*Says the present management has not awarded any single contract *Vows that he will not be distracted By Henry Umoru – Abuja Forner Senate Minority Leader, Senator Godswill Akpabio has taken a swipe at the Senators over the  probe into the  alleged Financial Recklessness to the tune of N40 billion by the Interim Management Committee, IMC, of […]

By Demola Akinyemi At least 31 passengers have been arrested in Kwara state for allegedly violating the inter-state boundary order of both the state and the federal government as parts of efforts to curb the spread of coronavirus pandemic in the state. While relaxing the lockdown last week Thursday, Governor Abdulrazaq had announced the ban […]

PORT HARCOURT: A Niger Delta agitator, Mr. Precious Iyoyo, a.k.a, General Playboy, has urged the Governor of Rivers State to ease the total lockdown imposed in Port Harcourt, noting that the act would lead to an upsurge in criminal activities within the state.
Iyoyo who spoke in a telephone interview yesterday in Port Harcourt also regretted that the palliatives released by the government were only given to political party faithful, adding that ordinary residents of the state have not received any palliative either from the state or the Federal Government.

Respite came the way of the embattled former governor of Abia State and Chief Whip of the Senate, Dr, Orji Uzor Kalu, on Friday, as the Supreme Court, quashed the judgement that convicted and sentenced him to 12 years imprisonment.

Football teams will be allowed to use five substitutes when play resumes after the coronavirus pandemic, the sport’s law-making body announced on Friday. The International Football Association Board (IFAB) said in as statement that it had agreed to a proposal by world governing body FIFA for a temporary change to the rules “to protect player […]

The wanted leader of a notorious militia and cult gang terrorizing the Sankera axis of Benue state, Terungwa Igbagwa also known as Orjondu has been killed.

By Gabriel Ewepu – Abuja A humanitarian organization, WaterAid Nigeria, Friday, warned that without access to clean water and hygiene practices Nigeria cannot defeat the deadly Coronavirus, COVID-19 pandemic. This was the position of the organization in a press statement made available to Saturday Vanguard, where it pointed out that frequent and thorough handwashing with […]

The Kwara Butchers Association says it lost cows worth N20.5 million during the one-month lockdown in the state. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the lockdown was aimed at reducing COVID-19 spread. Alhaji Lam AbdulRasaq, the Chairman of the Association, made the disclosure in llorin on Friday during an interview with the News […]

A political pressure group, Governors Mandate Network (GMN) has commended President Muhammadu Buhari for extending the tenure of the Interim Management Committee of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) till 31st December 2020.

As part of pallitive measures to cushion the hardship commuters face due to the ban on the operation of commercial motorcyclists, popularly called ‘Achaba’ and the restriction on the limited number of persons in a Keke NAPEP, to curtail the spread of Coronavirus, the Bauchi state government has said it will purchase 500 Keke NAPEP tricycles in order to boost intra city movement.

As FG grants authorization to make agro-export kinetic By Gabriel Ewepu – Abuja The Nigeria Agricultural Quarantine Service, NAQS, Friday, disclosed full resumption of export certification activities at the nation’s ports to reactivate agribusiness in the country as Federal Government eases lockdown in the fight against the novel Coronavirus, COVID-19, pandemic. This was made known […]

By Adesina Wahab The rate at which ethnic nationalities in Nigeria are joining the Unrepresented Nations and People’s Organisation, UNPO, is a confirmation that the nation’s federal structure is defective and not working to meet the expectations of the federating units, a foremost journalist cum columnist, Chief Tola Adeniyi, has said. Adeniyi, who spoke in […]

The Bundesliga season will resume on May 16, German Football League (DFL) chief executive Christian Seifert has confirmed. Angela Merkel’s government on Wednesday gave permission for the top two tiers, which have been suspended since March due to the coronavirus pandemic, to resume behind closed doors in the second half of May. ALSO READ: Neymar will […]

FORMER Senate Minority Leader, Senator Godswill Akpabio has taken a swipe at the Senators over the  probe into the  alleged Financial Recklessness to the tune of N40 billion by the Interim Management Committee, IMC of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, saying the Senate erred.

Victor Ogunyinka All is not yet over for former governor of Abia State, Senator Orji Kalu, as the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) is set for “a fresh and immediate retrial.” Following the Supreme Court’s judgement, voiding Kalu’s 12-year jail term, on Friday, the EFCC has expressed their dissatisfaction and now ready to press […]