The Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) in Osun, said one person  died on Saturday on Ilesha-Ife Road when a vehicle lost control and crashed. FRSC’s Public Enlightenment Officer in the state, Mrs Agnes Ogungbemi, said in a statement in Osogbo that the accident happened at about 8:20 a.m. Ogungbemi said that while the driver of […]

By Peter Okutu – Abakaliki A bus fully loaded with 11 passengers was Saturday reported to have plunged into a mining pit located at Enyigba Community of Ikwo Local Government Area of the State. Vanguard learnt that the bus took off from the popular motor parks known as Ochu-udo motor park, located along Afikpo road […]

By Peter Duru – Makurdi The mass defection of members of the All Progressive Congress, APC, and those of other political parties in Benue state continued at the weekend when hundreds of them in Ushongo Local Government Area, LGA, of the state again decamped to the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. The defectors who abandoned their […]

An NGO, International Human Rights Movement, says the traders affected by the recent fire outbreak in Katsina central market, lose over N50 million daily.

By Ibrahim Wuyo Former Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi ll has said that Nigeria as a country has made no progress in the past 40 years. “In 1980, Nigeria’s GDP per capital on purchasing power parity basis was $2,180. In 2014, it appreciated by 50 per cent to $3,099. According to the World Bank, where […]

Football fans in Ebonyi have joined others across the globe to celebrate a former Super Eagles skipper and talisman, Augustine Okocha who clocked 48 on Saturday.

Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum, on Saturday, in Gwoza, received another Chibok Girl who presented herself to the Nigerian Army. 

By Esther Onyegbula Operatives of the Lagos State Police Command have arrested a 25-Year-Old armed robbery suspect. The suspect identified as Sunday Akpa, was arrested at Iba in Ojo local government area of the State by an eagle-eyed anti-crime patrol team of the Iba Police Division at about 5:30 pm on the 13th of August, […]

Governor Simon Lalong of Plateau has condemned Saturday’s attacks on commuters around Rukuba Road in Jos North Local Government Area, where some persons were reportedly killed. The governor condemned the attacks in a statement by his Director of Press and Public Affairs, Dr Makut Macham in Jos. He said the attacks on innocent citizens no […]

The Adamawa Government has confirmed the reemergence and detection of Circulating Vaccine Derived  Poliovirus type 2 cases in the state.

Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State has said that women should be empowered for them to have a sense of belonging as major contributors to the development of the society

By James Ogunnaike One person was confirmed dead when a gas-laden truck lost control and fell on two vehicles at Orimerunmu area on the Lagos-Ibadan expressway on Saturday. Mr Babatunde Akinbiyi, the spokesperson, Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps (TRACE), confirmed the incident to newsmen in Abeokuta. Akinbiyi said, the accident occurred at 7:03am and it […]

By Johnbosco Agbakwuru In a bid to avert the looming strike by the Medical and Dental Consultants Association of Nigeria, MEDCAN, the National Salaries Income, and Wages Commission, NSIWC, has halted movement of consultants from CONMESS to CONUAS salary scale. Sunday Vanguard gathered that the Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige, who is […]

By Emmanuel Elebeke The Board, Management, and Staff of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) have commiserated with the family of the late Alhaji Ahmed Joda, former Chairman, Board of Commissioners of the Commission. In a condolence letter signed by Director, Public Affairs, Dr. Ikechukwu Adinde, the Executive Vice Chairman of the NCC. Prof. Umar Garba […]

Former Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi ll has said that Nigeria as a country has made no progress in the past 40 years.