TODAY, December 25, is a day set aside to celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ, our best example of love for God and mankind. It is also Friday, a day we, at Vanguard Editorial Board, publish tributes to accomplished personalities. This editorial, therefore, stands as a tribute to Jesus. Also, whenever Christmas day falls […]

…Predicts 3m jobs from MSMEs by 2025 By Juliet Umeh Global pandemic, Covid-19, no doubt, has negatively impacted the world economy and Africa is not exempted. Studies and economy experts have predicted that Africa needs digital infrastructure for its  Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises, MSMEs, to leapfrog development, create jobs and accelerate economic recovery post-Covid-19. […]

A former Delta State House of Assembly aspirant for Ethiope East constituency, Hon. Rex Ogboru, has put smiles on the faces of some residents in the area, as women, youths and men were at his Abraka residence on Thursday to pick up food items such as rice and cash items to spice up the Christmas […]

Morocco said Thursday it had ordered 65 million doses of novel coronavirus vaccine, as the North African kingdom prepared to launch a vaccination campaign targeting 25 million people. “Preparations have reached very advanced stages,” Health Minister Khalid Ait Taleb said in a statement on the roll-out plans. “Field exercises covering all stages of the process […]

By Ali M. Ali This year, 2020 will go down in history as the year I wrote the most tributes-some long, some short to eulogise the departed, not to glorify the living. I am penning one more today on the death of Sam Nda Isaiah, late Publisher of Leadership Newspapers Group. I pray it will […]

The fatal shooting of an unarmed Black man by police in  Columbus, Ohio — the US city’s second such killing this month — sparked a fresh wave of protests on Thursday against racial injustice and police brutality in the country. Andre Maurice Hill, 47, was in the garage of a house on Monday night when […]

Britain and the European Union struck a trade deal Thursday after 10 months of intense negotiation allowed them to soften the economic shock of Brexit. When the UK leaves the EU single market at the New Year it will not now face tariffs on cross-Channel commerce, despite breaking off half a century of close partnership. […]

Hon. Enohor Ohwojeheri aka Eminent Cee is from Federal Ward 9, DSIEC Ward 15, Eku-Urban, Ethiope-East Local Government Area of Delta State. He is a founding member of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP and the present serving councillor representing the Ward. In this interview, Ohwojeheri spoke extensively on several issues that border on the imposition of […]

Governor Simon Lalong of Plateau has signed the anti-land grabbing, kidnapping and cultism bill recently passed by the House of Assembly into law. Assenting to the bill on Thursday in Jos, Lalong said it would address unlawful land grabbing, rising spate of kidnapping, cultism and other violent crimes in the state. “The anti-kidnapping, anti-land grabbing, […]

Police in Kano have warned against the sale and use of fireworks and knockouts in the state during the Christmas and New Year celebrations. The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), DSP Abdullahi Haruna, issued the warning in a statement in Kano on Thursday. He stated that the sale and use of fireworks, knock-outs and use […]

The Federal lawmaker representing Idanre/Ifedore federal constituency, Hon. Tajudeen Adefisoye has felicitated with the Christian faithful in his constituency on the occasion of the yuletide season.

By Babajide Komolafe MONEY MARKET The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) yesterday announced the revocation of the    operating licenses of seven dormant payment service providers (PSPs). The PSPs are Easifuel Limited, Transaction Processing System (TPS), Grand Towers Limited, Paymaster Limited, and E-Revenue Gateway Limited. The others are Eartholeum Network Limited, Globasure Limited and 3Line […]

Former President Goodluck Jonathan has urged Nigerians to show love for one another as they celebrate Christmas to mark the birth of Jesus Christ. Jonathan said this in a statement by his Special Adviser, Mr Ikechukwu Eze, in Abuja on Thursday. He said that the spirit of Christmas required people to rededicate themselves to friendship, […]

By Dayo Johnson— Akure The Chairman of the South West Governors Forum, Rotimi Akeredolu has received the memorandum for the establishment of the South West Development Commission. It was presented to the Ondo state governor by the Chairman of Technical Committee and Chief of Staff to the Osun state governor, Dr. Charles Diji Akinola. The […]

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