By Adeola Badru PALPABLE fears gripped Oyo State, weekend, as residents were under the fear of the unknown, following the gruesome murder of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, chieftain, Dr. Fatai Aborode, at Igangan in Ibarapa North Local Government Area of the state by suspected herdsmen . Aborode, a former House of Representatives candidate on […]

A new entrant, Art Pantheon comes into the Lagos culture scene with freshness in a debut solo exhibition of artist Dotun Popoola. Titled Metala, the solo exhibition of 13 metal sculptures is coming from Popoola, an artist with the most ambitious dimensions and extremely calculated details. The theme of the exhibition derives its name, Metala, […]

…Calls for refund of money to govt *His service, blessing to Ministry, says Perm Sec By Henry Umoru THE Senate has uncovered how a management staff in the Ministry of Petroleum paid N145 million media campaign on Petroleum Industrial Bill, PIB, to himself. According to the Senate Committee on Public Account, led by Senator Matthew […]

…Clinches 4 runners up Vanguard’s Senior Health Correspondent, Mrs Chioma Obinna, has won the Nutrition Reporting Award at the 29th edition of the Diamond Awards for Media Excellence, DAME, held in Lagos, weekend, with her entry ‘Nigeria’s Severely Wasted Children: The Inside Story’. Obinna, who won the same award in 2019, also clinched the first […]

…Says APC radically different from PDP By Omeiza Ajayi The Director General of  Progressive Governors’ Forum PGF, Salihu Moh. Lukman, yesterday asked the Governor Mai Mala Buni-led caretaker Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee to stop issuing dry press releases against the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. He also defended the internal operational mechanism of his ruling All […]

By Bashir Bello Gunmen have again struck killing a farmer in Jibia Local government area of Katsina State, Bashir Mandela Jibiya and kidnapped three others including two women. The attack was coming barely 24 hours after the attack on boarding school students at Government Secondary School, Kankara, Katsina State and President Muhammadu Buhari’s visit to […]

Protesters in Belarus weathered icy conditions Sunday, hitting the streets to demand the resignation of authoritarian leader Alexander Lukashenko who is facing down months of historic protests against his rule. The Viasna rights group said dozens of people were detained in Minsk as authorities deployed water cannon and large numbers of law enforcement blocked off […]

By Bashir Bello, Dirisu Yakubu, Gabriel Olawale, Charly Agwam & Olayinka Latona Protests yesterday rocked Kankara in Kankara Local Government Area of Katsina State, following the abduction of students of Government Senior Secondary School, GSSS, in the town by bandits on Friday night. The protests came on a day governor of the state, Aminu Bello […]

By Adeola Badru AS a way of tackling the high rate of unemployment in Nigeria, a total of fifty youths in Afijio Local Government Area of Oyo State have set out machinery to turn the fortunes of the local government and the state around for better through their various entrepreneurial skills. The youths, comprised of […]

Police in Oyo state on Sunday warned foreign nationals to be vigilant days after gunmen kidnapped two Indian workers in the state. Gunmen seized the two men on Wednesday as they drove out of a pharmaceutical firm in Ibadan, the capital of Oyo state. They out the rear tyres of their vehicle to force it […]

At least 18 Nigerian Army Generals have tested positive for coronavirus, COVID-19, military sources told Channels Television, yesterday. The infected military officers were said to have had contact with late Major General Olu Irefin, who died from COVID-19 complications last week. According to the sources, the affected senior army officers were attendees of the 2020 […]

NOVA Merchant Bank has emerged the winner of the ‘Bond Offering of the Year’ prize at the BusinessDay Bank and other Financial Institutions (BAFI) Awards.

One in four health centres worldwide lacks access to water, putting around 1.8 billion people at increased risk of contracting the coronavirus, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said Monday. The lack of this basic amenity endangers patients and staff alike at such centres, the WHO said in a joint report with the UN children’s agency […]

Long a mere formality, a vote on Monday by members of the Electoral College to formally recognize Joe Biden as the next US president has taken on unusual import this year with Donald Trump refusing to admit defeat. The results of the November 3 vote have been certified by each of the 50 states and […]

By Dele Sobowale “We are depressed, very depressed. And anyone of us, of our age, who was not depressed, he was not well-born, because we have nothing to leave behind for our children, and violence will not sustain us…”  —  Chief Audu Ogbeh, Chairman, Arewa Consultative Forum, ACF. Ogbeh, former Minister of Communications under President […]