At the sight of these Nigerians whose pictures appear below, one would conclude they are military personnel of any of the Nigerian Armed Forces. Unfortunately, they are mere impersonators.

Tony Allen’s death  on Thursday,  after he suffered a heart attack in far away Paris had indeed  marked the end of an era in African music.

A meeting called by some leaders of the All Progressives Congress in Edo state on Thursday to have a consensus candidate to face Governor Godwin Obaseki in the All Progressives Congress (APC) primary election ended in a deadlock because, as Saturday Vanguard gathered,  some of the aspirants and their supporters felt that Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu could win the mini election especially after the 14 yet to be inaugurated House of  Assembly lawmakers were reportedly cleared to participate in the exercise.

LAST Friday’s sudden resignation of the Chief of Staff to Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State, Taiwo Akerele came as shock to many as he was seen as one of the closest aides to the governor, and a stabilising figure in the political intrigues in the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state. 

Chief Charles Idahosa, former Commissioner for Information in Edo state and a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in this chat speaks on the politics of the state ahead of the September 19 governorship poll and the resignation of Taiwo Akerele as Chief of Staff to Governor Godwin Obaseki among other issues.

FROM our findings across many police stations in South-South states, during the week, Divisional Police Stations do not have sufficient up-to-the-minute weapons to combat criminals, who are better armed with both AK-47 and AK-49 rifles.

THE worst fears of Nigerians about the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) have not yet come to pass essentially because the country has so far been spared an exponential increase in COVID-19 case numbers.

I had what in my book, was an emergency on Monday. Serious enough – at least for me – to have dispatched an ambulance if I had the power.

Following its recent announcement giving premium refunds to customers with active motor vehicle policies during the lockdown period, Wapic Insurance, one of Nigeria’s leading underwriters, has gone further to offer health workers across Nigeria a 15 per cent discount on new policies taken up in 2020 to help cushion financial hardships associated with the COVID-19 […]

By Agbonkhese Oboh His name is Silas Onoja. He drew on any available surface as a boy. And got some beatings for ‘desecrating’ certain surfaces. Today, Onoja is a hyperrealist. It means he paints pictures into life and can add emotions and realities that do not exist in a photograph. Whether the picture of reference […]

The Biotechnology Society of Nigeria, BSN, COVID-19 response Committee, has offered to develop alternative testing kits capable of detecting antigens from COVID-19 samples, as its contribution in the fight against the pandemic.

The experimental drug remdesivir has been authorized by US regulators for emergency use against COVID-19, President Donald Trump announced Friday. It comes after the antiviral made by Gilead Sciences was shown in a major clinical trial to shorten the time to recovery in some coronavirus patients, the first time any medicine has had a proven […]

At least 41 coronavirus cases have been recorded in an overcrowded military prison outside DR Congo’s capital Kinshasa, health authorities said Friday. Health Minister Eteni Longondo told TopCongo radio that prisoners at the Ndolo jail were still being tested but he expected the number of cases to rise. Longondo said the current hypothesis was that “a woman […]

The Ekiti Government on Friday ordered compulsory certification of corpses transported to the state in order to determine their medical history. The State Covid 19 Task Force, Prof. Bolaji Aluko, announced this in Ado Ekiti while giving an update on the fight against the pandemic. Aluko expressed regrets that some people were still trying to […]

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) said it tested 2000 samples on April 30, the highest daily test recorded since the outbreak of Novel Coronavirus pandemic in the country. Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu, Director General, NCDC, disclosed this while fielding questions from journalists at the Presidential Task Force (PTF) briefing on COVID-19 on Friday in […]