The Borno State Chapter of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC has distance itself from the sealing up of a residential building that was alleged to have been illegally converted to a Secretariat by the acclaimed leader of the New Nigeria Peoples Party, NNPP, and its 2023 senatorial candidate (Borno central), Hon Mohammed Attom in Abbaganaram area of Maiduguri metropolis. 

By Efosa Taiwo Manchester United have announced the squad number of their newest signing Carlos Casemiro.  According to the club, the former Real Madrid midfielder will wear jersey number 18.  The shirt number was last worn by Bruno Fernandes and has a legendary history after also being donned by Paul Scholes.  Casemiro recently completed a […]

By Efosa Taiwo Captain of the Super Eagles, Ahmed Musa has announced the birth of his fifth child. Musa took to his Instagram page to welcome the arrival of the child, a baby boy; also revealing his name: Adam. The former CSKA Moscow striker shared the image of the hand of the child and wrote […]

By Miftaudeen Raji  Amid unresolved issues between the federal government and members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Minister of education, Adamu Adamu has jetted out of Nigeria, Vanguard reliably gathered.  According to reports, Adamu is expected back on 2 September. Adamu is said to have been mandated by President Muhammadu Buhari to […]

By Ephraim Oseji Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chieftain and former Delta State gubernatorial aspirant, Chief Sunny Onuesoke has faulted the action of political party chieftains travelling  to overseas’ countries  to discuss and settle disputes they would have easily settled in Nigeria. Onuesoke who spoke on the background of presidential aspirants, governors, legislators and other political […]

By Biodun Busari Former Aviation Minister, Femi Fani-Kayode has said those mocking the vice-presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Kashim Shettima’s outfit at the Nigeria Bar Association Annual General Conference (NBA-AGC) exposed themselves to childish and foolish activities. Shettima, at the NBA-AGC which held at Eko Hotels and Suites, Victoria Island, Lagos […]

By Efosa Taiwo The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) Electoral Committee 2022 has released the time-table for the NFF elections slated to hold Friday, 30th September in Benin city, Edo State. The election will see a new administration take over from the Amaju Pinnick administration that has held sway of Nigeria football for eight years. According […]

Basil Okoh The widening crisis in the Delta State chapter of the PDP is both alarming and shameful, as the Okowa faction which is backing Sherriff Oborevwori continues to sink deeper into desperation and dissonance. The report that jobbers for Sherriff have moved into Oghara town to look for 1999 graduates of Oghara Grammar School […]

By Biodun Busari The National Association of Academic Technologists (NAAT) has suspended its nationwide strike for three months. The action was premised on the earlier suspension of the strike by the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) and the Non-Academic Staff Union of University and Allied Institutions (NASU). Ibeji Nwokoma, the NAAT national president […]

By Omeiza Ajayi A three-storey building around Hamza Abdullahi Way, Kubwa has collapsed, with some persons suspected to be trapped in the rubble. The incident which happened in the early hours of Friday was still under construction, but had some artisans living inside. READ ALSO: Already, the disaster management team of the Nigeria Security and […]

By Biodun Busari Human rights lawyer Inibehe Effiong has been released from Uyo prison on Friday after spending a month for alleged contempt of court. The Chief Judge of Akwa Ibom state, Ekaette Obot, on 27th July, sentenced Effiong to prison after the lawyer questioned and objected to the presence of two armed police operatives […]

By Marie-Therese Nanlong Jos – Irish potato cultivated in Plateau State has been used in its value chain within and outside Nigeria, its farmers have contributed to the State’s and country’s economy. Recently, these farmers witnessed losses as a plant disease, potato blight ravages farms, dwindling its yields and plunging the farmers into debt while […]

Russia’s Defence Ministry has confirmed that its forces were behind Wednesday’s missile strike on a railway station in central Ukraine that Kiev said left at least 25 people dead, including civilians. However, Russian Defence Ministry spokesperson Igor Konashenkov claimed that more than 200 Ukrainian soldiers on their way to fight in the Donbass region had […]

5 suspects arrested by Benue LGA chairman By Peter Duru, Makurdi WHEN trains were running and ferrying passengers and goods across the area on a daily basis, there was no report of thieves or vandals tampering with the facilities of the Nigerian Railway Corporation, NRC. Everything was fine and the rail lines, tracks and coaches […]

By Chinonso Alozie Gunmen on Thursday set ablaze houses, shops in some parts of Izombe in the Ogutal local government area of Imo state.  An eyewitness who spoke to Vanguard from the area said the incident started happening from 4:30 pm till 7:30 pm in Izombe.  At the time of filing this story, the reason […]