Eminent political scholar Dr Uche Igwe has sent his condolences to River State Governor, Nyesom Wike about the death of his special assistant on electronic media, Mr Simeon Nwakaudu.

The Enugu State Ministry of Health has announced that two (2) of the ten (10) previously active Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) cases undergoing treatment in the state have tested negative for the virus.

A Somali governor and three bodyguards were killed in a suicide attack claimed by the Al-Shabaab jihadist group in the regional capital of Galkayo on Sunday, a security official said. The Al-Shabaab attacker rammed a scooter taxi into a car carrying Ahmed Muse Nur, the Somali’s governor of the north-central Mudug province, and his security […]

A fresh crisis appears to be brewing in Warri South Local Government Area of Delta State, following a warning by the Itifo and Makro Families, that any attempt to exclude them in the process of selecting a new king for Okere-Urhobo Kingdom, Warri, will lead to anarchy.

By Morak Babajide-Alabi “We are all damaged. We have all been hurt. We have all had to learn painful lessons. We are all recovering from some mistake, loss, betrayal, abuse, injustice or misfortune. All of life is a process of recovery that never ends,” Bryant McGill. In a world full of contradictions, the pretence to […]

By Boluwaji Obahopo – Lokoja Three Fulani herdsmen including nine cows have been reported killed in Egume, Dekina local government council of Kogi State by yet to be identified gunmen. The Kogi State Chapter of Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association, MACB, led by its state chairman, Wakili Yusuf Damina disclosed this to newsmen in Lokoja […]

By Theodore Opara COMMUTERS in Lagos State are lamenting the hike in fares which have gone up by 200 per cent across the state since the introduction of curfew by the Federal Government. An investigation by Vanguard revealed that most commuters now trek several kilometres to their places of work and residences since the lockdown […]

Femi Falana(SAN) has written to the Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, to secure the release of the 12 soldiers that were jailed on September 16, 2014, for mutiny. Falana contended that since their death sentence was commuted to a 10-year jail term, and since they had spent more than 75% of that time in […]

By Theodore Opara TRANSPORT companies whose buses (luxury and mini) have been off the road since the advent of COVID-19 may not be able to recover from the ban on inter-state transportation if the Federal Government does not quickly intervene with financial support to save them from collapse. This was the view expressed by the […]

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 […]