The United States has denied a visa to Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif that would have allowed him to attend a United Nations Security Council meeting in New York on Thursday, a US official said.

France’s airline Air France said on Wednesday it has suspended flights over Iraq and Iran airspace after Iranian missile strikes hit United States bases in Iraq. “Flight plans are adjusted in real-time according to the decisions of the French and regional authorities, throughout the world, in order to ensure the highest level of flight safety”, […]

Iran has offered to give $80 million (£60 million) to anyone that would get her the head of the United States President, Donald Trump.

By Omeiza Ajayi The United Nations migration agency, the International Organization for Migration IOM has said no fewer than 35, 532 irregular migrants died between 2014 and 2019 on various routes, adding that the figure could be higher as some “missing migrants” could not be traced. In a statement sent to Vanguard by IOM’s National […]

A new photo of former President Olusegun Obasanjo, has stormed the media. The photo which came out on Monday has been trending because of the image therein. It displayed Obasanjo as a farmer.

OWERRI—The Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Most Rev. Matthew Hassan Kukah, has described the Nigerian government as “Islamic fundamentalists without bombs.”

By Levinus Nwabughiogu Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe representing Abia South has declared there is nothing called the North, noting that “if you go there, there are so many divisions going on.” In an exclusive interview with Vanguard, the Senate Minority Leader said that there are two classes of people in Nigerian politics, “those who are in […]

The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) in Bayelsa said on Tuesday that the scheme did not record any casualty in the shooting of a commercial bus driver and another person by a policeman in Yenagoa. A mobile policeman on Monday evening shot a driver with Peace Mass Transit and one person at Ekeki in Yenagoa. […]

LAGOS — No fewer than 25 states of the federation have failed to meet the December 31, 2019, deadline given by organised labour to conclude all negotiations on the consequential adjustment arising from the N30,000 new minimum wage, or face industrial unrest.

A cleric, Pastor Tunde Bakare, has urged Nigerians to stop celebrating enemies of the country.

The Emir of Karaye in Kano State, Alhaji Ibrahim Abubakar II, has urged herbal medicine sellers against using obscene words in advertising herbals. The first-class traditional ruler gave the advice while receiving traditional medicine practitioners, drawn from the eight local government areas of the emirate, in his palace. This is contained in a statement signed […]

Ekiti State University Ado Ekiti has reinstated 355 out of over one thousand staff sacked in December last year. The workers were reinstated based on recommendation by the appeal panel set up by the university. The decision was ratified by the governing council of the university during its meeting held on Tuesday. READ ALSO: Recall […]

IN a bid to restore orderliness in the transport sector of the maritime industry, the Association of Maritime Truck Owners, AMARTO, alongside other truck owners within the industry, has laid down plans to restructure the haulage segment of the maritime industry.  

A Ukrainian airliner with 176 passengers and crew onboard has crashed near Tehran’s Imam Khomeini International Airport early on Wednesday. Iran’s state television said all those on board, majority of whom are Iranians, were killed. According to the Iranian media, the Boeing 737-800 jet crashed near Parand, a suburb southwest of capital Tehran shortly after […]

The Standard Organisation of Nigeria (SON) says it will prosecute importers, manufacturers and distributors of substandard Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) cylinders and other products as provided by law. The Director General (DG) SON, Osita Aboloma gave the warning on Tuesday during a visit the scene of Gas explosion at Sabo Tasha, Kaduna, in which six […]