Calls for closer collaboration with State Governors By Gabriel Ewepu – Abuja The Minister of Mines and Steel Development, Arc Olamilekan Adegbite, Friday, vows to prosecute 19 illegal Chinese miners recently arrested by the Nigerian Police Force and Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps in Osun and Zamfara States according to the Mining Act 2007. […]

The average household has had to deal with the terrible tantrums of the teenage ward it once thought to be an angel. All of a sudden, your little angel turns something quite unfathomable. Instead of smirking his lips at his mum’s wholesome meals, he opts for fast foods; instead of following you through the house […]

Budding Afro-beat artiste, Odekhian Ehinomen Osborne, professionally known as OCJ has revealed that his secret crush on popular reggae-dancehall songstress, Cynthia Morgan inspired the title of his latest single. In a chat with Vanguard, the 23-year-old Edo native, who released his single titled “Cynthia Morgan” in April, revealed that he has long had an appreciation […]

By Emma Amaize Ijaw People’s Development Initiative, IPDI, a rights group in Delta state, on Friday, said it did not have confidence in the ability of the Senate to investigate an alleged N40 billion expenditure scandal rocking the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC because the upper chamber speaks from both sides of the mouth. The […]

We don’t have reaction to allegations like this — Akeredolu Dayo Johnson Akure A governorship aspirant on the platform of the All Progressive Congress in Ondo State, Prince Dapo Adelegan has declared that the incumbent governor Rotimi Akeredolu has no leadership capacity to take the state to the next level of economic prosperity. Adelegan while […]

By Rotimi Ojomoyela – Ado Ekiti The Ekiti State Government on Friday expressed its desire to set up a COVID-19 laboratory facility, in order to increase its capacity for more tests for residents of the state. The Commissioner for Health, Dr. Mojisola Yaya-Kolade, made the disclosure during a COVID-19 update press briefing held by the […]

By Olasunkanmi Akoni The Lagos State Government on Friday said it has discharged 42 more persons from various isolation facilities to reunite with the society. COVID-19 Incident Commander and Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, who announced this in a statement, said the patients include 22 males and 20 females, all Nigerians. READ ALSO: Lagos may record […]

By Ozioruva Aliu – Benin City Edo state government on Friday ordered the immediate shutdown of Lagos Street, an epicentre of trade and commerce in Benin City metropolis, to check the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19) in the state. Though called Lagos Street which was said to have been the route to Lagos in the 50s, […]

As fuel tanker goes up in flames at Moniya motor park By Adeola Badru Following the fire incident that occurred on Friday evening at the popular Moniya motor park in Ibadan, two persons were reported to have lost their lives as a fuel-laden tanker went up in flames, leaving several shops and vehicles completely razed […]

As state has 82 active cases By Ibrahim HassanWuyo In Kaduna state, the majority of Covid-19 cases have travel history and such illegal inter-state travel is widening the spread of the virus in the state, the state government has said. A statement issued from Sir Kashim Ibrahim House said that this  illegal travel has  increased […]

Seeks to own 30% shares in BoA By Gabriel Ewepu – Abuja The All Farmers Association of Nigeria, AFAN, Friday, hailed the appointment of acting Managing Director of Bank of Agriculture, BoA, Alwan Hassan, as it signifies hope for smallholder farmers in the country. This was contained in a statement signed by the National President, […]

By Demola Akinyemi At least 31 passengers have been arrested in Kwara state for allegedly violating the inter-state boundary order of both the state and the federal government as parts of efforts to curb the spread of coronavirus pandemic in the state. While relaxing the lockdown last week Thursday, Governor Abdulrazaq had announced the ban […]

By Gabriel Ewepu – Abuja A humanitarian organization, WaterAid Nigeria, Friday, warned that without access to clean water and hygiene practices Nigeria cannot defeat the deadly Coronavirus, COVID-19 pandemic. This was the position of the organization in a press statement made available to Saturday Vanguard, where it pointed out that frequent and thorough handwashing with […]

As FG grants authorization to make agro-export kinetic By Gabriel Ewepu – Abuja The Nigeria Agricultural Quarantine Service, NAQS, Friday, disclosed full resumption of export certification activities at the nation’s ports to reactivate agribusiness in the country as Federal Government eases lockdown in the fight against the novel Coronavirus, COVID-19, pandemic. This was made known […]

By Femi Bolaji – Jalingo Taraba state government has confirmed the demise of the state’s Commissioner for Poverty Alleviation, Naphtali Kefas. He died on Friday in Jalingo, the state capital after a brief illness. The deceased was the candidate of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP for Wukari /Ibi Federal constituency in the 2019 general election […]