born  Kamar Simon Tachio released a new single “Dancegan” on March 6, 2020, and two weeks after, March 20,  2020 followed up with the remix, featuring ‘Billionaire’ crooner, Teni Akpata. In this interview, he talks about the […]