Ahead of the November 6 governorship election, the All Progressives Grand Alliance , APGA, has cleared a former governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Prof. Charles Chukwuma Soludo, Damian Okolo, ThankGod Ibe and Ezenwankwo Okwudili Ewepudike as the party aspirants for the Anambra State governorship primary election.

All Progressives Congress (APC) Caretaker Committee in Ogun, on Monday, announced the death of its Treasurer, Mr Adekunbi Banjoko. The party, in statement issued by its Caretaker Publicity Secretary, Mr Tunde Oladunjoye, and made available to newsmen in Abeokuta said that Banjoko died in the early hours of Monday. Oladunjoye described the late treasurer as […]

Antonio Rudiger has sent a warning to France that Germany will have to play “a little dirty” to stop their best players. Germany faces France in what promises to be a firecracker affair in their Group F Euro 2020 tie on Tuesday Rudiger said he believes Germany will need to ‘throw down a marker’ in […]

Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, has said prior to the approval by President Muhammadu Buhari of the use of the military, police and other agencies to man the nation’s waterways, the federal government paid as much as $67 million a year to a private firm for the same purpose. This is even as the Minister […]

The last has not been heard of the giant strides of Ibom Air, a brain child of the Akwa Ibom State Government as ten new aircraft will be added to the fleet before 2023 to boost the vision of making Ibom Air, the most vibrant airline in the sub-region.

. As Osinbajo, Fayemi laud devt efforts in one yrBy Olasunkanmi Akoni The traditional ruler of Iru, Oba Omogbolahan Lawal, Abisogun II, has called on the Federal Government to support the ongoing developmental projects in Iruland as part of efforts in raising masses out of the poverty line. Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo, disclosed while commending […]

In spite of efforts being made by some sections of the leadership of the Igbo to disown the current violent agitations for a separate state of Biafra, the Coalition of Northern Groups (CNG) has insisted that they should not be believed and only a referendum for Igbo exit could provide final guarantee for a peaceful Nigeria.

By Nwabueze Okonkwo ONITSHA – Rt. Rev. Owen Nwokolo, Anglican Bishop on the Niger has urged the federal government to either implement the reports of the 2014 National Conference or alternatively convoke a fresh one to douse the tensions arising from various ethnic agitations in the country which in turn, culminated in national uprising and […]

Prof. Bashir Omipidan, the Director of the Centre for Open and Distance Learning (ODL) at the University of Ilorin, says that the University management has spent N6million to kick-start the institution’s open distance learning programme. Omipidan said this on Monday during the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the Centre and the Department […]

The Borno state government is to set up four vocational centres with the recruitment of 3,000 teachers in the next two years.  The vocational centres are sited in Maiduguri, Mafa, Magumeri and Kwaya/Kusar to graduate 6,000 to 8,000 unemployed youths.  The Government of Morocco is to establish a vocational school in Maiduguri at the cost […]

A 15 year old indigene of Ilesa in Osun State has said there is no way she can live with a two-month old pregnancy which she claimed belongs to her biological father after he forcefully committed incest with her. According to the teenager who was weeping profusely while narrating to Vanguard how the ungodly act […]

Ola Ajayi, Ibadan THE Presiding Pastor of Christ Apostolic Church, Arogungbogunmi International, Prophet Richard Kolawole, has called on former Presidents Olusegun Obasanjo, Abdusalam Abubakar, and Ibrahim Babangida to warn the incumbent President, Muhammadu Buhari to be cautious so as not to plunge the country into irredeemable danger. The cleric made the call when speaking with […]

Despite many military formations in Zaria, Kaduna State, the emirate has continued to be under siege due to bandits attack, Emir of Zazzau, Amb. Ahmad Nuhu Bamalli has said The Emir who spoke in his palace when beads of security agencies visited him ,said they have been under incessant attacks by bandits who abduct people […]