Mr. Seye Oladejo is the Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Lagos State. There have been some ripples within and outside the party. In this interview with Vanguard’s Olasunkanmi Akoni, Oladejo speaks on the cordial status of the party in the state, the party’s edge in the forthcoming by-elections, Edo governorship election and the leadership quality of Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, among others.

A 25-year-old Australian woman was found to have tapeworm larvae in her brain — after experiencing a headache for more than a week, researchers said. The unidentified woman, a barista who never traveled overseas, is the first case of the disease contracted in Australia, according to a new study in The American Journal of Tropical […]

The Presidency has said detractors were going to use the strike suspended by Organised Labour to take revenge over the 2012 Occupy Nigeria protests, which forced the administration of then-President Goodluck Jonathan to U-turn on subsidy.

An SUV driver ploughed into a group of bicyclists near Madison Square Park in Manhattan on Saturday night, leaving two of them hospitalized with minor injuries. The bicyclists were participating in a Black Lives Matter “Justice Ride” and pedalling south on Fifth Avenue at 7:17 p.m. when the driver who remained at large early Sunday […]

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has applauded the Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Adamu for banning the routine patrol of the Federal Special Anti-Robbery Squad (FSARS) and other Tactical Squads of the Nigeria Police Force. Speaking to State House reporters at his residence in Abuja on Sunday, Professor Osinbajo described the routine attacks on young people […]

By David Royal Bolt Nigeria on Sunday reacted to a viral video and a statement by a Nigerian man alleging that its driver connived with SARS officers to harass and extort him of N100k. In the statement, Bolt denied knowledge of the said connivance and pledged to support the passenger in any investigation with all […]

Bukayo Saka celebrated his first England call-up with a goal as Arsenal beat Sheffield United 2-1 in the Premier League on Sunday. The Gunners failed to fire in a poor first half at Emirates Stadium, but two goals in the space of three minutes from Saka and substitute Nicolas Pepe secured their third top-flight win […]

…Meets IGP over reforms in police By Johnbosco Agbakwuru VICE President Yemi Osinbajo, Sunday expressed his anger over the arrests and brutal killing of young Nigerians by the Police. The Vice President, who met with the Inspector General of Police, IGP Mohammed Adamu told the police boss to carry out reforms that would change the […]

By Victor Ahiuma-Young Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers, NUPENG, has called on stakeholders, especially the Department of Petroleum Resources, DPR; Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC; Ministry of Labour and Employment, and Ministry of Petroleum Resources to compel Shell Petroleum Development Company, SPDC, and Valliant Energy Services, to pay the benefits of workers […]

The Ondo State Governor, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, on Sunday said  the people of the state should expect a purposeful and business-oriented government in his second term, if he’s reelected. Speaking during a debate organized by the state radio television corporation, OSRC, Akeredolu said the first term of his administration was used to initiate policies that would […]

By Marie-Therese Nanlong Senator representing Plateau North Senatorial zone in the National Assembly, Istifanus Gyang has lashed out on those criticizing and calling him names for speaking out against the continued killings in his constituency saying such people want to distort facts in the name of keeping the peace. It would be recalled that Senator […]

Chairman, Senate Committee on Aviation, Senator Smart Adeyemi(APC, Kogi West), said weekend he had concluded arrangements to bring before the Senate a bill on Mosaic/Shariah laws to fight corruption in the country.

By Chioma Onuegbu, Uyo One man simply identified as ‘Udo Mma’ has been reportedly killed during a fresh clash between rival cult groups Debam and Iceland that have been terrorising Inen village in Oruk Anam local government area of Akwa Ibom State over the weekend. It was gathered that the cultists had also attacked the […]

By Michael Eboh Despite abundance of gas in Nigeria, 71.35 per cent of the Liquefied Petroleum Gas, LPG, also known as cooking gas, consumed in the country in the month of August 2020 were imported, according to data obtained from the Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency, PPPRA. This was in sharp contrast to claims by […]

By Dayo Johnson THE All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ondo State has accused the opposition parties of deliberately launching unprovoked attacks on members of APC, to create avoidable tension ahead of the governorship election. It actually fingered People’s Democratic Party (PDP) and Zenith Labour Party (ZLP) as being responsible for the ploy to send wrong […]