By Udeme Akpan, Energy Editor Gas utilization is set to expand in Nigeria as Shell Nigeria Gas (SNG), has signed a 20-year agreement with manufacturers and other users in Lagos and Ogun States. In a statement obtained by Vanguard, Shell, which referred to the agreement as, ‘the new deal with the Nigerian Gas Marketing Corporation […]

By Rotimi Ojomoyela – Ado-Ekiti In a bid to boost the capacity of the State Security Network, code-named Amotekun corps, the state government has earmarked a whopping sum of N1.4 billion for the outfit in 2021 fiscal year. This would enable the security outfit to establish an effective presence in all the communities in the […]

Reprieve came the way of a 76 years old man (name withheld) who was discharged at the Enugu State University Teaching Hospital, ESUTH, but could not go home because he had no money to pay for his medical bill.

Former Minister of Commerce and Industry, Sen. Jubril Martins-Kuye, on Sunday morning died, aged 78. The minister’s political godson, Sen. Lekan Mustapha, representing Ogun East senatorial district in the Senate, confirmed his death. Sen. Mustapha described the death of Martins-Kuye as shocking, saying he was not just a mentor but a pathfinder. According to reports, the […]

By Levinus Nwabughiogu – Abuja House of Representatives has cautioned the federal government against reopening schools amid the increasing number of deaths attributed to coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The House through its Committee on Basic Education and Services in a statement signed by its Chairman, Professor Julius Ihonvbere, said the earlier decision to reopen academic institutions […]

Governor  Willie Obiano of Anambra has suspended the planned sale of some assets of the state amongst them Commissioners quarters located within the Agu-Awka axis near Government House, Awka. Mr C-Don Adinuba, Commissioner for Information and Public Enlightenment made the position of government known in a statement made available to newsmen on Sunday in Awka. […]

By Emmanuel Elebeke In furtherance of its effort to creating an enabling environment for all Nigerians and legal residents to obtain their Digital Identity Number,  the Federal government has approved the setting up of a National Identity Number (NIN) enrolment centre at the Federal Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The approval was contained in a statement […]

By Emma Una – Calabar A clash between two cult groups has allegedly left four persons dead at Bakassi in Cross River State. Eyewitnesses said the clash started on Thursday with the killing of one person at Ekpri Ikang and has been raging till Saturday night. A resident of the Bakassi who gave her name […]

Senator Jubril Martins-Kuye, former Minister of State for Finance and Minister of Commerce and Industry, is dead. He died on Sunday morning at the age of 78 in his residence at Victoria Garden City, Lagos. One of his children, Bolaji, confirmed his death. READ ALSO: Minister approves use of 20 centres for NIN enrolment in FCT […]

By Adesina Wahab As primary and secondary schools in Lagos State resume for the second term of the 2020/21 academic year, government-owned schools are to still maintain the shift-system introduced last year when they reopened for the first term of the year. It was learnt that the shift system is to be continued so as […]

The Ekiti Government, on Sunday vowed to deal with insecurity in the state, particularly kidnapping. It therefore voted N1.4billion for the State Security Network, codenamed Amotekun Corps, in its 2021 budget. The Commissioner for Budget, Mr Femi Ajayi made this known at a press conference in Ado Ekiti where he gave the detailed analysis of the […]

Unidentified gunmen killed two female judges from Afghanistan’s Supreme Court on Sunday morning, police said, adding to a wave of assassinations in Kabul and other cities while government and Taliban representatives have been holding peace talks in Qatar. The two judges, who have not yet been named, were killed and their driver wounded, in an […]

The police command in Zamfara has arrested four suspects over alleged killing of a Fulani herdsman. At a press conference in Gusau on Sunday, the Commissioner of police, Abutu Yaro, said that the command also recovered 200 rustled cows following its steadfastness in crime fighting. He said further that some weapons were recovered and the […]

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged the Senate President Dr Ahmad Lawan, and Speaker of House of Representatives Mr Femi Gbajabiamila to “urgently review the 2021 appropriation legislation to stop the government of President Muhammadu Buhari from selling public properties to fund the 2021 budget, and to identify areas in the budget to […]

…Requests concerned Imeobi members to set up caretaker committee The Global Igbo Leaders, have rejected the outcomes of the Ohanaeze Ndigbo parallel elections. In a statement signed by Alaigbo Development Foundation (ADF), Nigeria: Prof Timothy Uzodinma Nwala, Prof Nathaniel Aniekwu, Mazi Ikechukwu Bismarck Oji, World Igbo Congress (WIC) USA: Prof Anthony Ejiofor, Dr. Festus Okere, […]