Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) will attempt to get Kylian Mbappe to sign a new contract after fending off interest from Real Madrid, the Parisien newspaper reported on Wednesday. PSG rejected a Real Madrid bid for the France striker in spite of the 22-year-old entering the final year of his contract. To stop him leaving for free […]

By Ike Uchechukwu The Cross River State Police Command in the early hours of Wednesday apprehended a notorious suspected kidnapper who is in charge of supplies to various syndicates within the state. Vanguard learned that the success was recorded through a covert operation carried out by Anti Kidnapping and Cultism Squad a.k.a( Dragon team) led […]

The Chairman, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Benue, Mr John Ngbede, says Gov. Samuel Ortom has tremendous respect for President Muhammadu Buhari, but cannot keep quiet when his people are gruesomely murdered. Ngbede disclosed this on Wednesday while reacting to the Press Conference organised by the Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs and Special Duties, Sen. George […]

The Ghanaian President, Nana Akufo-Addo, says Ghana is ready to host a successful African Games in 2023. The president gave the assurance when he cut the sod for the construction of sports facilities in Accra at a cost of 195 million U.S dollars for the 13th African Games. “I assure the African Union (AU) that […]

A formal complaint has been filed against KPMG, its current and former staff by the accounting regulator for allegedly submitting false information as part of audit inspections of collapsed firm Carillion and Regenersis. The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) said the disciplinary complaint alleged that KPMG and several individuals gave false and misleading information and documents […]

…. now official airline sponsor of Nigeria national teams By Lawani Mikairu Air Peace today signed a renewable sponsorship agreement with the Nigerian Football Federation, NFF . The agreement makes Air Peace the official airline sponsor of the country’s national teams. The sponsorship agreement which is for a four-year period, is renewable every year. Stakeholders […]

Friends of the Earth, FoE, Africa, on Wednesday, launched ‘A Just Recovery Renewable Energy Plan for Africa’ which offers a practical and much-needed opportunity to change the trajectory of energy development, distribution and access on the African continent.

By Ibrahim Wuyo – Kaduna Again, bandits have attacked a day secondary school in Maradun Local Government Area of Zamfara State on Wednesday, abducting an unspecified number of students. A teacher in the affected school told the BBC Hausa in an interview monitored by Vanguard in Kaduna, that he and others managed to escape by […]

As MSMEDF, YEDP, AGSMEIS, others gather momentum By Emeka Anaeto, Business Editor One of the major concerns in the development finance programme of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, has been the inflationary impact of the huge funding operations. But recent developments in the consumer price index appear to have assuaged this fear. The July […]

By Ozioruva Aliu THE Divisional Police Officer (DPO) of Igarra Police Station in Akoko-Edo local government area, of Edo State, Suleiman Muhammed, has been reportedly shot by suspected kidnappers along the Auchi-Igarra-Ibillo road. The incident which happened on Tuesday a few metres before Sasaro around 7 pm led to commuters becoming stranded until the local […]

Suspicion, lack of political will main headache – Chairman Emma Ujah, Abuja Bureau Chief The Chairman of the Revenue Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC), Engr. Elias Mbam, and his team of Commissioners face a herculean task in giving Nigerians a new Revenue Sharing Formula, which will ensure fairness and equitable distribution of nation’s […]

By Elizabeth Adegbesan The Director General, Budget Office, Ben Akabueze, in this interview, speaks on budget preparations, the reasons for low government revenue and possible solutions. Excerpts:  One of your achievements that people don’t talk about is the restoration of the January-December budget cycle. What have been the challenges in the process, especially on the […]

5 die in process, gets over 150 cases monthly By Olasunkanmi Akoni and Nelson Alu The Lagos State Government has revealed that it recorded a total of 10,007 reported cases of domestic violence including sexual abuse perpetrated against adults and children between May 2019 till August 26, 2021. The state Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, […]

As 39 domestic refinery projects shuts down By Udeme Akpan  Plans to reduce Nigeria’s fuel import bill through domestic refining may have be faltering as the Department of Petroleum Resources, DPR, weekend, put the number of inactive refinery projects at 39, as of August 19, 2021. Estimated cost of importation of petrol in 2021 is […]

The La Casera Company has once again been recognized with five outstanding awards at the just concluded Marketing Edge Awards that took place on Friday, 27th August 2021.