Former Vice President and 2019 Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has said the country has been badly damaged and broken, adding that there is need for urgent rescue. Atiku specifically lamented over what he described as hunger in the Northern Nigeria and indeed the entire country which he said […]

Vows to embark on protest if Edo people are not protected By Gabriel Ewepu – Abuja A Civil Society Organisation, CSO, One Love Foundation, OLF, weekend, wrote to President Muhammadu Buhari, Save Our Soul, SOS, letter, over rising insecurity in Edo State. The letter which was signed by Founder and President, OLF, Chief Patrick Eholor, […]

By Chioma Obinna The Nigerian Medical Association, NMA on Saturday, lends its weight to the Federal Government’s COVID-19 Health Protection Regulations 2021, calling for full enforcement of the law. In a chat with Vanguard, the President of the NMA, Prof Innocent Ujah said while the country awaits the arrival of the COVID-19 vaccine sometime in […]

The country home of late Pa Arthur Okorie Okowa in Owa-Alero, Ika North East Local Government Area of the state, today, continued to play host to sympathisers who were in the community to commiserate with Governor Ifeanyi Okowa and his siblings over the demise of their father. Among the sympathisers were the former governor of […]

Air Peace airline yesterday said its Lagos-Sharjah flights are not affected by the new COVID-19 flight protocols introduced by the Dubai Airport’s Operations Control Centre, United Arab Emirates, UAE.

An ex-Big Brother Naija Lockdown housemate, Aisha Umaru, popularly known as Kaisha, has denied kissing fellow reality TV star Terseer Waya, also known as Kiddwaya. This is after a video of the two went viral on social media on Saturday night. The video recorded at the birthday party of another Big Brother Naija Lockdown housemate […]

   By Sola Ogundipe Worried by the challenges in procurement of COVID-19 vaccines amid the second COVID-19 wave of infections, the Nigeria Medical Association, NMA, has called on the federal and state governments to invest in research and development in collaboration with the private sector to boost Nigeria’s fortunes in the area of vaccine production. […]

Suspected armed members of dreaded Boko Haram sect invaded Chabal and other Communities of Magumeri Local Government Area of Borno State on Sunday afternoon and killed two policemen before abducting two others. A Reliable Sources told Vanguard.

Warns against egotism, nationalism Warns against egotism, nationalism By Chioma Obinna The World Medical Association on Sunday called for international cooperation in the fight against COVId-19, warning that now was not the time for egotisms and nationalism. Speaking in Vienna during an award ceremony to honour physicians around the world for their fight against the […]

Shina Abubakar – Osogbo Osun state government has confirmed the outbreak of the United Kingdom variant of the coronavirus disease, warning residents of the deadly nature of the variant. A statement issued by the state’s Commissioner for Information and Civic Orientation, Funke Egbemode disclosed that it is worrisome that barely a few weeks after the […]

By Peter Duru – Makurdi Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue state has distanced himself from the protracted land dispute between the Nigeria Air Force and the Ugondo community of Makurdi and Gwer East Local Government Areas, LGAs, of the state. The Governor who pointed out that the land dispute began long before he became Governor […]

By Charles Kumolu A former Nigerian Ambassador to Mauritania, Ambassador Bala Sani, in this interview, speaks how Nigeria/US relations may fare under President Joe Biden, saying the prospects of a fruitful relationship are bright. The new US President, Joe Biden, started with some immigration policies that favoured Nigeria. Does that mean Nigeria will benefit more […]

JOURNALISTS International Forum For Migration, JIFORM, has urged the Federal Government to institute a thorough rehabilitation and reintegration scheme for the 802 Nigerian deported from Saudi Arabia as they arrive in the country in batches.

Says, 10% equity, solution to Niger Delta crisis By Omeiza Ajayi – Abuja The Host Communities of Nigeria Producing Oil and Gas HOSTCOM have apologised to President Muhammadu Buhari and the leadership of the National Assembly over Thursday’s fracas at a House of Representatives Committee Hearing where some representatives of the communities engaged in fisticuffs. […]

By Lawani Mikairu United Arab Emirates, UAE, has stopped all transit flights with Nigerian passengers into Dubai. This means all passengers from Nigeria must fly directly from Nigeria to Dubai without stopping over in another country. The UAE in a travel advisory tagged, “Dubai Travel Protocol Update-Travel from Nigeria” revealed this yesterday. This is a […]