By Gabriel Ewepu – Abuja Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, SERAP, Thursday, called on National Assembly to halt approval of President Muhammadu Buhari’s $5.513 billion external borrowing request. This call was made in an exclusive interview with Vanguard by the Executive Director, SERAP, Adetokunbo Mumuni, while speaking on why the National Assembly leadership should not […]

…as abductors demand N5 million ransom By Festus Ahon ASABA – THE National Association of Government General Medical and Dental Practitioners, NAGGMDP, Delta State chapter, Thursday declared an indefinite strike in protest against the kidnap of one of its members, Dr Wisdom Iboyitete, who was abducted by gunmen last Sunday at Ojobo, Burutu Local Government […]

….police bar journalists from court By Ozioruva Aliu, Benin-City Edo State Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Mr. Paul Ohonbamu resigned his appointment on Thursday, In the letter, he said “I hereby tender my letter of resignation as a commissioner in Edo State to His Excellency, Mr. Godwin Obaseki this 4th day of June 2020. Without […]

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Managing Director of Nigerian Ports Authority, NPA, Hadiza Bala Usman, has said that leading container operator, APM Terminals Apapa has deployed equipment and cranes necessary for fast evacuation of cargo at Nigeria’s premiere port, the Lagos Port Complex Apapa.

A governorship aspirant on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Hon. Banji Ben Okunomo has promised to publish a monthly report of revenues and expenditures if elected governor of Ondo state in the election slated for October 10 this year.

The Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in Gombe, on Thursday, said it destroyed 681 bags of adulterated fertiliser in the state. Mr Ibrahim Shazali, the new Northeast Zonal Head of the commission, told newsmen in Gombe that the exercise was in compliance with a court order. Shazali said fertiliser adulteration […]

The death of a young woman in Brazzaville over fake COVID-19 diagnosis has sparked fury. André Ngakala Oko, the prosecutor of the Congo Republic on Monday visited the Albert Leyono Municipal Clinic, one of the facilities treating coronavirus patients. He then ordered the opening of a judicial inquiry to shed light and establish responsibility for […]

By Peter Duru The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has clarified that there was no truth in the rumours that the state Governor Samuel Ortom, Senator Gabriel Suswam and some other bigwigs of the party were planning to defect to All Progressives Congress, APC. The party insisted that the claim was baseless and unfounded stressing that […]

Soni Daniel – Abuja The Federal Government on Thursday unveiled its new agriculture programme aimed at maximising food production and ensuring food security in the country The project codenamed ‘The Green Imperative’, which is to be funded with $1.2bn loan from Brazil, will have a presence in the six geopolitical zones, all the LGAs and […]

  Supporters of the ‘‘Black Lives Matter’‘ movement gathered outside the South African parliament in Cape Town Wednesday. Protesters expressed solidarity with African-American George Floyd in the United States. Floyd, 46, died after a white Minneapolis police officer pressed his knee against the handcuffed unarmed black man’s neck as he cried that he couldn’t breathe. […]

The FCT High Court sitting in Bwari, Abuja has ordered the inspector-general of police and the director-general of the Department of State Services (DSS) not to arrest the Spokesman of the Coalition of United Political Parties (CUPP), Mr Ikenga Ugochinyere. Justice Othman Musa, who gave the order on Thursday in Bwari, said the police and […]

Delta State Governor Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa, on Thursday, congratulated his Bayelsa counterpart, Senator Douye Diri, as he clocks 61 years.

Bruno Fernandes was “scared” but “crying through happiness” when his move to Man United came to fruition. Fernandes joined Man United from Sporting Lisbon in a deal worth an initial £47m in January. The midfielder has been something of a revelation and could well be the perfect marriage counselor for Man United and Paul Pogba. […]

Atletico Madrid forward Diego Costa has been ordered to pay a fine of 543,000 euros ($608,000) after admitting to defrauding Spanish tax authorities of more than a million euros, judicial sources said Thursday. Costa, 31, was sentenced to six months in jail, but instead agreed to pay an additional fine of 36,000 euros on top […]