Beneficiaries of the N-Power initiative who have concluded the two-year job programme will now be able to access permanent job opportunities or business prospects in line with the N-power exit strategy now activated by the Muhammadu Buhari administration. Under the plan, 200,000 beneficiaries will be engaged as financial services operators under a Shared Agent Network […]

The Federal Government, States and Local Government Councils (LGCs) have shared N619.343 billion as federation allocation for December, 2020. Mr Hassan Dodo, Director of Information, Ministry of Finance, Budget and National Planning announced this on Wednesday in Abuja. Dodo said the allocation was released after a virtual conference of the Federation Accounts Allocation Committee (FAAC). […]

By Ozioruva Aliu EDO state chapter of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and the All Progressives Congress, APC, were yesterday locked in a war of words over alleged plot by the state government to secure N18 billion loan. The former chairman, Media of APC Campaign Council of the 2020 governorship election in the state, John Mayaki, […]

By Omeiza Ajayi THE Chairman, Caretaker Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee, CECPC, of ruling All Progressives Congress APC, Governor Mai Mala Buni, has warned critical stakeholders of the party against hijacking its membership registration and revalidation slated to commence on January 25. He gave the charge on yesterday in Abuja when he inaugurated a committee on […]

The Management of the University of Benin (UNIBEN) on Wednesday asked students of the institution to remain at home following Edo government directive suspending schools resumption till further notice. The institution’s Acting Registrar, Clarkson Ehigiator in a statement, said students earlier billed to resume academic activities were not expected in the halls of residence on […]

By Emma Nnadozie, Crime Editor CRACK Detectives attached to the Force Criminal Investigation Department, FCID, Alagbon Annex, Ikoyi, Lagos, have commenced investigations into alleged economic activities of some foreign steel rolling companies in the country. Impeccable Police source whispered to Vanguard that already, two directors of one of the companies owned by Indians have been […]

Mabel Oboh, a governorship candidate in the Edo State 2020 elections, has described the New Nigeria Group, NNG, founded by Mazi Sam Ohuabunwa, as capable of transforming Nigeria.

The Interim President of the Isoko Development Union Youth Wing (IDU-YW), Hyacinth Ede Ewariezi, after an emergency executive meeting with officials of the body, has called on the Federal Government of Nigeria, the Delta State Government, the Department of State Services (DSS), the Nigerian Army and all relevant security agencies to immediately invite and investigate the threat to shut down oil and gas facilities “by some faceless and misguided elements that pose illegally as leaders of the now-disbanded Isoko National Youth Assembly (INYA)”.

FINALLY, the Federal Government last week gave the go ahead that schools at all levels could reopen from January 18 after days of pressure and suspense as to the appropriateness or otherwise of doing so. To say the government was under intense pressure from those opposed to the reopening and those in support, would be an understatement. 

The number of US Covid-19 deaths on Wednesday surpassed the country’s toll of military fatalities in World War II, according to a tracker maintained by Johns Hopkins University. As of the evening, the tracker showed that 405,400 people have died from the disease caused by the new coronavirus in the United States. The total number […]

The British Council and Ashoka will, on Thursday, launch the virtual edition of Impact Africa Social Entrepreneurship Summit, which aims to accelerate social innovations in Africa’s most pressing challenges by inspiring and connecting social entrepreneurs, change-makers, investors and other ecosystem stakeholders across sub-Saharan Africa.

The march of time can be unkind to the human body but new research hints at a cause — and possible solution — for some of the ailments and decline that often come with age. Scientists have long known that cognitive decline as we get older and specific age-related diseases including Alzheimer’s are linked to […]

United States (US) President, Joe Biden, committed the nation to rejoining the Paris climate accord, blocked an oil pipeline project and froze Arctic drilling in a raft of executive orders signed hours after taking office Wednesday. But for the Democrat who has pledged to roll back four years of environmental harm done by his predecessor […]

South Korean President Moon Jae-in, who brokered the talks process between Donald Trump and the North’s leader Kim Jong Un, on Thursday congratulated Joe Biden on his inauguration as US president, tweeting: “America is back.” The relationship between treaty allies Seoul and Washington was at times deeply strained under Trump, who repeatedly excoriated the South […]

Enugu State Government has awarded the contract for the rehabilitation of the 9th Mile water scheme at the cost of N600 million to boost water supply in the state. A statement signed by the Special Adviser to the Governor on Water Resources, Mr Anthony Onyia in Enugu on Wednesday said the contract was awarded to […]