By Johnbosco Agbakwuru  The National Association of Seadogs, NAS, Lekki Branch, Lagos, in conjunction with the Atlantis Deck has performed free eye services to indigent people with severe eye defects in the area.  The services carried out during the medical outreach at Alpha Beach and Igbo Efon Communities and environs included free eye test, treatment, […]

…partners Private Coy to manage, turn waste to wealth By Bashir Bello Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje of Kano State has on Tuesday vowed to complete an abandoned road project, Gorondutse – Jakara road initiated by his predecessor, the former governor Rabi’u Musa Kwankwaso. The road project, from Gorondutse Junction/Aminu Kano Way to Jakara, called Sheik Mahmud […]

Five days after the federal government banned Twitter activities in the country, the microblogging platform is still unfazed and carries on as if nothing has happened. It has neither issued an official statement nor allowed its officials to entertain discussions around the ban

By Emma Amaize FORMER Minister of State for Education and Governorship Aspirant in Delta State, Olorogun Kenneth Gbagi and Chairman, Senate Committee on Niger-Delta, Senator Peter Nwaoboshi, both ranking members of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, fell out, yesterday, over the performance of Delta Governor, Senator Ifeanyi Okowa, who has done six years in office. […]

By Levinus Nwabughiogu Senate Minority Leader, Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe Tuesday wore “The Dot Nation” T-Shirt to his office in the national assembly to showcase his Igboness. It will be recalled that President Muhammadu Buhari had in a recent interview with Arise TV in Abuja described the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra, IPOB as “a dot in […]

By Dayo Johnson – Akure A Chieftain of the All Progressive Congress (APC) in Ondo state and a member of the state Executive Committee of the party, Honourable Bamidele Emmanuel Isibor, has been shot dead by suspected kidnappers. Isibor, aged 62, a father of five, was attacked in company of three others on their way from Imoru […]

Nweze cannot be replaced ― Umahi By Peter Okutu GOVERNOR David Umahi of Ebonyi State, Tuesday lost one of his “Super Commissioners” in an auto crash at Enugu State. The Commissioner for Infrastructure and Concession, Engr Fidelis Kings Nweze, died in Turkish Hospital, Abuja after having a successful intestinal surgery. The vehicle he was traveling […]

Some aggrieved members of All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ogun on Tuesday staged a protest to express their displeasure over alleged imposition of candidate ahead of the July 24 council polls in the state. The APC members from Abeokuta-North Local Government Area staged the protest at the premises of Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ) at […]

By Luminous Jannamike Churches in Abuja, the nation’s capital, have started organising special prayers and deliverance sessions for their members in order to avert the security challenges rocking the country. Vanguard learned that some church leaders in the FCT have maintained that the security challenge in the country was spiritual. They stated that only spiritual […]

The Police Command in Ekiti confirmed that seven people lost their lives, while many other passengers sustained injuries in an auto accident along Ilumoba-Aisegba road in Ekiti on Tuesday. A statement by Mr Sunday Abutu, the command’s spokesperson in Ado-Ekiti, said the incident, which occurred at about 6:00a.m., involved two vehicles on a collision. He […]

The Nigerian Guild of Editors, NGE, said on Tuesday that attempts by the Federal Government to censor the media was worse than the infamous Decree 4 of 1984, which was promulgated during the military era, and vowed to resist it.

Ousmane Dembele will need surgery on the knee injury he suffered while on duty with France at Euro 2020. The Barcelona winger was hurt after coming on as a substitute for Les Bleus in the 1-1 draw with Hungary, managing just 30 minutes on the pitch before being replaced by Thomas Lemar on Saturday. After undergoing […]

The Nigerian Exchange (NGX) extended its losing streak on Tuesday with a loss of N364 billion due to sell pressure in blue chips. Consequently, the market capitalisation returned to the N19 trillion mark, losing N364 billion or 1.81 per cent to close at N19.725 trillion from N20.089 trillion on Monday. Also, the NGX All-Share Index […]

England duo Mason Mount and Ben Chilwell will miss the match with the Czech Republic and must self-isolate up to and including June 28. It was confirmed on Monday that the Chelsea players had begun isolating after being deemed close contacts of Billy Gilmour, who tested positive for coronavirus after Scotland’s 0-0 draw with England […]

By Obas Esiedesa – Abuja The Federal Government has rolled out plans to ensure the use of Liquefied Petroleum Gas, LPG, as cooking fuel grows from the current five per cent to 90 per cent in the next ten years. The government expressed concern that over 900,000 people are negatively impacted annually from the use […]