By Inalegwu Shaibu ABUJA—The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon Dimeji Bankole has charged the Economic Communities of West African States (ECOWAS) to sanction corrupt leaders within the sub-region. Bankole gave the charge at the West African Regional Roundtable Meeting of the ECOWAS Parliament in Abuja, following the admission by heads of governments of […]

The Nasarawa State Government has condemned the standard of accommodation secured for its pilgrims in Mecca by the National Hajj Commission (NAHCOM), saying the area lacks proper sanitation. The state’s Amirul Hajj and the Andoma of Doma, Alhaji Ahmadu Ogah, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Mecca that his team found […]

Vice President Goodluck Jonathan and his wife Dame Patience Jonathan, will between December 4 and 6 play host to the National Association of Ijaw Female Students (NAIFS) whose bi-annual convention is billed for Abuja within the period.

By Emeka Mamah KADUNA — The successful  presentation of this year’s budget to the two chambers of the National Assembly today will not guarantee it’s early passage, sources have told Vanguard. It was learnt that the Senate is not comfortable with what it described as “undue radicalism” on the part of the Speaker of the […]

By Patience Ogbodo BAUCHI — THE President of  Bauchi State chapter of All Nigerian Conference of Principals of Secondary Schools (ANCOPSS), Comrade Abdullahi Ibrahim Hamza, has cautioned students in all secondary schools in the state against exam malpractice, just as he advised them to be committed in their academic activities. Hamza who is also the […]