The meeting on Sunday was believed to be centered around reviewing the success/compliance level of the populace to the regulations and guidelines issued by the government. The President had on May 4, relaxed the lockdown and replaced it with a ban on inter-states travels and an 8pm to 6am curfew across the country. Vanguard News […]

By Samuel Oyadongha – Yenagoa Some traditional rulers in Bayelsa State have appealed to President Muhammadu Buhari to prevail on the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) to come to the aid of their impoverished communities. The Bayelsa chiefs’ appeal to NDDC over dead fishes was contained in a letter dated April 27, 2020, signed by […]

By Joel Charles. Around the world, measures have been taken by various governments to curtail the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19) since the beginning of the year. Different measures were taken by different levels of government to safeguard the lives of their citizenry as the world transited into community transmission phase of the pandemic. In the […]

*Hails new OPSH commander over adopted measures to halt recurrences By Joseph Erunke A civil society organisation, Global Peace and Life Rescue Initiative, GOPRI, has taken a swipe at the excesses of law enforcement agents particularly men of the Operation Safe Haven in dealing with innocent citizens in Plateau State, saying authorities must rise up […]

Soni Daniel – Abuja The Chinese doctors and medics, who arrived the country last month to help the Nigerian authorities in containing the ravaging Coronavirus, are actively working with relevant authorities and agencies, and are not missing. The Chinese Embassy in Abuja confirmed to Vanguard on Sunday that contrary to claims by one of the […]

…Ganduje seeks review of Kano beneficiaries of school feeding By Abdulmumin Murtala – Kano The Federal Government has officially handed over ten trucks of rice from seized items of the Nigeria Customs, 2,438 metric tonnes of Maize; 1,380 metric tonnes of millet, and 900 metric tonnes of sorghum to the Kano State Government. Making the […]

The Senator representing Rivers East Senatorial District, George Thompson Sekibo, on Sunday said the Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, followed due process in demolishing the hotels and replacing them with schools. Recall that barely two weeks ago, Gov Wike while monitoring the level of Covid-19 compliance unearthed two hotels that grossly violated the Nigeria […]

Inter have confirmed all medical tests carried out on its playing, coaching and management staff returned negative results. Serie A clubs are allowed to resume group training from Monday, having been permitted to return to team bases for individual sessions on May 4. Every team in Italy’s top flight is conducting testing as Serie A […]

By Adeola Badru, The Oyo State Police Command, at the weekend, arrested a suspect in connection with the Dugbe market fire incident barely a month Governor Seyi Makinde visited the scene and assured that the perpetrators of the incident would be brought to book. The suspect, Peter Asha, was arrested by Anti-Fraud, State Criminal Investigation […]

By Lawani Mikairu The Minister of Aviation, Senator Hadi Sirika yesterday said the Federal government has impounded an aircraft belonging to Flair Aviation, a United Kingdom-based aviation company for violating the current flight ban into the country. Flair Aviation operated a commercial flight as against the humanitarian operations it was given the approval to operate […]

By Lawani Mikairu The Minister of Aviation, Senator Hadi Sirika has said the Federal government has impounded an aircraft belonging to Flair Aviation, a United Kingdom-based aviation company for violating the current flight ban into the country. Flair Aviation operated a commercial flight as against the humanitarian operations it was given approval to operate to […]

By: Chioma Onuegbu, Uyo Akwa Ibom state government yesterday said it would not accept the ten (10) very old and used vehicles donated to the state by ExxonMobil for COVID-19 contact tracing. This is contained in a statement signed by the Commissioner for Information, Mr Charles Udoh and made available to newsmen yesterday in Uyo. […]

No fewer than 350 Boko Haram/ISWAP terrorists have been killed and over 500 wounded by the Nigerian military in the last one month according to the Institute for Peace and Counter-Terrorism Studies (IPCTS). IPCTS made this damning revelation in a well-documented report after thorough research into the military’s activities in the northeast. In the last […]

…Why diesel, kerosene prices are still high, oil marketers reply FG …Publicise terms of deregulation immediately, FG told …No deregulation without review of existing laws ― Experts By Michael Eboh Stakeholders in the Nigerian petroleum industry, yesterday, faulted the Federal Government’s supposed deregulation of the downstream petroleum industry and described the pronouncements by the Minister […]

 A chieftain of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, Jackson Lekan Ojo has questioned the rationale for the appointment of Professor Ibrahim Gambari as new Chief of Staff to President Muhammadu Buhari.