South Korea to host North Korea for World Cup qualifiers
South Korea will host North Korea for a series of World Cup and Asian Cup qualifiers later this year, the Asian Football Confederation said on Friday. South Korea, who reached the 2002 World Cup semi-finals on home soil, are one of eight countries hosting their respective Asian qualifying groups, in a new format intended to […]
MoU: IAJ partners Nigerian celebrity journalist, Adeniyi Ifetayo
The Institute for Advancement of Journalism has been equipping thousands of journalists across the continent of Africa. In a very recent development – IAJ is set again to increase its mileage in the world’s most populous black country – Nigeria. Demonstrated through series of social media messages and pictures released by Adeniyi Ifetayo – the […]
No hike in petrol price for now – Marketers
Major Oil Marketers Association of Nigeria (MOMAN) and Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) say there is no hike in the pump price of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) or petrol. The groups confirmed the development in separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday in Lagos while reacting to reports that […]
Breaking: PPPRA bows, deletes template announcing N212.61 petrol price increase
By Nwafor Sunday Following the negative reactions that greeted its earlier announcement, the Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency, PPPRA, Friday made a U-turn and deleted the announcement it made on its website announcing N212.61 petrol price increase for the month of March. When Vanguard visited the website http://pppra.gov.ng/pms-guiding-price-for-march-2021/, we discovered that PPPRA has deleted the […]
Court remands farmer for allegedly defrauding American divorcee $12,000
A Kaduna High Court on Friday ordered the remand of an applicant, James Adaji, in a correctional facility over alleged $12,000 romance scam. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Kaduna Zonal Office, had charged Adaji with romance scam. Earlier, the EFCC Prosecuting Counsel, P. C. Onyeneho told the court that Adaji, who doubles as […]
AIB retracts earlier statement on Air Peace aircraft incident
By Lawani Mikairu Accident Investigation Bureau Nigeria , AIB-N, has retracted its earlier statement on Air Peace Boeing 737-300 with registration number 5N-BUQ, incident. The Bureau, on Thursday said the punctured tyre incident involving Air Peace aircraft did not happen when the plane landed. It said the incident happened when the aircraft was taxing to […]
