By Dayo Johnson – Akure Abductors of a 60-year-old petty trader, Madam Banji Ademuyiwa in lkun in Akoko South-West council area of Ondo state have demanded a ransom of N 1.5million. The victim was reportedly kidnapped by unknown gunmen while on her way to Ikun on a motorcycle at Oba Akoko Ikun junction with her […]

By Olayinka Latona Catholic Archbishop of the Metropolitan See of Lagos, Most Rev. Alfred Adewale Martins, has joined other Nigerians to express his opposition to the N37 billion allocated for National Assembly Complex renovation project. The bishop urged President Muhammadu Buhari and members of the National Assembly to have a rethink over the huge amount […]

The Kano state governor Dr Abdullahi Ganduje has commenced the payment of N30,600 minimum wage in December 2019 in fulfilment of a promise he made to adopt the new wage regime in the state.

A Chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Edo State, Hon Charles Idahosa yesterday chided the National Chairman of the APC, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole over his call that his supporters should remember him in their prayers over the crisis rocking the party in the state.

A 39-year-old commercial bus conductor, Chuks Odalonu, is facing charges in an Ojo Magistrates’ Court in Lagos after he allegedly pushed a policeman into a gutter.

By Ozioruva Aliu – Benin City After several months of altercation, the gladiators in the Edo State All Progressives Congress (APC) crisis; Governor Godwin Obaseki and the National Chairman of the party, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole would meet in public few days time as the two have been invited to attend the 23rd Edition of the […]

*House to approve PIB in February By Tordue Salem – Abuja A House of Representatives Ad hoc Committee report has implicated the country’s service Chiefs, in the continuing theft of crude oil in the Niger Delta, a member of the Committee told Vanguard Thursday.  The Vanguard source, who pleaded anonymity, also revealed that the long-awaited […]

Global stock markets powered ahead Thursday as investors welcomed 2020 with a raft of strong gains after China’s central bank announced fresh stimulus, dealers said. Asia kicked off the New Year on the front foot, with most rallying out of the blocks Thursday on lingering trade optimism and the stimulus news. Europe also shone as […]

The management of the Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, has called on Nigerians, particularly the motoring public to sustain collective vigilance against the menace of road traffic crashes in the country.

As New Year celebrations mood get high across the world today, the Senator representing Adamawa Northern Senatorial District, Ishaku Abbo granted pardon to some inmates who were convicted, and are serving jail terms for various offences at the Nigerian Correctional Service in Yola.