Catholic Bishops of Ibadan Ecclesiastical Province, yesterday, faulted the alleged selective administration of justice by the President Muhammadu Buhari-led government, saying this development has affected the country’s image in the international community.

RESIDENTS of Ondo and Ekiti states, under the aegis of Great Patriots for Better Initiative, GPBI, yesterday, staged a protest over the alleged desertion of the N22 billion Akure/Ado-Ekiti road dualization awarded over 15 months ago by the Federal Government.

More than 48 hours after the arrest and detention of Yoruba Nation agitator, Chief Sunday Adeyemo, also known as Igboho, the Federal Ministry of Justice has said it is yet to get an official briefing on the development.

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… Over 900,000 Children and 300,000 Pregnant Women Targeted Cross River State is delivering a basket of services to women and children under an integrated package of highly cost-effective MNCH services/interventions. Over 900,000 Children and about 3,000 pregnant Women are set to benefit from the various forms of Health Interventions which includes Nutritional supplements, Delivery […]

There was jubilation at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, UNN, yesterday, as the Grand Elite Legend Club of Nigeria, GELCN, in conjunction with Legend Elite Class, UNN, awarded scholarship to 10 students with the highest Grade Point Average, GPA, selected from different departments in the University.

The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has forecast three days cloudy and thundery weather conditions across the country. NiMet`s weather outlook released on Wednesday in Abuja, forecast cloudy skies over the northern region on Thursday with chances of thunderstorms over parts of Sokoto State and Kebbi during the morning hours. According to it, thunderstorms are anticipated […]

In response to the alarming rates of insecurity and civil unrest across the country, the Joseph Adolo Okotie-Eboh Peace and Conflict Resolution Foundation (JAOPCRF) is launching the Peace Tech Platform aimed at curbing the incidences of violence plaguing the country.

By Ikechukwu Amaechi AS I watched the drama in the  two chambers of the National Assembly last week over the Electoral Act (Amendment) Bill, I remembered President John Fitzgerald Kennedy’s 1956  award-winning biographical book – Profiles in Courage. The book, which won the Pulitzer Prize for Biography in 1957, was a celebration of senatorial courage […]

By Olu Fasan LAST year, on my 60th birthday, the legendary Uncle Sam Amuka, publisher of the great Vanguard newspapers, sent me birthday greetings, with “a poser for your birthday”. The poser was: “How come Nigeria, a country with such brilliant thinkers like you, is retrogressing faster than its population is growing?” In the following […]

By Denja Yaqub WHAT started like an impulsive reaction to the killing of a young man allegedly by operatives of the defunct Special Anti-Robbery Squad in Ughelli, Delta State early October eventually snowballed into a massive movement that has not only remarkably engulfed the Nigerian space with coordinated street protests, but Nigerian diplomatic missions and […]

 By Davies Iheamnachor, Port-Harcourt The Presidential Amnesty Programme, PAP, has engaged experts in information management to train ex-agitators and members of its Strategic Communication Committee, SCC, on skills required to change negative public perception of the Niger Delta. PAP on Monday named a certified consultant in human behaviour, Collins Nwosu; a business improvement and communication […]

Federal Government, FG, has dismissed the report trending on social media on COVID-19 vaccine magnetic theory, describing it as fake news and handiwork of mischief makers.

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Kwara State Command, has arrested one Ganiyat  AbdulRaheem, 30, for allegedly stealing a bundle of clothes, valued at half-a-million naira. This is contained in a statement issued by Mr Babawale Afolabi in Ilorin on Wednesday.Afolabi stated that the suspect committed the crime on July, 15 at Ago […]

Yobe state Governor and National Chairman, Caretaker Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee CECPC of the ruling All Progressives Congress APC, Job. Mai Mala Buni, has disclosed plans by his administration to drill boreholes in all fire stations across the state in order to boost the capacity of the fire service to respond effectively to emergencies.