…The truth has prevailed – Mr Charles Oruru, Ese’s father By Samuel Oyadongha & Emem Idio FIVE years after the abduction of 13 years old Ese Oruru, the youngest child of Charles Oruru and Rose Oruru, by Mr Dahiru Yunusa in Yenagoa to Kano State, the Federal High Court in Yenagoa has sentenced the abductor […]

By Omeiza Ajayi, Abuja The Nigerian Correctional Service NCoS said 3, 751 inmates including convicts and awaiting trial persons have so far been released in line with a presidential directive on the decongestion of custodial centres in the wake of the Covid-19 Pandemic. It would be recalled that President Muhammadu Buhari had ordered the decongestion […]

…Arrest 10 Pirates after shootout at Sea …As NNS Delta discovers & dismantles illegal oil refinery sites containing 136 dugout pits, 201 surface metal storage tanks and 174 ovens in Warri South. **All Criminal elements, bandits, terrorists arrested or surrendered must be quarantined for COVID 19 checks. By Kingsley Omonobi – Abuja The Defence headquarters […]

Spain coach Luis Enrique says playing behind closed doors is “sadder than dancing with your own sister”, as football faces the prospect of games without supporters for the foreseeable future due to the coronavirus pandemic. Germany’s Bundesliga became the first major European league to resume last weekend following the two-month shutdown, with strict hygiene measures […]

By Ozioruva Aliu – Benin City The police in Auchi, Etsako West local government area has apprehended a young man in his 30s named Endurance Eshegbai over the killing of his cousin, Usman Abdul Lateef, a native of Akpekpe, over a N2 million Land sale. The body of the late Lateef was found buried in […]

By Olasunkanmi Akoni Lagos State Government has postponed the year 2020 examination and screening test into the State Model Colleges and upgraded Junior Secondary Schools until further notice. The examination was earlier scheduled to commence from Monday, 25th to Saturday, 30th May 2020. Director, Lagos State Examinations Board, LASEB, Mr. Supo Gbadegesin,  who announced this […]

By Chinenyeh Ozor Tragedy struck at the university town of Nsukka, as a factory worker in an industrial site in Nsukka Local Government Area, Enugu State, was electrocuted while attempting to join electric cables to restore power during an outage. The deceased, identified as Ugwu Chidera, 27, who hailed from Edem Ani community of Nsukka […]

By Ola Ajayi – Ibadan THE peace of Apete community where most students of The Polytechnic Ibadan reside was ruptured Thursday as gun-totting robbers numbering 20 invaded Jamade street, Opposite Goshen land, leaving bloodstains in their trail. Before the robbers who besieged the community left the area, more than 10 people including a photojournalist of […]

By Dr. Gabriel Ogbechie We have all watched with deep concern the conflict that has engulfed our beloved community, Idumuje-Ugboko, Aniocha North Local Government Area, Delta State for the past three years. For the sake of posterity, I feel obliged to share my perspectives on the happenings and measures I have taken to make best […]

By Vincent Ujumadu, Awka The Commissioner for Information and Public Enlightenment, Mr Don Adinuba said the state government had decided to establish a COVID-19 task force in each of the 21 local government areas. According to him, each task force would be headed by the chairman of the local government Transition Committee, while members would […]

Chelsea striker Olivier Giroud and goalkeeper Willy Caballero extended their contracts till the end of the 2020/21 season, the Premier League side announced on Wednesday. Giroud, 33, forced himself back into Frank Lampard’s plans just prior to the shutdown caused by the coronavirus pandemic and scored the Blues’ last goal in a 4-0 win over […]

Global infections from the novel coronavirus surpassed five million on Thursday as the pandemic played out unevenly across the planet, with China eager to declare a victory, Europe tentatively emerging from its shell and deaths still rising in hotspots in Latin America. The grim milestone is still only a fraction of the true number of infections […]

By Omeiza Ajayi, Abuja The Federal Capital Territory Administration FCTA has arrested 84 travellers, warning others seeking to pass through the territory to stay back, as the Administration is not in a hurry to relax the emergency containment protocols imposed in the wake of the outbreak of Covid-19. Those apprehended were travelling in a truck […]

By Chioma Obinna The  Lagos State Branch of the Nigerian Medical Association’,  NMA,  Thursday called off its sit-at-home order over the continued harassment of their members by  Police Officers. In a press statement made available to Vanguard and jointly signed by the Chairman,  Dr Saliu Oseni and the Secretary, Dr Ramon Moronkola, directed their members to […]

Contrary to the Senators’ privatisation cancellation model, stakeholders have proposed the review of the nation’s Power Sector Act, sale of interest, transparent utilisation of funds and the strengthening of the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission, NERC, as new strategies for the development of Nigeria’s power sector.