By Emem Idio, Yenagoa An Environmentalist, Comrade Alagoa Morris, has lamented the devastating effects of pollution on the environment and danger pose to the fishing occupation of the people of the coastal communities. Morris, who is also the Project Director of Ondewari Health, Education and Environmental Project, OHEEP, stated this while speaking on a one […]

By Chidi Nkwopara – Owerri The kidnapped Catholic priest, Rev. Fr. Valentine Oluchukwu Ezeagu, has been freed unhurt, by his captors. Confirming the development in a telephone interview with Vanguard, Wednesday evening, the Imo State Police Command’s Public Relations Officer, PPRO, Mr Orlando Ikeokwu, said the kidnapped Catholic priest, just stepped into the Okigwe Divisional […]

Stakeholders in Nigeria’s maritime sector have hailed the decision of the Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Otunba Niyi Adebayo to suspend the licensing of new Free Trade Zones (FTZs) and audit the existing ones. They described the Federal Government’s decision to review the performance of exiting FTZs as a welcome development that will expose […]

***As COVID-19 vaccine arrives Nigeria January By Johnbosco Agbakwuru – Abuja President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered the immediate reopening of four main borders. The President also directed that the remaining borders that were closed down should be reopened before the end of December 31. The four borders that are to be reopened immediately are the […]

***challenges NIPOST to brace up for future elections By Emmanuel Elebeke The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr Isa Ali Pantami has advocated an immediate reversal of the zero budget status for NIPOST. The Minister said the reversal became necessary because the trend has been the practice for so many years, a situation that […]

EDO state chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) yesterday inaugurated its caretaker committee where it said it was poised to reclaim the state.

The Coalition of Northern Groups, CNG says it planned #BringBackOurBoys protest to Daura to meet with President Muhammadu Buhari over the recent abduction of the boarding students and insecurity in the Northern region is to hold next Friday.

ask FG to upgrade facilities at teaching hospitals, investigate infrastructural decay at LUTH By Levinus Nwabughiogu-Abuja A bill seeking to accommodate Nigerians living abroad in the electoral and voting processes yesterday passed for a second reading at the House of Representatives. The bill sponsored by the Chairperson of the House Committee on Diaspora Affairs, Rep. […]

…kicks off #Bringbackourboys protests …set to meet Buhari in Daura By Ibrahim HassanWuyo The leadership of the Coalition of Northern Groups, CNG, has relocated to Katsina town so as to push for the release of the abducted students still under captivity. CNG officials would join other members from Jigawa, Kano and Katsina in the take […]

The European Medicines Agency (EMA) said an expert panel would convene on Monday, December 21, to evaluate the vaccine made by U.S. company Pfizer and German partner BioNTech.