Togo President Faure Gnassingbe wins fourth term, as rival claims fraud
Togo President Faure Gnassingbe has won a fourth term in power, the national electoral commission declared on Monday, as his main rival accused authorities of fraud. The incumbent leader took 72 per cent of the vote share in the first round of the presidential election, the commission said, far ahead of former prime minister Agbeyome Kodjo, […]
Qatar to quarantine passengers arriving from Iran, South Korea
Qatar will ask passengers arriving from Iran and South Korea to remain in home isolation or a quarantine facility for 14 days over fears of a new coronavirus outbreak, Qatar Airways said in a statement on Monday. READ ALSO: WHO worries over Africa as COVID-19 spreads vanguard
LeBron James’ ‘dream shake’ helps lift Lakers over Celtics
LeBron James delivered the go-ahead jumper with 30 seconds left to help lift the Los Angeles Lakers to a 114-112 victory over the Boston Celtics Sunday as the two decorated franchises renewed their historic rivalry. “I just gave a little dream shake to the baseline and was able to open up the middle and get […]
APC no longer a functional political party — DG, APC Govs Forum
Director General of the Progressive Governors Forum, PGF, Salihu Lukman, has described his ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, as a political party that was no longer functional due to its inability to hold regular meetings of its constitutional organs as provided by law.
No kidnappers den in Ilorin ―Police
The Kwara Police Command says there is no kidnappers den in Ilorin, the state capital. The police is reacting to recent social speculations that a kidnappers den had been uncovered at Oko-Erin Community in Ilorin. The reaction is contained in a statement issued by the Police Public Relation Officer (PPRO), DSP Ajayi Okasanmi, and made […]
Facing The New Decade: Letter to young Nigerians by Prof Yemi Osinbajo
Every citadel of learning derives its claim to greatness from the reputation and accomplishments of its students and staff: the great academics and scholars to whom has been given the enormous task of instructing, guiding and inspiring the minds and talents that are destined to define the future. Your task is possibly the noblest anyone […]
A new policy on mining is underway —Adegbite
The industrialization of the Nigerian economy has remained a mere wish until now. However, in this interview, the Minister of Mines and Steel Development, Arc. Olamilekan Adegbite, told Vanguard how the Ajaokuta Steel Mills will change the story. He also explained that work has been going on to sign the proposed agreement with the Russians to complete and put the plant into operation.Excerpts:
Sokoto Hisbah records 606 rape cases in 2019
The Commandant, Sokoto State Hisbah Commission, Dr Adamu Kasarawa, said the commission has recorded 606 rape cases across the state in 2019. Kasarawa disclosed this in an interview with newsmen on Sunday and decried the rampant cases of sexual assaults in the state. He said the 2019 figure was up from 296 cases in year […]
The North has already destroyed itself
We have been saying this for 20 to 30 years. If the North does not change, the North will destroy itself. The country is moving on. The quota system that everybody talks about must have a sunset clause —The Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II, Punch, February 19, 2020.
China eases restrictions as other countries report surge in cases
Fears of a coronavirus pandemic grew on Monday after sharp rises in new cases reported in Iran, Italy and South Korea but China relaxed restrictions on movements in several places including Beijing as its rates of new infections dropped. The surge of infections outside mainland China triggered steep falls in Asian shares and Wall Street […]
Don’t come to camp with fake certificates, DG warns prospective NYSC members
The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has warned prospective corps members with fake credentials to stay off its orientation camps across the country, as the scheme gets set for the 2020 Batch ‘A’ Orientation Course. The Director-General of the scheme, Brig.-Gen. Shuaibu Ibrahim, gave the warning in a statement signed by Mrs Adenike Adeyemi, the […]
