Irked by their threat that they would go on strike pending when the state government would adjust their salaries and other requests, the Kaduna state governor, Nasir El-Rufai, Friday warned resident doctors in the state to desist from such idea, noting that anyone who goes on strike would lose his/her job.

By: Godknows Boladei Igali If not for man’s ineluctable duel with mortality, the Old GRA, Port-Harcourt residence of Opu Alabo (High Chief) Olu Benson Lulu-Brigg simply known as “OB” by peers or “Opuda” (patriarch) by family and younger associates would have been the epicenter of diverse religious, cultural, political, social and familial happenings, during this […]

A former defence minister in Rwanda, Augustin Bizimana, one of the top suspects wanted over the country’s 1994 genocide, has died, the UN tribunal said Friday. He is believed to have died around August 2000, “based on the conclusive identification of Bizimana’s remains in a grave site in Pointe Noire, the Republic of the Congo,” […]

Christopher Butcher, a UK High Court Judge has dismissed Nigeria’s $1b suit against Shell and Eni, noting that the court does not have jurisdiction to hear the claim.

The chairman of Adamawa United Football Club on Friday criticised the planned restart of the Nigerian Professional Football League (NPFL) season as the number of coronavirus cases continues to rise. COVID-19 has infected more than 7,000 people and claimed 211 lives in Nigeria, Africa’s most populous nation of 200 million inhabitants. “Nigeria league to return […]

…….Mass prayers Prohibited ……Assures adequate security By Kingsley Omonobi, Abuja The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Mohammed Abubakar Adamu has reminded all Nigerian’s that the COVID-19 prevention regulation orders which include the inter-state movement restriction orders, national curfew and the prohibition of mass socio-religious gatherings by the Federal Government is still in force. The restrictions and […]

By Gabriel Ewepu, Abuja The National President, All Farmers Association of Nigeria, AFAN, Arc Kabir Ibrahim, Friday, called for deliberate purging of the Nigerian polity of endemic corruption to make it work as expected, especially during the post-COVID-19 period. Ibrahim made the assertion in a chat with Vanguard while assessing corrupt practices pervading various sectors […]

The Edo State Government has set modalities for the expansion of Edo Production Centre (EPC) initiative, an industrialisation programme that clusters Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) and provides them with stable electricity, co-working space and other business support services to ensure optimal productivity. The pilot EPC is situated at the Sapele Road axis of Benin […]

PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari has canceled this year’s Sallah homage to him by the Muslim faithful at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.

Coronavirus outbreaks have swept through several oil, gas and mining sites in Russia and Kazakhstan, where major international firms from Total to Chevron and local giants like Gazprom are operating. Thousands have been infected at several sites and at least two have died, as operators scramble to contain the disease’s deadly spread. Workers live in […]