By James Ogunnaike ABEOKUTA—No fewer than 12 persons have lost their lives to cholera in Ogun State, in the last one month. Vanguard gathered that the state government had, on September 17, alerted residents of the state on the outbreak of the disease in Ijebu North local government area of the state, which later spread […]

THE Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, yesterday, invited seven kingmakers in Oyo Kingdom, over alleged bribery allegations.

THE federal government said yesterday that, henceforth, the country would adopt the principle of reciprocity in the issuance of visas to foreigners who come into the country.

It is imperative that we all must act as advocates for the Niger Delta; unite and raise our voices. We must call for a substantial change in the budget allocations for the Niger Delta Development Ministry.

THERE was pandemonium in Ilorin, Kwara State, yesterday, as four people were feared dead and many injured when a vehicle conveying inmates to court and belonging to the Nigerian Prisons Services, NPS, was involved in an accident.

By Tunde Oso (with agency report) United States citizens travelling abroad have been told to “exercise increased caution” in light of the heightened global tensions spurred by Hamas’ terror attack on Israel and the unfolding Israel-Hamas war. The State Department said in a new advisory yesterday, “Due to increased tensions in various locations around the […]

The patrol team of the Nigerian Navy Ship (NNS), BEECROFT, has apprehended 11 individuals suspected to be stowaways on board the GWANGZHOU Highway Panama vessel.

Nationwide strike looms as the agreement between the Federal Government and Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, on the implementation of measures to cushion the effects of petrol subsidy removal is currently threatened.

CEO, Chief Innocent Chukwuma, also said Innoson has increased its annual factory capacity from 10,000 vehicles to 60,000, an increase of about 500 per cent.

AN advocate of non-violent agitation for rights, Mrs. Amuche Euphemia Nwakor has urged the Nigerian Government to always allow non-violent freedom fighters space to express themselves and pursue their rights.

The Supreme Court has fixed Monday to hear separate appeals that the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar and his counterpart in the Labour Party, LP, Mr. Peter Obi, filed to nullify President Bola Tinubu’s election victory.

I GREW up thinking that a judicious mix of crime, sex and money might not only help a publisher turn a good profit but could also be the catalyst for a better society. But my friend, the Publisher/Editor-in-Chief of NaijaTimes, Ehi Braimah, subscribes to a slightly different model. When he sent me a collection of […]

The Federal Capital Development Authority (FCDA), on Thursday, dismissed the misleading media reports insinuating that the FCT Minister, Mr Nyesom Wike has ordered partial demolition of the National Mosque, Abuja.

Rural Electrification Agency, REA, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Africa Mini-grid Developers Association, AMDA, to accelerate the deployments of mini-grid across Nigeria.

The REA, through the Nigeria Electrification Project, has so far installed 103 solar mini-grids across the country with funding from the World Bank.

Prof. Ezekiel Williams, an expert in taxation says with the existing tax laws and regulations in Nigeria, there is no need to increase taxes. He said this on Thursday in Abuja, while fielding questions from newsmen after the launch of his book titled: ‘The Taxation Pendula’. Williams said that if the nation is able to […]