UNICEF donates four ambulance boats, generator to Bayelsa State
By Samuel Oyadongha, Yenagoa The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has handed over four fully-equipped ambulance boats to the Bayelsa State government to enhance healthcare and emergency response services in remote communities within the predominantly riverine state. Alongside the boats, UNICEF also donated a 30kVA soundproof generator to the Bayelsa State Primary Healthcare Board to […]
Conference Hall: Experts brainstorm on govt performance at mid-term
Subject matter experts in the various fields of endeavour have enlisted in the forth-coming Vanguard Newspaper’s conference hall to brain-storm on the mid-term scorecard of the Bola Ahmed Tinubu administration. The issues on the table for discussion will cut across the economy, politics, law and order, security, wellbeing of the citizenry, healthcare, education, infrastructure, amongst […]
Reps reject bills on rotational presidency, INEC’s power to register political parties
The House of Representatives, yesterday, rejected a bill seeking to amend the 1999 Constitution to strip the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, of its powers to register and regulate political parties.
Insecurity: Residents of sacked communities in S-East reluctant to return, still gripped by fear
T the peak of the three-year siege of the South- East region by the so-called unknown gunmen who unleashed terror on the people of the region, many communities, particularly in Anambra and Imo states were deserted by residents who fled the communities and abandoned their homes.
Ndume donates three bulls, cash to resilient troops, hunters for repelling B/Haram attacks on Izge, Yamtake
…… Urges for immediate payment of death benefits to families of fallen heroes By Ndahi Marama, Maiduguri Following stive resistance and resilience of frontline troops, Civilian Joint Task Force (CJTF), local hunters and vigilantes who repelled Boko Haram attacks in Izge and Yamtake communities of Gwoza local government area of Borno state, Sentor Mohammed Ali […]
CBN launches Diaspora BVN platform
•Targets massive remittances By Emma Ujah, Abuja Bureau Chief The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), in collaboration with the Nigeria Inter-Bank Settlement System (NIBSS), has officially launched the Non-Resident Bank Verification Number (NRBVN) platform. The innovative digital gateway allows Nigerians in the diaspora to obtain a BVN remotely without the need for a physical presence […]
