By Ike Uchechukwu – Calabar The sample of the nurse who reportedly died of COVID-19 on Thursday in Calabar, the Cross River state capital has come out negative. Speaking with Vanguard on the telephone on Friday evening, Commissioner for Health,Dr Beta Edu confirmed that the sample of the deceased nurse ( names withheld was actually […]

Having said the whereabouts of the Chinese Medical doctors/team, China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation (CCECC), Friday gave insights on their duties in Nigeria.

CRISIS may brew in the Oyo State chapter of the Nigerian Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE) as the executive members handed over power without conducting an election.

ABUJA: Minister of the Federal Capital Territory FCT, Malam Muhammadu Musa Bello has restated the ban on congregational prayers in the territory, urging the Islamic faithful to observe the Eid-il-Fitr prayers in their homes.

House of Representatives has warned Ministries, Department and Agencies (MDAs) of federal government desist from tampering with the 2020 budget.

KANO – The sacked Kano state Commissioner of Works and Infrastructural developments, Alhaji Muazu Magaji has been discharged from Isolation Centre after testing negative to the highly contagious Coronavirus disease.

By Luminous Jannamike – Abuja As Muslims end the annual Ramadan fast, the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has urged them to use the occasion of Eid-el-Fitri to intensify prayers for an end of the coronavirus pandemic that has ravaged the economy. The appeal was made in a letter to the Sultan of Sokoto, His […]

Jos – As part of efforts to tackle crime in the State, Plateau State Governor, Simon Lalong has inaugurated the State Community Policing Advisory Committee saying the best way to combat crime is the bottom-up approach which would ensure early warning, intelligence gathering, and crime prevention.

Travellers arriving in Britain will face 14 days in quarantine from next month to prevent a second coronavirus outbreak, the government announced on Friday, warning that anyone breaking the rules faced a fine or prosecution. The new rules will apply to all international arrivals except Ireland from June 8 and come after weeks of calls […]

As the COVID-19 ravages many states in Nigeria, the Chief Executive Officer of YNorth Wears, Mr Seun Bamiro has appealed to the government to come up with plans that would cushion the aftermath effect of the pandemic on many small and medium scale enterprises in the country.

Watford defender Christian Kabasele says restarting the Premier League on June 12 would be “impossible” because it would put players at risk of injury. Premier League chiefs have set their sights on a mid-June resumption and clubs went back to training in small groups this week. But Kabasele believes the timescale means players will not […]

The United States presidential hopeful, Joe Biden, told an African-American radio host Friday that he “ain’t black” if he was unsure who to support in November’s election, igniting controversy and accusations of racism from President Donald Trump’s camp. The comments by the presumptive Democratic nominee came during a spirited and sometimes contentious interview with popular […]

THE National Human Rights Commission, NHRC, has said that Enugu and Imo states recorded the highest form of human rights violations by the security agencies during the lockdown to contain the spread of Coronavirus pandemic.

By Ike Uchechukwu – Calabar There is palpable fear in Calabar following the death of two persons suspected to be COVID-19 positive have been reported dead Vanguard gathered that a patient, a nurse reportedly died at the University of Calabar Teaching Hospital, UCTH, while the other died at an undisclosed location in Calabar South local […]

BENIN CITY – A 79 years old former Commissioner for Education in old Bendel State, Dr. Nosa Omoregie is currently in a sick state after he was said to have collapsed as a result of police incessant visits to his No 1 F.E. Aiguekhan street off Sapele Road in Benin City claiming to be looking for a former spokesman of Governor Godwin Obaseki, John Mayaki for alleged defamatory write-ups. Omoregie was Commissioner for Education during the administration of late Professor Ambrose Alli.