Cartoon: ‘Oga Warder, it’s a prison out there

The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rep. Abbas Tajudeen, has said that the increase in the standing committees of the House from 109 to 134 was to allow for better legislative oversight of the ministries, departments and agencies of the Federal Government by the legislature.

The Federal Goverment has said that the section of Dorman-long Bridge connecting Ikorodu Road to Western Avenue Jibowu-Ojuelegba, is safe for public use.

KANO — The 22-year-old Kano tricyle operator, Auwalu Salisu who recently found and returned N15 million forgotten in his tricyle by a passenger, said he called owner six times to return the money to him.

Auwalu, a resident of Yankaba in Nasarawa local government area of the state, said, he transported the Chadian passenger and owner of the money from Badawa area to Sabon Gari market (Bata), and after dropping them never suspected that his passenger had forgotten the money until when he stopped to clean his tricyle.

The Ogun Government will soon enact a law that will pronounce death penalty on anyone caught engaging in cult activities in the state and environs, Gov. Dapo Abiodun made this known at a meeting with the Paramount Ruler of Remoland, Oba Babatunde Ajayi, at the Akarigbo Palace in Sagamu , Ogun. Abiodun expressed shock over […]

1 STATEMENT DELIVERED BY HIS EXCELLENCY, BOLA AHMED TINUBU, GCFR PRESIDENT, FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA AT THE GENERAL DEBATE OF THE 78TH SESSION OF UNITED NATIONS GENERAL ASSEMBLY, 18TH SEPTEMBER 2023. Mr. President, Heads of State and Government, Secretary-General, Distinguished Delegates, Ladies and Gentlemen, Mr. President, 1. On behalf of the people of Nigeria, I […]

The police in Osun have called on iilegal gun owners to voluntarily surrender them at the nearest Divisional Police Headquarters.

The Universal Basic Education Commission, UBEC, said yesterday Nigeria needed an additional 20,000 schools and 907,769 classrooms to be able to absorb the growing number of out-of-school children in the country.

President Bola Tinubu said yesterday African Union, AU, was strategically positioned to secure consensus positions for the continent on economic and socio-political relations with the world, particularly with Nigeria’s backing.

The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, has said a trade union cannot pull out of an industrial action it did not initiate.

The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited has compulsorily retired all management staff with less than 15 months to statutory retirement.

YOUTHS, in their hundreds, yesterday, staged a peaceful protest in Abeokuta, Ogun State capital, to demand justice over the death of Nigerian singer, Ilerioluwa Aloba, popularly known as Mohbad.

By Ezra Ukanwa, Abuja Nigerian investors have hailed President Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu for the re-appointment of Dr. Jumoke Oduwole as the Special Adviser to the President on the Presidential Enabling Business Environment Council (PEBEC).  Vanguard had, last week, reported that Oduwole was part of the 18 special advisers and senior special assistants approved by […]

The  family of three-year-old Chidinma Esther Michael is soliciting for the sum of N7 million for an urgent hole-in-the-heart surgery. Born on October 11, 2020, in the Egbeda area of Lagos, baby Chidinma was said to have fallen critically ill at three weeks old.

The Federal Inland Revenue Service, FIRS, has said it increased Nigeria’s tax to Gross Domestic Product, GDP, ratio from 6.0 percent to 10.86 percent in 2022, through various reforms.