Some youths from the South-West region have welcomed President Muhammadu Buhari’s nomination of the immediate past service chiefs as non-career ambassadors-designate. Describing them as “worthy ambassadors”, the group under the aegis of Congress of Progressive Yoruba Youths (CPYY) called on the National Assembly to speedily confirm their nomination. The Yoruba youths made these known on […]

Gov. Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State has promised to establish a Cancer Treatment Centre in the state to enable people to access quality care for cancer-related treatment to reduce the scourge to the bearest minimum. Akeredolu made this known on Thursday at the launch of the Ondo 2021 Breast and  Cervical Cancer Project held at […]

ECONOMY By Prince Okafor The Nigerian Economic Summit Group (NESG) has advised the Federal Government to focus on four issues which it noted as priorities for enhanced growth of the nation’s economy. The four issues according to the Group are macroeconomic stability, policy and regulatory consistency, sectoral reforms, and human capital development. The advice  was […]

Yobe state Governor and Chairman, APC Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee, Gov. Mai Mala Buni, has restated the commitment of the party to reconciling aggrieved members through the registration and revalidation of its membership.

Decries 5% of young people in elective offices By Gabriel Ewepu – Abuja Ahead of the 2023 general elections, the Not-Too-Young-To Run Movement, Thursday, assured massive support for youths who wants to contest elective positions at the national and state levels. This was contained in a statement issued by the Movement, where it affirmed commitment […]

Chief Mathias Ekweremadu, elder brother to the former Deputy President of the Senate and Commissioner for Transport in Enugu state is dead.

By Ebunoluwa Sessou Justice Akon Ikpeme is the current Chief Judge in Cross Rivers State, Calabar. She assumed the position as a substantial Chief Judge on January 28, 2021. WO X-rays the incidences preceding her present position in this excerpt. January 9, 2020 Cross-Rivers State Governor, Prof. Ben Ayade wrote a letter to the State […]

Vanguard and nine other media organisations have teamed up with the Anap Foundation COVID-19 Think Tank to launch a “Name and Shame” Initiative as part of efforts to promote behavioural change around managing the COVID-19 pandemic in Nigeria.

The Federal High Court, Abuja, on Thursday, awarded N150,000 fine against Olawale Bakare, the 2nd defendant in the treasonable felony suit leveled against him and the Convener, #RevolutionNow Movement, Omoyele Sowore. Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu awarded the cost on account of his failure to appear in court in the ongoing trial without genuine reason, an action […]

The chief executive officer, CEO, BrandCo Nigeria Limited, Wunuola Okoye has expressed joy over the launch of Adidas products in Nigeria,  through its retail expression, bCODE.

In its efforts to reward the resilience of finance industry players, InstinctWave, Africa’s premium Business-to-Business (B2B) event company, has announced March 26 as the date for the 6th edition of the ‘Instinct Business 6th Finance Innovation Awards (IBFIA) for 2021’.

Governor Bala Mohammed of Bauchi state has revealed that he almost lost his job as FCT minister, under President Goodluck Jonathan, for allocating a piece of land to Yusuf Ahmed, the founder of Baze university, in Abuja. Mohammed disclosed this, on Thursday,  when the founder and members of the university management paid him a courtesy […]

A non-governmental organisation, Lift Above Poverty Organisation, LAPO, has called on the Federal and state governments to provide cancer treatment support for indigent individuals due to the high cost of managing and treating the ailment.

By Victoria Ojeme The federal government has expressed dismay over the increasing number of Nigerian women migrating overseas for menial jobs saying it predisposes them to lots of danger. The feminisation of migration gives rise to specific problematic forms of migration, such as the commercialised migration of women and girls as domestic workers and caregivers, […]

Dismissed for getting pregnant out of wedlock She was aware of the rules — Ekiti CP It is unconstitutional — CSOs By Esther Onyegbula The unfortunate reality that the Nigerian woman is subjected to discriminatory laws and practices at every phase especially career-wise was re-emphasised recently when a policewoman Corporal Olajide Omotola of the Ekiti […]