President of Urhobo Progress Union (UPU), Youthwing, Worldwide, Comrade Efemena Umukoro, has said that the youth body is not in support of a planned protest for tomorrow, adding that they condemn the move and will not join in the action to call for the release of Nicolas Makalomi, the brain behind the viral ‘EndSARS’ video […]

By Omeiza Ajayi The ruling All Progressives Congress APC has urged the National Assembly to expedite action on the passage of the 2021 National Budget to enable its implementation by January 1, 2020. This was as the party hailed Thursday’s presentation of the proposed budget by President Muhammadu Buhari, saying it is indeed a ‘Budget […]

ABUJA- The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, national campaign council for Ondo governorship election has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to rein in Governor Yahaya Bello over what it called his “open incitement of violence,” 24 hours to the Ondo state governorship election.

….commends NACA’s plan to establish HIV Trust Fund By Gabriel Ewepu, Abuja Two Civil Society Organisations, Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre, CISLAC, and Transparency International Nigeria, Thursday, decried contractors allegedly sabotaging the Federal Government’s effort on the sustenance of free antiretroviral drugs for 3.1 million people living with HIV/AIDS in the country. This was contained […]

President Muhammadu Buhari says only federal workers that have been captured by the Integrated Personnel Payroll Information System (IPPIS) platform will continue to receive salaries. Buhari said this when he presented the 2021 budget of N13.08trillion to the joint session of the National Assembly in Abuja on Thursday. The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), […]

President Muhammadu Buhari says only federal workers that have been captured by the Integrated Personnel Payroll Information System (IPPIS) platform will continue to receive salaries.

By James Ogunnaike, Abeokuta The Ogun State Commissioner of Police, Edward Ajogun on Thursday paraded seven persons in connection with the fraudulent withdrawal of N1.5 million belonging to butchers operating at the Abiola Way abattoir in Abeokuta, the state capital. The suspects are Abeeb Sanni, Adewunmi Olanrewaju(phone dealer), Adeosun Olatomiwa, Titilayo Morakinyo, Mayowa Morankiyo, Busayo […]

By Peter Duru The Chairman/Chief Executive of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, Col. Muhammad Abdallah (rtd.) has disclosed that findings indicated that insurgents in the North East were getting funding from illicit drug sales to carry out their dastardly acts. Col. Abdullah hinted that aside being the source of funding the crisis was […]

By Chinonso Alozie Protesters who were demanding for the scrapping of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad, SARs, Thursday clashed with the officers of the Imo state police command. The demonstration which was said to have started about 11:30 am along Okigwe road in Owerri, experienced strange exchanges between the police and the protesters. Vanguard was told […]

By Benjamin Njoku Amidst the rising agitations seeking to redefine the Nigerian entity after 106 years of amalgamation and 60 years of independence, notable U.S.-based Nigerian musician, social commentator, and peace activist, Prince Ayo Manuel Ajisebutu is suing for peace at what appears to be a more volatile period in Nigeria’s history, urging the citizens […]

By Egufe Yafugborhi POLICE in Rivers state say, Antonia Amos, the woman who allegedly sold his grandson at birth in Imo state received one million, three hundred thousand naira (N 1.3M) for the failed child trafficking. Rivers Commissioner of Police (CP) Joseph Mukan revealed this Thursday while releasing the rescued baby to her parents at […]

Perez Brisibe, Ughelli Tension on Thursday enveloped the Otovwodo axis of Ughelli, headquarters of Ughelli North local government area of Delta State as a policeman was killed following the protest that rocked the town in the wake of the #ENDSARS Protest. The incident also led to the destruction of several cars as commuters along the […]

All the APC Ward and unit leaders that made up the eleven communities in Ekeremor Constituency II has abandoned the their meagre interest to vote for the APC in the forthcoming Senatorial by-election and has taken their final stand to give what they call “kpuruku votes” for the former governor Seriake Dickson who they trust […]

By Michael Eboh Professor of Finance and Capital Market at the Nasarawa State University, Keffi, Uche Uwaleke, Thursday, described as worrisome, Nigeria’s decision to borrow additional N4 trillion to partly finance the deficit in the 2021 budget. Commenting on the budget proposals, which was presented to the National Assembly by President Muhammadu Buhari, Uwaleke, however, […]

The leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, has  urged the moderator of the Vice Presidential debate, in the United States of America, Susan Page, to ask the candidates about how their administrations would address the alleged growing violence in Nigeria. In a statement by Mazi Kanu, made available to newsmen by IPOB’s […]