FG disburses N27bn as part of MSMEs Survival Fund Scheme
BY Victoria Ojeme The Federal Government has said that it has disbursed N27 billion to Micro Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) as part of the MSMEs Survival Fund Scheme. Minister of State, Industry, Trade and Investment, Amb. Mariam Katagum. Made this disclosure yesterday while giving the update on the MSMEs. Katagum who is also the […]
Oil Market: Price of Bonny Light rises to $58.93 per barrel as Iraq, Kazakhstan promise to cut output
By Udeme Akpan For the first time in 2021, the price of Bonny Light, Nigeria’s premium oil grade, has risen to $58.93 per barrel in the international oil market, thus increasing hope for the execution of the nation’s 2021 budget. The budget was benchmarked on $40 per barrel, and 1.8 million barrels per day, mb/d. […]
BREAST CANCER: Be aware, informed not afraid
By Sola Ogundipe Breast cancer has overtaken lung cancer as the world’s mostly commonly-diagnosed cancer, according to statistics released by the International Agency for Research on Cancer, IARC, in December 2020. On this year’s World Cancer Day, February 4, with its slogan “I can and I will”, the goal is to reduce deaths from breast […]
Tony Momoh’s last wishes for Nigeria
By Omeiza Ajayi With Bicameral Legislature, Central Government in the name Federation, Nigeria cannot work Tony Momoh roars in support of Restructuring See the interview on: https://newlive.vanguardngr.com/2021/01/nigeria-cannot-work-tony-momoh-roars-in-support-of-restructuring/ That was Saturday Vanguard’s lead story last weekend and when I conducted that interview earlier in the week, I did not know that it would be the last […]
Kidnapping/death of Ubulu King; slow wheel of justice
By Tony Eluemunor Monday, 25th of last month, some of those suspected to have abducted and killed the King of Ubulu-Uku, Obi Ofulue III, were in court once again. But the court session was not reported by a single news outlet in Nigeria. Yet, that day’s session was important because Pastor Afam Ugboh, who was […]
February of Archbishop Okeke, Bishop Okeke and Professor Utomi
By Fr George Adimike Every day is for love, but February is observed as a month of love by sheer convention. February is for love, but it is also for men of gratias et gravitas (grace and gravity). Conventionally, February is accepted as a month to celebrate love, which is both divine and human. The […]
IGP’s service extension: Why Buhari got it wrong
On September 16, 2020, President Muhammadu Buhari signed the Nigeria Police Force (Establishment) Bill into law. The law replaces its 1943 colonial antecedent which has regulated the Nigeria Police Force for 77 years with several provisions becoming obsolete over time. The Bill was passed by both chambers of the National Assembly by July 2020. The […]
Herdsmen/Farmers’ clashes: Ganduje leading by example
•Benue deputy gov. commends him, Aisha Yesufu differs By Dirisu Yakubu Fielding questions from journalists in Katsina recently, the Kano state governor, Abdullahi Ganduje availed the world of what his administration has been able to do in the past few years to stem the tide of insurgency and banditry, saying, “we are building a Ruga […]
Marwa, more than marijuana
By Emeka Obasi Something different must come the way of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) following Ambassador Mohammed Buba Marwa’s appointment as Chairman/ Chief Executive Officer. I saw him resume, wearing shirt and long pants. Marwa did not storm office in suits or flowing gown, the one a Turkish hotel attendant described as […]
COVID-19 may have spread in Wuhan, but originated elsewhere — WHO expert
A Russian expert on Saturday said Wuhan’s Huanan seafood market may have made it possible for the novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) to spread, but it does not mean the virus originated there. “There is no evidence that the virus originated there’’ but hypothetically, there are all conditions for the spread of the virus there,“ Vladimir Dedkov, […]
IAN mourns Owhefere, says he was passionate representative
The Isoko Advancement Network, IAN, a socio-cultural pressure group has commiserated with the Speaker, Chief Sheriff Oborevwori and members of the State House of Assembly, Isoko nation and the Owhefere family over the demise of the Majority Leader of the House, Hon. Tim Kome Owhefere.
Explainer: What you should know about CBN cryptocurrency ban
Experts in the financial sector of the economy have rolled out implications of the Central Bank of Nigeria’s, CBN directives on cryptocurrency.
Displaced Persons hail Buhari over refugee commission’s resettlement city
Beneficiaries of the Resettlement City Project of the National Commission for Refugees, Migrants and Internally Displaced Persons (NCFRMI), have commended President Muhammadu Buhari and the Commission for lifting their lives, through the initiative.
You lack power to stop Cryptocurrency – Archbishop Sam Zuga tells CBN
Archbishop Samzuga has reacted to the Central Bank of Nigeria’s (CBN) new order on Cryptocurrency. The Apex bank had directed Deposit Money Banks (DMBs) and other financial institutions to close accounts of persons who are using their systems for cryptocurrency trading. Reacting to the shocking news, Archbishop Samzuga, the CEO of one of Africa’s fastest […]
U.S withdraws earlier objection, offers “strong support” for Okonjo-Iweala’s WTO job
… WTO to call short notice meeting By Victoria Ojeme The United States of America has offered “strong support” to Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, the former Nigerian Finance Minister for the office of the Director-General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO). The move marks another sharp split with former president Donald Trump, who paralysed the organisation and […]
I exposed Yoruba, Fulani kidnappers — Igangan Seriki Fulani, sacked from Oyo by Sunday Igboho
…Says ‘I’ve always been a rich man’ …I gave Oba of Igangan a car to use until he bought one in 1994 …I lost eight cars, a house, 207 cows, poultry etc when they razed my place …Nigerians should help me to survive …As protests against killer Fulani herdsmen rock Kwara community By Demola Akinyemi […]
