Newly sworn in Governor of Bayelsa, Sen. Douye Diri, has urged the state House of Assembly to expedite passage of the 2020 Appropriation Bill he would soon present for consideration. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Diri made the appeal when he met the 24-member state legislature on Monday in Yenagoa. It would […]

The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) on Monday flagged off a Special Intervention Patrol (SIP) for the Jebba-Bode Saadu-Olooru road axis in Kwara. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the SIP programme is part of the activities of Kwara Command of the FRSC to mark the 32nd anniversary of the corps. The flag […]

By Ike Uchechukwu – Calabar An Associate Professor with Institute of Public Policy &Administration, IPPA, University of Calabar, UNICAL, David Ugwu and a Staff of Cross River Newspaper Corporation, Mr Maurice Archibong was at weekend kidnapped in Calabar. Vanguard learned that Prof. Ugwu was picked up by gunmen at his residence at a second transformer […]

The Osun government on Monday described the face-off between the Oluwo of Iwo, Oba Abdulrasheed Akanbi and the Agbowu of Ogbaagbaa, Oba Dhikrulahi Akinropo, as unfortunate and avoidable. The Oluwo had reportedly assaulted Akinropo during a peace meeting at the office of the Assistant Inspector-General of Police in charge of Zone 11, Bashir Makama, on […]

The Senate on Monday called for the provision of mandatory health insurance scheme for all categories of Nigerians. The Chairman, Senate Committee on Health Sen. Ibrahim Oloriegbe made the call in Abuja at a one-day public hearing to consider two health bills. The bills are Bill for an Act to repeal the National Health Insurance […]

Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana on Monday said President Muhammadu Buhari is running afoul of the law in his decision not to terminate the current crop of security Service Chiefs.

Despite the impact of Local content, Nigeria still depends on some imported products and services.  In this interview with UDEME AKPAN, Managing Director/CEO, Coleman Wires and Cables, Mr. George Onafowokan, said the company has concluded plans to produce oil and gas cables this year, thus assisting to conserve foreign exchange for the nation. How was last […]

The recent commissioning of a water project at Popoola Street, Oba Elewu Way, Ewu, Oshodi under the Honorable Abiodun Ogundimu’s ‘Free Water Project’, was a dream come true for the community members who were excited that the project was done without their request.

The Osun House of Assembly on Monday passed the Osun Security Network Agency and Amotekun Corps Bill 2020 for first reading after it was presented by the Speaker, Mr. Timothy Owoeye. Presenting the bill before the House, Owoeye said a letter and 40 copies of the draft bill on the establishment of the Amotekun security […]

By Avril Eyewu – Edero Forensic science is simply put as ‘the application of science to law’. This means that for forensic science to thrive it needs to work together with the law and for the law to truly work, it needs the application of Forensic science to guide judgment. The end goal is to […]

Johnbosco Agbakwuru – Abuja THE Presidency on Monday dismissed as fake the report that President Muhammadu Buhari is billed to travel to the United Kingdom, Saudi Arabia, and Austria on a private visit. The Presidency in a statement issued by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, described the purported […]

With today’s event, history now has it that the entire 196 wards in CRS now have at least one Primary Health Care Facility and as it’s always said that a patient dog eats the fattest bone, the people of Yache community now have one of the best PHC facility in the entire State.

A 35-year-old man, Tayo Onalaja, who allegedly assaulted a pregnant woman by punching her in the face and pushing her down, on Monday appeared before an Ogudu Magistrates’ Court in Lagos. Onalaja, whose address is unknown, is facing a charge of assault. The Prosecutor, Insp. Lucky Ihiehie, told the court that the defendant committed the […]

Villagers in a restive anglophone region of Cameroon who the UN says were massacred died in an “unfortunate accident,” the army told AFP on Monday. The bloodshed, which occurred on Friday, killed 22 civilians, 14 of them children, according to the UN — deaths which part of the opposition blames on members of the armed […]

By Gabriel Enogholase – Benin No fewer than five leaders of Udeni community in Uhunmwode local government area of Edo State weekend lost their lives in a ghastly motor accident which occurred at Egba junction along the  Benin –Auchi dual carriageway. The victim was said to be returning to the community after attending a funeral […]