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 […]

Zinoleesky became a raving act in Nigeria’s street music scene in 2019 and rose to stardom that same year with the catalog named, Popo, which boldly addressed social inequity. His other popular songs include; Gone Far, Kilofeshe, Caro and love-esque Ampiano jam, “Loving You” – a chart-topping single which is a street anthem. Full Lyrics […]

By Marie-Therese Nanlong Jos – The Rotary Club of Naraguta, District 9125 has identified seven projects to be executed in some communities in Jos, Plateau State during this Rotary Year to continue to bring succour to the less privileged and add value to humanity. The President of the Club, Virginia Jang pointed out the seven […]

By Marie-Therese Nanlong Jos – The Plateau State Government has commended what it termed, “the numerous contributions and achievements” of the cooperative movement saying since its introduction, cooperatives have continued to play active and vital roles in the nation’s economy, especially in the area of agricultural input delivery to the small scale farmers and others. […]

By Rosemary Iwunze The Nigerian insurance industry recorded 10.24 per cent growth in Gross Premium Written, GPW, rising to N560 billion in 2021 from N508 billion recorded in 2020. This is even as the sector paid N11.1 billion claims to insured that suffered various losses during the EndSARS protests. Chairman, Nigeria Insurers Association, NIA, Mr. […]

*Crosses N1trn in 2nd consecutive month By Yinka Kolawole The revenue inflow to the federation account from the oil and non-oil sector increased by 3.28 percent to N1.26 trillion in July 2022 from the N1.22 trillion recorded in June. According to the details in the revenue report of the office of the Accountant General of […]