By Davies Iheamnachor Ogoni ethnic nationality in Rivers State’s socio-cultural organisation, Kagote, urged its youths to be wary of mischief-makers to avoid the declaration of emergency rule in the state during the COVID-19 pandemic. The state’s Commissioner for Information and Communications, Paulinus Nsirim, had in a statement alleged that some Abuja-based politicians want to create […]

Internally Displaced Persons, IDPs, at Isu community in Arochukwu council area of Abia State, have sent an SOS to Governor Okezie Ikpeazu and the National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA, to assist them with palliatives to cushion the effects of the COVID-19 lockdown. Over 3,500 IDPs are quartered at the Ohabuike Primary School, Obieze-Isu, since a […]

Former Minister of State for Education, Olorogun Kenneth Gbagi, has described Chief Edwin Clark, as a nationalist and an elder-statesman committed to the unity of the Nigerian State. Gbagi, in a statement, on Sunday, in Abuja to felicitate with Clark on the occasion of his 93rd birthday, noted that Clark, while serving as Minister of […]

The Nigerian National Corporation (NNPC), Sunday, disclosed that some of the criteria required for employment and appointments in the corporation include unblemished academic competence, logical thinking, ability to engage meaningfully in problem solving in addition to federal character.

President-General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, John Nwodo, elder statesman and Afenifere leader, Chief Ayo Adebanjo and former Governor of Ondo State, Dr Olusegun Mimiko, have described Nigeria’s constitution as illegal.

Perturbed by recent incidents of storm water flooding on some of the roads in Nsukka metropolis as a result of heavy rains, Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State has directed the state Ministry of Works and Infrastructure to immediately carry out detailed engineering survey and investigation of the affected areas. In a statement by the […]

By Egufe Yafugborhi PORT HARCOURT – RIVERS State Governor has confirmed 27 new cases of Coronavirus with Manager of demolished Prodest Hotel, Eleme, listed among the latest cases. Rivers State Commissioner for Information and Communication, Paulinus Nsirim who made the disclosure Sunday evening said the development validates the State Government’s proactive fight against COVID-19. Nsirim […]

By Elizabeth Osayande Pastor Stephen Olayinka, Founder and Senior Pastor of United Kingdom, UK-based Watersprings Christian Centre, Lotun, speaks of his foray into the ministry, his challenges as a black pastor, the COVID-19 pandemic and other issues. How did you get into the Ministry? I had my first degree in Banking and Finance. When God […]

Professor Maurice Iwu has said the challenge of herbal medicine in Nigeria is the lack of government support and Nigerians’ deposition to local products. Professor Iwu, who is Chairman of Imo State Government-instituted COVID-19 Management Committee, however, noted that people will soon embrace the use of foods and herbs, as there was gradual realisation of […]

Rivers State Government has cautioned the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, to stop its media trial of the state over alleged cash withdrawals between 2015 and 2018. State Commissioner for Information and Communications, Paulinus Nsirim, in a statement, on Sunday, said: “Our attention has been drawn to a fresh wave of media trial by […]

By Egufe Yafugborhi – Port Harcourt Rivers State Government has confirmed 27 new cases of coronavirus including the manager of the demolished Prodest Hotel, Eleme. The state’s Commissioner for Information and Communication, Paulinus Nsirim who made the disclosure Sunday evening said the development validates the State Government’s proactive fight against COVID-19. Nsirim recalled that, “Prodest […]

By Charly Agwam – Bauchi An 18 years old Bauchi teenager who confessed to Vanguard why she killed her husband said she didn’t know that sex is a marital obligation. Salma Hassan, a resident of Itas-Gadau who was paraded at the Bauchi Police Command on Tuesday 19th May, revealed that she stabbed her husband when […]

The President of Senegal, Macky Sall; President of Liberia, George Weah and United States Senator Chris Coons will form part of a high-level leadership panel of a conference to be moderated by the Chairman, United Bank for Africa, UBA, Plc, Tony Elumelu.

At least five people were killed and more than 20 injured Sunday in Somalia in a blast during festivities to mark the Eid al-Fitr festival. “The initial information we have received indicates the dead bodies of five people were collected from the scene of the blast and more than twenty others have been wounded,” police […]

FlairJet, a British private charter company, which is also an affiliate of Flexjet, is to pay one million naira for violating COVID-19 airport directives in Nigeria.