Lagos State House of Assembly, yesterday, proposed a 21-year jail term for any herder found with firearms in the state.

The technical lead on cervical cancer Doctor Ishaq Lawal a consultant gynecologist at the federal medical center Birnin Kebbi Tuesday said that Doctor Zainab Bagudu’s  cancer control programm under funds for the indigents has benefited no fewer than 243 so far in the state.

There have been more than 200 coups in Africa since the post-independence era of the 1960s, with 45 per cent of them being successful and resulting in the displacement of the head of state and government officials, or the dissolution of previously existing constitutional structures. 

The Yaba Magistrate Court, Lagos, sitting over the case involving the Nigerian Police Force, Chidinma Ojukwu and one other person namely Adedepo Quadri, presided over by Ms. A O Olatunbosun has discharged four suspects in the murder case of Osifo Ataga.

The Rotary Club of Lekki Novare, last week, engaged in a tree planting exercise in Lekki, Lagos in commemoration of the ongoing Planet Earth Project in District 9110.  

THE Chairman of Nigerian Governors Forum, Dr Kayode Fayemi, the Co-Chairmen of NIREC, the Sultan of Sokoto, Dr Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar III, and the President of Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, Rev. Olasupo Olakunle, yesterday called for the prosecution of terrorists, bandits and kidnappers in Nigeria.This came as President Muhammadu Buhari condemned the recent attacks, describing the loss of lives, livelihoods and properties perpetrated by criminals as inhumane.

Nigeria has recorded a trade deficit of N1.8 trillion in the second quarter of the year (Q2’21) even as the volume of its foreign trade rose by 23 per cent to N12 trillion from N9.8 trillion in Q1’21.

The former Governor of Anambra State, Mr. Peter Obi, on Tuesday, said, Nigeria is performing poorly in all the critical indicators of Human Development Index, HDI.

GOVERNOR Dave Umahi of Ebonyi State, yesterday, said that the sit-at-home  order declared by the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, was the worst thing to happen to the economy of the southeast.

Director of Diaspora Affairs for the Anambra State PDP Governorship Election Council, Chief Ike Oligbo, has warned PDP members against complacency and letting down their guards in the forthcoming Anambra gubernatorial election slated for November 6, this year.

PwC Africa has announced six key focus areas that will support the execution of its new global strategy known as The New Equation. PwC Africa’s six key focus areas for The New Equation strategy are trust, growth, and value creation, ESG, digitisation, international development, and workforce. A statement made available to Vanguard explained that audit […]

By Johnbosco Agbakwuru – Abuja President Muhammadu Buhari has said the Federal Government will continue to draw from the expertise, partnership and consistency learnt from the eradication of Polio in the country to strengthen the health sector. President Buhari, who received Rotary International President, Mr Shekhar Mehta and some officials, at the State House, thanked […]

Operatives of a Joint Task Force codenamed Operation Doo Akpor, repelled an attack by gunmen at a nipping point at Okarki Junction, Yenagoa. This is containing in a statement issued on Monday by the Police Public Relations Officer, Bayelsa Police Command, SP Asinmi Butwait. “On Sept. 5, Operatives of Operation Doo Akpor, at Okarki Junction […]

Hoodlums suspected to be enforcing Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) sit-at-home order in Nsukka, Nsukka local government Area of Enugu State, on Monday set ablaze an articulated vehicle carrying motorcycle spare parts. The vehicle, conveying spare parts from Nnewi in Anambra to Kabbar in Kogi was set ablaze at Eluagu, Obupka, in Nsukka LGA, at […]

The Lagos State Government has announced resumption guidelines for the 2021/2022 Academic Session for public and private schools across the State. Schools are expected to resume on Sept.  13, while for Model Colleges and Upgraded Schools students are to resume in batches from Sept. 19, 2021. This was contained in a statement by Mr Ganiu […]