Voters went to the polls in Niger on Sunday for an election that could seal a first peaceful handover between elected presidents, against the backdrop of a bloody jihadist insurgency. The West African country, unstable since gaining independence from France 60 years ago, is ranked the world’s poorest country according to the UN’s Human Development […]

The jihadist group Boko Haram killed at least 10 people including four security personnel in raids on three villages in northeast Nigeria, local and security sources told AFP on Sunday. Fighters in six trucks attacked the villages of Shafa, Azare and Tashan Alade in Borno state on Saturday and set fire to homes and public […]

By Davies Iheamnachor Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has hinted that he would re-impose COVID-19 lockdown in the state beginning from January following the recent upsurge in the number of coronavirus cases in the State. Wike according to a statement signed by his Special Assistant on Media, Kelvin Ebiri, gave a hint of the […]

LESI MAOL is a Port Harcourt-based businessman in the oil and gas sector. In this interview, Maol speaks on the claims on the money he allegedly lent to a former ally of Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State, John Bazia, to pay the school fees of his children studying abroad. Bazia had, while responding to some issues raised by Wike on his (Bazia’s) defection, mentioned that he was being witch-hunted by Maol.

President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan on Sunday made a strong case for national unity saying Nigeria needs all parts of the country to make things work. Lawan stated this at the 10th year memorial anniversary of the father of the Senate Chief Whip, Orji Uzor Kalu which held at Igbere in Abia state. The […]

By Egufe Yafugborhi POLICE in Rivers State have declared a Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Port Harcourt branch driver, Barnabas Bonwin missing on duty. A statement Sunday by the Commissioner of Police (CP) Joseph Mukan, through the Rivers Command’s Spokesman, SP Nnamdi Omoni, noted that Bowin hails from Bodo, Gokana Local Government Area of Rivers. […]

By Iheamnachor Davies …Denies call for removal of Akwa, Akpabio   Forums of Ijaw Youth Council has said that the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, was not created for the people of the Ijaw group in the region alone, stating that the Commission was to cater for the development of all the groups in the […]

By Adesina Wahab, Joseph Erunke & Emmanuel Elebeke Candidates that are to sit for next year’s Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME, will have their applications linked to their National Identification Number, NIN, investigation by Vanguard has revealed. This is despite the fact that the attempt to do so this year failed because of hiccups that […]

By Ayo Onikoyi Veteran Nigerian rapper, Lotanna Udezue, aka Biglo is dead. He reportedly died from kidney related illness. However, new evidence has suggested that the rapper died from covid-19 complications. Biglo before giving up the ghost on Saturday December 26, 2020 had made public his contracting the virus earlier. READ ALSO: Looking back on […]

  By Robinson Ariyo Our attention has been drawn to the well-orchestrated and brilliant looking design, the handiwork of a few powerful, politically influential and wealthy Itsekiri leaders of Warri North Local Government origin to cede Warri North Local Government Chairmanship seat to the Ijaws of the LGA in exchange for the 2023 Delta South […]