By Johnbosco Agbakwuru THE Governor of Gombe State, Inuwa Yahaya, Wednesday told President Muhammadu Buhari to fast-track the implementation of the National Livestock Transformation Plan (NLTP). The Governor said this is the only way to resolve the problem of accommodation that may arise from the movement of herders back to the north following the ban […]

A driver attached to one of the buses conveying passengers from the terminal to the airside at Muritala Muhammed Airport terminal 2, MMA2, Lagos, has returned a bag containing $20,000, jewellery and other valuables worth millions of Naira, forgotten inside one of the buses, to the owner.

By Chioma Obinna Dr Amechi Obiora, one of the three founding members of EKO Hospital is dead. Obiora was the ‘O’ in the acronym, EKO, which was derived from Eneli, Kuku, Obiora, the three doctors that founded the Lagos – based hospital. The renowned Anambra State-born medical practitioner was said to have died after a […]

By Lawani Mikairu A driver attached to one of the buses conveying passengers from the terminal to the airside at Muritala Muhammed Airport terminal 2, MMA2, Lagos has returned a bag containing bundles of $20,000, pieces of jewellery and other valuables worth millions of Naira forgotten inside one of the buses to the owner. Mikail […]

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has called for excise duties on carbonated drinks to improve revenue generation in the country. The Comptroller-General of NCS, retired Col. Hameed Ali, made the call at a public hearing on the 2022-2024 Medium Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF)and Fiscal Strategy Paper (FSP) in Abuja on Wednesday. Ali, who was responding […]

By Gabriel Ewepu THE All Farmers Association of Nigeria, AFAN, Wednesday, described the sack of the former Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Mohammad Sabo Nanono, as long overdue. The was stated by the National President, AFAN, Arc Kabir Ibrahim while speaking with Vanguard on the sack of the Minister by President Muhammadu Buhari on […]

The All Progressives Congress (APC)Caretaker and Extra-ordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC) says the party’s local government congresses will hold on Saturday, Sept. 4, nationwide as scheduled. Sen. John Akpanudoedehe, the APC CECPC National Secretary, disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday in Abuja. Akpanudoedehe said the decision to hold the congresses as scheduled, was part […]

The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved a new National Policy for Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in the country. Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Sadiya Farouq, disclosed this when she briefed State House correspondents on the outcome of the Federal Executive Council meeting, presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari at the […]

By Peter Duru – Makurdi Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State has threatened legal action against the Minister for Special Duties and Inter-Governmental Affairs, Senator George Akume for leveling allegations of killings and diversion of public funds among others, against him. The Governor who ,Wednesday, in Makurdi was reacting to last Monday’s press briefing by […]

The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, ward 5, Ikuru town, Andoni Local Government Area of Rivers State, the home of the embattled National Chairman of the party, Uche Secondus, have official suspended the national chair from the party.

…Only 30 people received vaccine out of 2,000 doses sent to LGA  By Charly Agwam – Bauchi The Bauchi State Primary Healthcare Development Agency (BASPHCDA) has expressed dissatisfaction over Bauchi residents apathy towards receiving Covid-19 vaccination.  The Executive Chairman of BASPHCDA, Dr. Rilwanu Mohammed stated this on Wednesday during a one-day Media Orientation meeting on […]

By David Odama THREE members of the Nasarawa State House of Assembly Wednesday escaped assassination along Akwanga- Lafia Highway while on their way from a burial ceremony. Those involved in the attack at about 10 am Wednesday were Hon Samuel Tsebe (APC- Akwanga South), Hon David Maiyaki (APC- Karu/ Gitata), and Hon Peter Akwanga PDP- […]

In the midst of the tragedy and turmoil caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, it’s gratifying to see work continuing in Africa to find new ways of fighting malaria, a very old disease that has been a formidable foe for thousands of years and still kills 400,000 people every year, most of them African children under five years old.

A student of Waziri Ummaru Federal Polytechnic, Birnin Kebbi, Khalid Kabir Argungu was on Tuesday reportedly electrocuted in his hostel.

Disintegration not the answer Cautions govts to stop taking Nigerians for granted Laments Nigerians living below poverty level Dayo Johnson – Akure A first-class traditional ruler, the Deji of Akure Kingdom, in Ondo State, Oba Aladetoyinbo Aladelusi has said that the country would remain together as a united entity if restructured. Oba Aladelusi, therefore, advised […]