Photos: Meet soldiers who rescued Oyo kidnap victims
"These arrests completely disorganised the group, exerted overwhelming pressure on them and ultimately led to the unconditional release the pupils and teachers"
Insecurity: Reign of killings, kidnapping continues
TEN days into the Administration of President Bola Tinubu, many parts of Nigeria are still killing fields. At the time of filing this report, the lives of no fewer than 325 Nigerians had been wasted just as no fewer than 150 persons had been kidnapped.
PPI: Bureaucracy, lack of co-operation, others scuttle delivery of 25,000MW — INVESTIGATION
BUREAUCRACY, lack of cooperation and other factors have been identified as reasons militating against the release or clearing of eight power transformers meant for Nigeria’s Presidential Power Initiative, PPI, at Apapa port in Lagos.
PPI: Nigeria’s next administration, Siemens to review agreement — Investigation
THERE were strong indications, yesterday, that Nigeria’s next administration and Siemens Energy will have to review the agreement governing the implementation of the nation’s Presidential Power Initiative, PPI, as it has become impossible to complete the project under the current plan.
Police: Gathering storm over election allowances
BARRING urgent intervention by the police authorities, the Rank and File of the Nigeria Police Force may take to the streets. This time around, it is surely not to protect lives and property but to vent their frustrations over unpaid election allowances and salary arrears.
Apapa-Oshodi Traffic Chaos: The unending tales of pain, tears and lamentation
. …As govt interventions, security agents, contractor, others compound problem …Why there’s no end in sight to gridlock …Road users blame govt, security agents, construction firm, touts …The many man-made factors responsible for the problem By Mike Ebonugwo, Kingsley Adeboye, Olasunkanmi Akoni, Godwin Oritse & Godfrey Bivbere THESE are indeed excruciatingly trying and frustrating times […]
PETROL: How product diversion, pump manipulation fuel scarcity
…as marketers increase price to N260 By Udeme Akpan, Energy Editor, Obas Esiedesa, Ediri Ejoh, Haruna Aliyu, Charly Agwam, Adeola Badru , Ugochukwu Alaribe, David Odama, Peter Duru, Ibrahim Hassan & Marie-Therese Nanlong Independent oil marketers, weekend, increased the price of petrol by 30 per cent to an average of N260 per litre, from N200 per litre, recorded last week, […]
Federal roads are death traps — Findings
Tales of woe from the North This is the third installment of this investigative report on federal roads in the country that are presently in a state of disrepair, occasioning tales of woe by road users in the affected places. The second part was published in yesterday’s edition of Saturday Vanguard VANGUARD, however, learnt that […]
Federal roads are death traps— Findings
*Tales of woe by road users, others, across the country *FG constructed 8,352.94 kilometres of roads between 2016 and 2022; spent close to N11trn on road infrastructure— Fashola, Works and Housing Minister Most federal roads in the country are presently in a state of disrepair, occasioning tales of woe by road users in the affected […]
I’ll marry more than one wife – 19-year-old monarch
By Dayo Johnson, Akure Oba Oloyede Adeyeoba Akinghare 11, the Arujale Ojima of Okeluse Kingdom in Ose council area of Ondo State, is the youngest monarch in the country. His appointment was ratified by Governor Rotimi Akeredolu in 2019, following a process overseen by kingmakers in the community when he was 16 years old, and […]
Akinkurolere: Female engineering students outshine their male counterparts
By James Ogunnaike The immediate past Rector of Ogun State Institute of Technology, Igbesa in Ado-Odo/Ota local government area of Ogun State, Engr. Dr. (Mrs.) Olufunke Olanike Akinkurolere, in this interview, calls on government to invest more on technical and vocational education if Nigeria wants to move forward in technology. She also speaks on her […]
