“We have seen girls that got pregnant just to avoid worrying about menstrual products for 9 months.” That was Onyinye Edeh. Wunmi Yussuf is a civil servant in Lagos. Brenda Effiom is an entrepreneur based in Akwa Ibom State and Bolaji Margaret is an Abuja-based youth advocate, while, Faleye Ibrahim is an undergraduate at Lagos State University (LASU) and a photographer. The paths of these five persons may never cross. But the fire from something burning in their hearts lights the path for hundreds of girls and young women who cannot afford sanitary pads.

China on Friday said it will “no longer recognise” the British National (Overseas) passport for Hong Kongers, as Britain prepares to offer millions of former colonial subjects a way to escape Beijing’s crackdown on dissent. From Sunday, those with a BN(O) passport and their dependents will be able to apply online for a visa allowing […]

By Emmanuel Elebeke A report released by the UK government on Friday revealed that over £30 million in fees flows into UK private education system from West Africa. It said that most of these funds emanate from Nigeria (given its size and long tradition of families sending their children to UK private boarding schools and […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has departed Abuja for Daura, Katsina State, his home town, to participate in the national membership registration and revalidation exercise of the All Progressives Congress (APC). The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the president left Abuja after performing the weekly Juma’at prayer at the Aso Rock Mosque. The president had […]

…Says most Nigerian graduates children of convicts by UK courts  By Emmanuel Elebeke A report released by the UK government on Friday revealed that over £30 million in fees flows into UK private education system from West Africa. It said that most of these funds emanate from Nigeria (given its size and long tradition of families […]

…Says most Nigerian graduates children of convicts by UK courts  By Emmanuel Elebeke A report released by the UK government on Friday revealed that over £30 million in fees flows into UK private education system from West Africa. It said that most of these funds emanate from Nigeria (given its size and long tradition of families […]

Nollywood Actor, Yul Edochie, Friday celebrated the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu. In a short write-up via his verified Instgram handle, the 39 year old Nigerian actor, said that Kanu was grossly misunderstood. He described Kanu as a hero, noting that Kanu is fighting for the emancipation of Africans. His […]

Delta State Commissioner for Information, Mr Charles Aniagwu, has reaffirmed that the state government was establishing more universities to create more spaces for admission seekers and to raise the quality of graduates produced by the institutions. Aniagwu said the development was also informed by the decline in the number of candidates seeking admission into Colleges […]

Ola Ajayi – Ibadan A leader of Western Nigeria Security Network codenamed Amotekun in Kajola Local Government Area of Oyo State, Tajudeen Salaudeen has reportedly died in an accident. He was said to have crashed his motorcycle when trying to avoid a pothole on Thursday at Sawmill area, on Ilero road. READ ALSO: Just in: Hoodlums […]

…El-Rufai condemns, wants diligent investigation By Ibrahim HassanWuyo Governor Nasiru Ahmad El-Rufa’i of Kaduna state has urged for diligent investigation into the burning of pavilion in Zangon Kataf LGA of Kaduna state Malam El-Rufai condemned the burning of the pavilion arranged for a church conference in near a local monarch’s palace. Samuel Aruwan, Commissioner, Ministry […]

By Shina Abubakar – Osogbo A 44-year-old father, Kazeem Olapade, was on Friday remanded at Ilesa correctional facility by an Osun State Magistrates’ Court sitting in Osogbo for allegedly raping his 14-year-old daughter (name withheld). Olapade was docked on three counts of unlawful sexual intercourse, indecent assault and canal knowledge of his daughter. Police prosecutor, […]

A coalition of South East group of the ruling All Progressives Congress,APC, has commended President Muhammadu Buhari for appointing new service chiefs to man the nation’s security management, saying the president’s action which saw emergence of new and energetic military chiefs in such responsibility would no doubt bring sound and imminent improvement in Nigeria’s security problems.

By Ola Ajayi, Ibadan A leader of the Western Nigeria Security Network codenamed Amotekun in Kajola Local Government Area of Oyo State, Tajudeen Salaudeen has reportedly died in an accident. He was said to have crashed his motorcycle when trying to avoid a pothole on Thursday at Sawmill area, on Ilero road. Saturday Vanguard gathered […]

… N5.71bn for capital expenditure …Recurrent expenditure N4.37bn By Chris Ochayi The Chairman of Abuja Municipal Area Council, AMAC, Hon. Abdullahi Candido, has presented a budget proposal of N10, 087,228, 268.00 billion for the 2021 fiscal year. Hon. Candido, while presenting the budget at the council’s legislative chambers in Abuja, said the year’s budget represented […]

Delta Government on Friday announced a fresh curfew in the state as part of measures to check resurgence of COVID-19 pandemic nationwide. Secretary to the State Government, Mr Chiedu Ebie, who announced this in a statement, said that the curfew was from 10 p.m. – 4 a.m. daily and would commence on Jan. 29, 2021. […]