Dayo Johnson – Akure The firm that owned the explosives that destroyed over 70 buildings in Akure, the Ondo state capital would be made to pay for them. Governor Rotimi Akeredolu said this during an inspection of the repair on the road by the state government at Eleyowo where the blast occurred two weeks ago […]

13 vehicles impounded By Evelyn Usman Detectives of the State Criminal Investigations and Intelligence  Department, SCID, Yaba  Lagos, have arrested 35 persons on the streets of Lagos, for violating the Federal Government’s sit-at-home directive, aimed at curtailing the spread of the COVID 19 pandemic. READ ALSO: Landlord, wife slit tenant’s face over unpaid rent in […]

By Egufe Yafugborhi – Port Harcourt Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) has said its original interest to directly procure ventilators and sundry test and treatment resources to assist its mandate states in the fight against Coronavirus was derailed by setbacks posed by global lockdown on the pandemic. Managing Director of NDDC, Prof Kemebradikumo Pondei, clarified […]

The Police on Wednesday arraigned a 20-year-old man, Anuoluwapo Busuyi before an Ado-Ekiti Chief Magistrates’ Court over alleged attempted murder. The defendant, who is of no fixed address is standing trial on a charge of attempted murder. The prosecutor, Insp. Bankole Olasunkanmi told the court that the defendant committed the offense on March 29 in […]

By Wole Mosadomi – Minna National Examinations Council,(NECO) has stated that it has not postponed the 2020 Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) and the Senior School Certificate Examination (SSCE) due to the prevailing situation in the Country. A Press Statement issued by the Head, Information and Public Relations Division of the Council, Malam Azez Sani […]

By Chinonso Alozie – Owerri The Imo state governor, Hope Uzodinma, on Wednesday said that food items for the less privileged have started arriving into the state, as part of the palliatives for covid-19 pandemic. The Commissioner for Social Welfare and Sanitation, Elias Emedom, made this known to newsmen in Owerri. When Vanguard asked him, […]

Denies division in the group Dayo Johnson – Akure Ahead of the October 20 governorship election in Ondo state, the committee set up by the Unity Forum in the All Progressive Congress to screen the governorship aspirants have agreed on a consensus candidate to contest the party’s primary with the incumbent governor Rotimi Akeredolu. The […]

Malaysian health authorities on Wednesday reported 156 new cases of coronavirus infection, pushing the cumulative total to 4,119 cases as Southeast Asia’s third-largest economy continues to grapple with the highest rate of infection in the region. READ ALSO: Trump threatens to stop funding WHO as virus ravages nations globally The health ministry also reported two […]

Italian ports cannot be considered safe because of the coronavirus epidemic and will not let charity migrant boats dock, the government has ruled. The decision was taken late on Tuesday after a ship operated by the German non-governmental group Sea-Eye picked up some 150 people off Libya and headed towards Italy. “For the entire duration […]

A recall of Kenya’s parliament scheduled for Wednesday in the capital, Nairobi, has been cancelled. Lower house Speaker Justin Muturi told local media that the sitting was cancelled after President Uhuru Kenyatta imposed a travel ban on movement in and out of Nairobi. Nairobi and areas in the coastal region have been identified as coronavirus […]