By Demola Akinyemi A 29-year-old tank installer/maintainer simply identified as Ahmed was recovered dead inside a petrol tank at a popular filling station in Ilorin, Kwara State capital. Vanguard reliably gathered that the incident occurred Saturday at about 7.30pm at Bovas Filling Station opposite Adisco Ajase-Ipo Road, Ilorin. The victim, according to sources, came from […]

By Demola Akinyemi, ILORIN A pregnant woman and eight others were burnt to death, yesterday, when a commercial passenger bus rammed into a vehicle laden with petrol in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital. Eight others were said to have survived the crash with multiple burnt injuries. It was gathered that the accident occurred at Ilorin […]

By Yinka Kolawole Nigeria has topped the chart amongst African countries importing from China in 2021 with imported goods valued at $23 billion (about N9.6trillion) or 16 percent of total continent’s imports from China. But the country did not feature on the top 5 African countries in exports to China in the same period, as […]

Dr Olushola Obikanye is the Group Head, Agric & Solid Minerals Finance, Sterling Bank PLC. In this interview, he explains why the agric sector gets less than five per cent of total lending to the economy.

By Peter Duru, MAKURDI Three kinsmen of  Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State were, Saturday evening, reportedly killed by suspected herdsmen while returning from a burial ceremony along Iordye- Gbajimba road in Guma Local Government Area of the state. This came as the governor, yesterday, raised the alarm that armed herdsmen have taken over communities […]

In the recent decade, the internet has significantly impacted the Nigerian business environment. Almost every household in major Nigerian cities has someone running a successful internet-based business. The ever-increasing volume of e-commerce activities attests to the widespread impact. Thousands of retail businesses would not exist today if it weren’t for the internet and e-commerce. Increased […]

By Udeme Akpan, Energy Editor, Olasunkanmi Akoni & Obas Esiedesa THERE were indications, yesterday, that the prolonged petrol shortage in the country will last till the end of February 2022, due mainly to the gap created in the distribution chain. Investigation by Vanguard indicated that the stoppage of the imported bad petrol, evacuation and importation […]

By Adesina Wahab & Adeola Badru THE Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, weekend, described the Federal Government as an entity that lacked integrity and should not be trusted. It also described the government as slave merchant, which only listened to and implement destructive policy recommendations of the International Monetary Fund, IMF, and World Bank […]

By Festus Ahon, ASABA Urhobos of  Warri in All Progressives Congress, APC, Warri South Local Government Area, Delta State, yesterday, resolved to mobilise both party and non-party faithful for the actualisation of the 2023 governorship of Senator Ovie Omo-Agege. The people in a communique at the end of a well attended meeting in Warri, a […]

By Shina Abubakar OSOGBO—CONTRARY to the belief that the Minister of Interior, Mr Rauf Aregbesola is the kingmaker in Osun politics, the outcome of the governorship primary of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in the state held on Saturday proved otherwise. Governor Adegboyega Oyetola succeeded Aregbesola in 2018 but the two had frosty relationship months […]

**Arrests nursing mum 3 weeks after bail on same drug offence By Kingsley Omonobi The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, an Sunday disclosed that its operatives have foiled the attempt by a syndicate to steal at least N2.7 billion from the Nigerian economy by pushing into circulation fake $4.7 million cash. The operatives had […]

THE Police High Command has begun moves to sanitise its Intelligence Response Team, IRT, following the arrest of its former Commander, DCP Abba Kyari, by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, last week, over his indictment in the 25kg cocaine deal . As at yesterday, Vanguard gathered that all state coordinators and team leaders […]

By Clifford Ndujihe, Johnbosco Agbakwuru, Omeiza Ajayi & Chinonso Alozie THIS week is a decisive one for the Governor Mai Mala Buni-led Caretaker Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee, CECPC, of the All Progressives Congress, APC. Practically, the committee is faced with two options: Conduct the National Convention on February 26 or be disbanded by President Muhammadu […]

PRESIDENTIAL aspirant on the platform of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Senator Bola Tinubu, Sunday, said he was ready to get dirty in order to secure the presidential seat come 2023.

Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Delta South Senatorial District, Chief Julius Takeme, has appointed Vanguard reporter, Chancel Bomadi Sunday, as his Special Assistant on Media.