Late Ondo health commissioner to be buried today
Dayo Johnson – Akure THE deceased Ondo State Health Commissioner, Dr Wahab Adegbenro, would be committed to mother earth this morning (Friday). A family source informed Vanguard that he would be buried in his native town, Ilara Mokin, in lfedore council area of the state by 10 am according to the Muslim rites. Adegbenro died […]
Tranter IT, ONGO Framework digitise SMEs operations
By Juliet Umeh Technology service providers, Tranter IT, has inked a partnership deal with ONGO Framework to create robust digital platforms for small and medium scale enterprises, SMEs, in Nigeria to grow. The partnership will introduce latest technologies and services that will provide small and medium scale enterprises, SMEs, with robust portfolios to digitally compete […]
Kim signals North Korea to keep border closed
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un warned against the “hasty” relaxation of anti-coronavirus measures, state media reported Friday, indicating the country will keep its borders closed for the forseeable future. The nuclear-armed North closed its borders in late January as the virus spread in neighbouring China and imposed tough restrictions that put thousands of its […]
Stop slowing down N-Delta projects, UNDEDSS tells NASS
THE United Niger Delta Energy Development Security Strategy, UNDEDSS, on Thursday, warned the National Assembly, NASS, to stop slowing down well-meaning programmes and projects of the Federal Government and its MDAs in the Niger Delta.
When Agbeloba women joined hands, they mechanised palm oil production
By Agbonkhese Oboh As litres of clean palm oil come off the boiling drum, allowed to cool and then sealed up in 25-litre jerry cans, the immediate crude past is hard to imagine. That past was women threading out oil, barefoot, in palm nuts-filled Eku (pit). But for the members of Agbeloba Multipurpose Women Farmers […]
Pirates blow up Addax facility, abducts 10 workers
Pirates, yesterday, attacked Addax off-shore facility, operators of the OML 126, abducted 10 of its workers to an unknown location.
Reps strip President of powers
A bill seeking to strip the president of the powers to order for forfeiture of assets of accused persons, scaled second reading in the House of Representatives, yesterday.
Reduce drastically the cost of governance or face economic debacle
By Chief EDWIN CLARK ON Friday, June 19, 2020, the nation’s number two citizen, Prof. YemiOsinbajo, responding to a statement made by former Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Governor, and the immediate past Emir of Kano, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, during a Webinar organised by the Emmanuel Chapel on the theme: Economic Stability beyond COVID-19 said: […]
APC crisis: Ajulo writes Buhari, Tinubu, Buni
In order to avoid the possibility of a future constitutional crisis in the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, Secretary of the party’s Appeal Committee for the Edo State Governorship Primary Election, Dr Kayode Ajulo, has called for urgent amendment of the APC constitution.
Buhari suspends NSITF MD, Somefun, 3 directors, 8 others
PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari has approved the immediate, compulsory, and indefinite suspension from Office of the Managing Director/Chief Executive of the Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund, NSITF, Mr Adebayo Somefun.
Labour tells FG to reverse new Petroleum Pump Price
THE Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, on Thursday, told the Federal Government to reverse with immediate effect, the new pump price of Premium Motor Spirit, PMS, otherwise known as petrol to its former price.
