Vincent Ujumadu – Awka ANAMBRA State government said on Wednesday that it was not worried about the declaration of the South West security outfit – Amotekun- illegal by the Federal Government and advised other states to come and learn how to secure lives and property. The state Commissioner for Information and Public Enlightenment, Mr. Don […]

A young doctor who ran an underground hospital in the besieged region of eastern Ghouta during the Syrian civil war has been awarded a European prize for extraordinary humanitarian acts. Amani Ballour, a paediatrician was named this year’s recipient of the Council of Europe’s Raoul Wallenberg prize, awarded in honour of a Swedish diplomat who […]

By Chris Ochayi  – Abuja The Federal Government has warned some state governors in habits of hijacking Local Government Councils funds to be ready to face the consequences when their immunity is eventually expired. It, however, tasked the Accountant–General of the Federation and Attorney-General of the Federation to monitor the spending of allocation of funds […]

Senator Hope Uzodinma of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has received the Certificate of Return from the Independent Electoral Commission (INEC) as the governor-elect of Imo State. He was awarded the certificate on Wednesday, barely 24 hours after the Supreme Court nullified the election of Emeka Ihedioha as the governor of the state. Vanguard

…says Obaseki has redefined good governance BY Gabriel Enogholase BENIN – EDO State Deputy Governor, Mr. Comrade Philip Shaibu, has narrated how he and members of his family were almost killed while he was trying to save the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, from being impeached by lawmakers as […]

The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) says it will carry out repairs of dilapidated bridge linking Okrika and Dere in Gokana Local Government Area in Rivers.

Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev has announced that the entire government is resigning in a surprise statement released shortly after President Vladimir Putin delivered his annual state-of-the-nation address. Accepting the resignation, Putin asked the ministers to function as a caretaker government until a new one is formed. Before announcing the resignation of the cabinet, Medvedev […]

Shina Abubakar – Osogbo The management of Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) Ile-Ife, Osun state has placed a lecturer of the school, Olabisi Olaleye, alleged of requesting sex from a student, on half salary. The decision, according to a source close to the university senate, said the decision was taken pending the outcome of the investigation. […]

Pope Francis has for the first time promoted a woman to a junior ministerial post in the Vatican’s foreign affairs department.

ABUJA: The All Progressives Congress APC has disclosed of its resolve to drag Justice Augusta Kingsley-Chukwu of the Rivers State High Court before the National Judicial Council NJC over what the party described as her alleged connivance with the Peoples Democratic Party PDP to manipulate a case regarding the conduct of APC Congresses in the state.

Mr. Mike Aigbe, a Director at GeneSys Health Information System, on Wednesday called for a proper legal framework of digital health for Nigeria to boost quality service delivery. Aigbe made the appeal during a three-day technical conference on e-health, organised by the Lagos Ministry of Health, in partnership with the Ministry of Science and Technology […]

A Non Governmental Organisation, GEPCare Foundation, has concluded plans  to hold a summit to further discourage human trafficking.

A Sharia Court sitting in Magajin Gari, Kaduna State, on Wednesday sentenced a landlord, Muhammad Mustapha and two others to one month each imprisonment for impersonating a court official. The Judge, Murtala Nasir, sentenced Mustapha, Auwal Bawa and Sagir Adamu, after they pleaded guilty to conspiracy, impersonation and theft. Nasir, gave the convicts an option […]

Renowned author, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, has emerged  the first recipient of the Belle van Zuylen Ring, an honorary prize awarded by the International Literature Festival Utrecht (ILFU), Netherlands.

A former Minister of Power and Steel, Mr. Bashir Dalhatu, on Wednesday, told an FCT High Court in Zuba, FCT that he lost N68.9 million to a fraudster. Testifying as a prosecution witness in a case filed by the EFCC against a businessman, Imeh Akpan, charged with two counts bordering on Criminal Breach of Trust, […]