COVID -19: Anambra reduces 2020 budget size by N24.3b
By Vincent Ujumadu – Awka Anambra State government has reduced the size of its 2020 budget from N137.2 billion to N112.8 billion due to the adverse effect on the economy by the ravaging coronavirus pandemic. Already, the state Commissioner for Economic Planning and Budget, Mr. Mark Okoye has held an intense interactive session with stakeholders […]
Edo Election: We don’t want bloodshed, Chief Imam pleads
The Chief Imam of Benin Central Mosque, Alhaji Abdufatah Enabulele, has said that the people of Edo do not want bloodshed during the political parties primary elections in Edo. Enabulele said that this plea would include the All Progressives Congress (APC) primary election coming up in June. He made the call while speaking with Newsmen […]
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[ICYMI] How teenage girl faked own death to avoid financial pressure from mother
A teenage girl, Margaret Ikumu, 19, of Oni community in Oju Local Government Area of Benue, has faked her own death on social media to avoid financial pressure from her mother. A statement signed by DSP Bala Elkana, the Police Public Relations Officer in Lagos State, made this known on Sunday. Elkana said that Ikumu, […]
COVID-19: Ignorance, denial can escalate infection in Oyo ― Official
Living ignorantly and in denial of the prevalence of the coronavirus could increase the number of infections in Oyo, an official said on Monday. The Chairperson, Oyo State Decontamination project, Prof. Olanike Adeyemo, who said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Ibadan on Monday, added that such ignorance and […]
Beyond the shoddy response to coronavirus
By Obi Nwakanma The health of the President of any country is a national security priority. Elaborate structures are put in place to secure the capacity of the President to function. No country leaves the primary care of its national political leadership to the expertise of another country, however friendly. Doing that leaves the possibility […]
PHOTOS: Aftermath Monday downpour, parts of Ikorodu flooded
Aftermath the heavy rainfall which many Lagosians woke up to, Macaulay bus/stop, Igbogbo/Bayeku at Ikorodu in Lagos State was flooded. Vehicles can be seen struggling to navigate their way amidst the flood which has covered the roads at these parts of Ikorodu. ALSO READ: NiMet predicts sunny thundery weather, May 25 to May 27 Vanguard News […]
My friend is part of Nigeria’s problems
by Morak Babajide-Alabi In the article, titled “What is It?” Much Information, But No Answers, published on April 5, this year, I had written briefly on my encounter with a long-lost friend of mine. This friend, who for convenience sake, I will refer to as Tony, had taken me to task on why I think […]
FG warns public officers against unauthorized disclosure of sensitive information
By Dirisu Yakubu ABUJA – The Federal government has vowed to deal decisively with any public officer revealing official information to the public without authorization. This was disclosed on Monday in a statement signed by Olawunmi Ogunmosunle, Director of Information, Office of the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation. According to the statement, […]
Leadership in turbulent times: A review essay
Professor Ladipo Adamolekun Leadership in Turbulent Times (2018) by Doris Goodwin is a study of leadership crafted around the presidencies of Abraham Lincoln (1861-1865), Theodore Roosevelt (1901-1909), Franklin Roosevelt (1933-1945) and Lyndon Johnson (1963-1969). Goodwin selects one particular incident during each president’s tenure as a case study in leadership and fleshes out four different leadership […]
Russian COVID-19 cases exceed 350,000
Russia has confirmed 8,946 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, raising its total infections to 353,427, its coronavirus response centre said in a statement on Monday.
Russian COVID-19 cases exceed 350,000
Russia has confirmed 8,946 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, raising its total infections to 353,427, its coronavirus response centre said in a statement on Monday. The death toll grew by 92 to 3,633, while 118,798 people have recovered, including 5,499 over the last 24 hours, according to the statement. Moscow, the country’s […]
Kajuru IDPs relocate to Kaduna
Over 30 Internally Displaced Persons, IDPs, who survived from attacks on Kajuru communities, have sought for assistance from the authorities and individuals.
Reports of my appointment to lead COVID-19 growth C’ttee is misinformation – Okowa
GOVERNOR Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State, Monday debunked media reports that he has been appointed by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo to lead the sub-committee on post-COVID-19 economic growth adding that the report is not true.
Group exposes plot to smear Gov Udom Emmanuel
Good Governance Assembly (GGA) a foremost sociopolitical group in Akwa Ibom state, has uncovered a sinister plot to sponsor campaign of calumny against the governor, Mr Udom Emmanuel.
COVID-19 could push Nigeria into another recession — Attah
By Omeiza Ajayi, Elder Statesman, Obong Victor Attah, is an architect was governor of Akwa Ibom State from 1999 to 2007. In this interview with Vanguard, Attah who had since resigned from politics, and now a leader of the Pan Niger Delta Forum, PANDEF, expresses concerns that Nigeria could be heading towards another recession due […]
2023: Will Atiku take another shot at the Presidency?
By Mohammed ibn Kachalla, Quietly, there seems to be some political re-alignments and strategizing going on by some politicians angling to contest the 2023 presidential election. While it is an open secret that some politicians are beginning to tinker with the idea of setting up structures across the country, some others are in open consultations, […]
