By Chioma Onuegbu Akwa Ibom Government Wednesday warned all warring communities across the state to embrace peace and avoid further destruction of lives and properties. The Deputy Governor, Mr Moses Ekpo, gave the warning in Uyo while addressing community leaders of Mbo local government area over the boundary dispute between its two communities of Uko […]

By James Ogunnaike THE allegation of sexual harassment against the suspended Commissioner for Environment in Ogun State, Mr. Abiodun Abudu-Balogun may have got a new twist. Mr. Lasisi Saheed, who was accused by Barakat Melojuekun of taking her to the embattled Commissioner for Environment, in Ogun State, Mr. Abiodun Abudu-Balogun, said yesterday that he was […]

By Ikechukwu Amaechi ON January 29, 2021, Aso Rock once again raised an alarm that some unnamed Nigerians were plotting to wage a campaign of calumny against President Muhammadu Buhari. Femi Adesina, his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, said a plan was afoot to portray the president as pandering to ethnic and primordial tendencies […]

By Shina Abubakar Abdulwasiu Musa, the husband of a woman who poisoned her 3-year-old son has told Vanguard how envy led to his wife’s action. Unfortunately, the action cost the little child his life. Before the unfortunate incident, the family was living harmoniously as Mariam, who is a senior wife, hails from Benin in Edo […]

Dr Femi Oke, Chairman, All Farmers Association of Nigeria (AFAN) in the South-West zone, has called on governors in the zone to convey stakeholders’ meetings toward addressing frequent crises among farmers and herdsmen. Oke, in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos on Wednesday, said this became imperative in order to avert the […]

*I was invited — lgboho *We didn’t invite lgboho— Ogun govt By James Ogunnaike CONTROVERSY has continued to trail the visit of a Yoruba rights activist, Chief Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho to Ogun State on Monday. The acclaimed freedom fighter said his visit was to liberate residents of the state, especially, those […]

Akwa Ibom State Governor, Mr Udom Emmanuel has been commended for his developmental strides in the state. The Governor of Bauchi State, Senator Bala Mohammed made the commendation when he visited the Governor in Uyo on Wednesday to commiserate with him on the demise of state PDP Chairman, Obong Udo Ekpenyong, and other senior citizens of the state.

By Obas Esiedesa The Federal Government is considering a 20 percent hike in the cost of freighting petrol across the country, as part of measures to boost the revenue of transport owners. The increase would raise the cost of bridging petrol to N9.11 per litre from N7.51 in the petrol pricing template of Petroleum Products […]

Akwa Ibom State government has expressed worries over the spate of communal crises across the state, warning that government would take over such disputed lands to put a stop to further destruction and use such for development.

The Anambra Government says it has evolved the COVID-19 chain of survival strategy for early intervention in the handling of the virus to ensure a low death rate. The Commissioner for Health, Dr Vincent Okpala, said this on Wednesday during the opening of a two-day training for private healthcare providers in Awka. Okpala attributed the […]