Pupils and civil servants find alternative means of getting around as the ban on tricycle continues in Abuja.   Recall that November 2019, over 40,000 operators of tricycles (popularly known as Keke) in Abuja were under serious threat as the Federal Capital Territory Administration banned them from operating in the city. Vnaguard

By Ikechukwu Odu – Nsukka A poverty alleviation outreach organized by the transition committee Chairman of Nsukka Local Government Area of Enugu State, Chinwe Ugwu, has received wide condemnation from the general public. Ugwu, in the programme put together in conjunction with National Council of Enugu State Students, NACESS, had distributed wheelbarrows to the youths […]

A 38-year-old man, Olatunbosun Olaniran, was on Tuesday arraigned at the Badagry Chief Magistrates’ Court, Lagos, over alleged theft of a Bajaj motorcycle worth N230,000. Olaniran is arraigned on a one-count charge of stealing. The police prosecutor, ASP. Nkem Akpan told the court that the defendant committed the offence on January 6 in  Ijanikin area […]

Honesty has been tipped as the basis for being noteworthy. A company of great value can be compensated with more patronage than it takes accolades, collective efforts and joint ability to see to the growth of these companies. While the arms of enterprising in the sexual health coast keep enlarging, the zeal of being entrepreneurship […]

A man from Nigeria living in Britain, Oluwaseun Ajayi and a woman said to be his lover, Inga Irbe, were on Friday, January 10, jailed following an investigation by the Met’s Central Specialist Crime – Cyber Crime Unit. According to TWnews, appearing at Croydon Crown Court, Ajayi, 39 and Irbe, 49 both of Orchard Road, […]

Trinidad and Tobago’s Michelle-Lee Ahye, an Olympic sprint finalist, has been banned for two years after “whereabouts failures”, the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) announced Wednesday. Ahye, sixth in both the 100 and 200m at the 2016 Rio Olympics, and again sixth in the 100m at the 2017 London world championships, is suspended until April 2021, […]

Quique Setien began his first session as Barcelona coach on Tuesday morning just as the sacked Ernesto Valverde drove out of the training ground for the last time. Valverde had said goodbye to the players, collected his things and left, closing the page on a brutal few days that had finally seen him sacked on […]

Former pope Benedict XVI has asked that his name be removed from a controversial new book in which he comes down firmly against married priests, his secretary told Italian newswire ANSA. The book, excerpts of which were published on Sunday by French newspaper Le Figaro, set off a firestorm with some Vatican experts wondering whether […]

Abdulmumin Murtala – Kano Justice Aminu Gabari of the Chief Magistrate Court,  Kano, on Tuesday granted bail to Kabiru Mohammed, the alleged mastermind of the phantom marriage between President Muhammadu Buhari and two members of the Federal Executive Council (FEC). Muhammed had in October last year released a video of the purported marriage between the […]

The house of representatives committee on power, Tuesday, asked the National Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) to suspend the planned increase in electricity tariff. Recall that NERC had directed the electricity distribution companies (DisCos) to enforce an upward review of the tariff starting from April 1. READ ALSO: Electricity Tariff: minor review order has no immediate […]

Mr Abiodun Tobun, Chairman, Lagos State House of Assembly Committee on Works and Infrastructure, says roads in the state would be free of potholes in the next six months. Tobun, representing Epe I Constituency, gave the assurance on Tuesday in Lagos. He said that the House had provided adequate funds in the 2020 budget to […]

By Ikechukwu Nnochiri – Abuja Candidate of the Action Alliance, AA, in the governorship election that held in Imo State on March 9, Uche Nwosu, on Tuesday, withdrew the appeal he lodged to challenge governor Emeka Ihedioha’s victory. Nwosu, who is son inlaw to former governor of the state, Rochas Okorocha, predicated his decision to […]

By Soni Daniel – Abuja Afakriya Aduwa Gadzama was born on 22 November 1953 at Lassa in Askira/Uba Local Government Area of Borno State. He attended Barewa College, Zaria from (1968–1972), then School of Basic studies Zaria. He later proceeded to the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, where he obtained his bachelor’s degree (BA) in Political […]

By Dapo Akinrefon and Ola Ajayi As the newly launched security outfit tagged Western Nigeria Security Network begins operations, one of its personnel, Soludero Hunters’ Association has said the outfit doesn’t rely on guns to function well but would use their ancestors’ powers to ward off any aggression against Yoruba indigenes in the zone. The National President […]

Tyson Fury vowed Monday to chase a knockout in next month’s eagerly-anticipated rematch with WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder, insisting he believes he has no chance of earning a victory on points in Las Vegas. The charismatic undefeated British fighter faces the unbeaten Wilder at the MGM Grand on February 22, after the two men […]