Mbazulike Amechi supports Soyinka advise to Buhari
By Chimaobi Nwaiwu Elder statesman and prominent Igbo leader, Chief Mbazulike Amechi, has called on President Muhammadu Buhari not to ignore the call by Prof. Wole Soyinka to avert civil war in Nigerian and the country’s disintegration due to herdsmen crisis. Chief Amechi, specifically told President Buhari that if he continues to ignore the calls […]
‘APC will wipe out PDP from S-East in 2023’
By Ugochukwu Alaribe A chieftain of the All Progressive Congress, APC, in Abia State, Prince Benjamin Apugo, has boasted that the opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, would be completely wiped out by APC in the South East zone in 2023. Apugo, who stated this at his Ibeku Umuahia country home, Umuahia, after the APC Membership […]
APC membership registration: Millions of Nigerians waiting to join APC – Ganduje
As the ruling party, All Progressive Congress, APC commence the membership registration, Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje of Kano State has said millions of nigerians were waiting to join the party.
Gunmen abduct couple in Delta’s Varsity community
By Perez Brisibe THE spate of criminal activities in the Delta State University community of Abraka in Ethiope East local government area of Delta State was thrown into mourning following the Sunday evening abduction of a businessman and his wife. The couple simply identified as Ojo and Alice, were abducted at the Erho axis along […]
Nigeria’s China’s major investment destination in Africa
…as Chinese trade with Africa hits $208.7b, FDI reaches $49.1b By Soni Daniel & Victorial Ojeme Despite its fragile economy in recent years, Nigeria remains Chinese major investment destination in Africa, the Chinese Embassy in Nigeria said on Monday. Addressing a media event in Abuja to mark 50 years of Nigeria-China relations, the Chinese Charged […]
Abia seals five hotels for violating Covid-19 protocols
By Ugochukwu Alaribe About five hotels located within Aba North council area, Abia State have reportedly been sealed by the COVID-19 monitoring team in the area. Vanguard gathered the team led by one Barr. Nkoro sealed the hotels due to what it described as public negligence and poor compliance to COVID-19 protocols stipulated for […]
Kaduna LGs get N152.4m performance grants
***Zaria, Jema’a LGs get lion share By Ibrahim HassanWuyo The Kaduna state government has approved the disbursement of N152.4 million in performance grants to the 23 local government councils in the state after due assessment. A statement issued by the Special Adviser on Media and Communication, Mr Muyiwa Adekeye on Monday said that the decision […]
Gunmen attack funeral convoy in Edo, abduct deceased’s brother
By Ozioruva Aliu IT was an awful situation for a family whose name could be ascertained as at the time of filing this report who were travelling to Enugu from Lagos to bury a dead family member as their convoy was attacked and the younger brother of the deceased who was sitting in the ambulance […]
Minimum wage arrears: SSANU, NASU shut down LASU
By Adesina Wahab Though the ongoing strike by members of the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities, SSANU, and the Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions, NASU, is limited to federal universities, their colleagues at the state-owned Lagos State University, LASU, on Monday shut down the institution over the failure of the state […]
Clashes in Senegal after opposition leader’s accused of rape
Dozens of supporters of Senegalese opposition figure Ousmane Sonko clashed with police in the capital Dakar on Monday, an AFP journalist said, after a beautician accused the politician of rape. Sonko finished third in 2019 election, which saw President Macky Sall win a second term in office, and is considered a future presidential contender in […]
FG challenges unity schools over quality education for students
By Joseph Erunke ABUJA–Unity schools in the country have been asked to change their methods of teaching with a view to impacting quality education on school children. The federal government which said this, Monday, insisted that the nation’s 110 unity colleges must put all necessary measures in place towards giving children qualitative education. READ ALSOCult […]
