By Vicahi Young Pensioners in Ekiti have resorted to seeking spiritual intervention over their N2 billion unpaid gratuities by the state government among other challenges. The pensioners attended an interdenominational prayer session at the secretariat of the Nigeria Union of Pensioners, NUP, Oke-Bareke in Ado-Ekiti. Some of the pensioners who were moved to tears, prayed […]

By Peter Duru – Makurdi A huge mango plantation belonging to former President Olusegun Obasanjo has been burnt down by unknown hoodlums at Howe community in Gwer East Local Government Area of Benue state. Vanguard gathered that the 140 hectares plantation was torched at about 2 pm on Saturday by the arsonists following probable disagreements […]

Medical experts have expressed mixed reactions over the efficacy of local herbs combination popularly known as “Agbo” in Yoruba language as alternative to orthodox medicine for the treatment of different ailments. The herbs and roots combination can be seen in many towns and cities being hawked by women and mostly bought and consumed by men […]

THE first meeting of the Afenifere in 2022 was held on Tuesday, January 25, 2022, where the Leader, Chief Ayo Adebanjo, set the year’s agenda for the organisation. Excerpts from the speech have been reported in the media with different interpretations of many of the issues raised, particularly on Sunday Igboho, Nnamdi Kanu and the 2023 elections. The full text of the speech which, to all intents and purposes, is an address to the Nigerian state, is reproduced hereunder:

REPTILES  and unwanted plants have taken over the moribund Bayelsa State Government-owned Creek Motel, Yenagoa, which has shockingly turned into a safe haven for criminals.

Ovie of Idjerhe Kingdom in Ethiope West Local Government Area, His Majesty, Monday Arthur Whiskey Udurhie I, and a member of the reconstituted Delta State Traditional Council has called on the Federal Government to end the ongoing illegality of administering NDDC with a Sole Administrator, which is unknown to the NDDC Act, and inaugurate the […]

Nigerian couples challenged by infertility have been urged to shun the practice of going to quacks and chalatans but to  always seek the counsel of  certified  fertility specialists and experienced medical professionals that abound in the country.

As COVID-19 variants rage across the world, uncertainty mounts over plans by the Federal Government to achieve its target of 70 per cent herd immunity by 2022.

Inter-party Advisory Committee (IPAC), the umbrella body of registered Political Parties in Nigeria, has endorsed, Hon Ali Bukar Dalori as its Chairman, Borno state Chapter in a unanimous vote.

Except proper forensic investigation is carried out to unravel the circumstances surrounding the death of Rejoice Ukpai, a 24-year-old teacher and her 13 months old baby whose corpses were found in a canal around Awojadun Street in Abaranje community, Ikotun area of Lagos, their deaths would soon be added to the statistics of unresolved deaths having a semblance of murder and suicide.