Gana By Peter Duru Governor Samuel Ortom has disclosed that the general impression among repentant youths in the state who willingly surrendered to be granted amnesty by the government was that they were betrayed after the killing of the wanted militia leader, Terwase Agwaza also known as ‘Gana’. He urged the military to release without further …
Delta State Governor, Ifeanyi Okowa By Festus Ahon, Asaba Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State, has lifted the suspension of the new minimum wage for workers on grade level 07 to 17 in the State civil service, following the increment in the pump price of fuel and electricity tariff. Secretary to the State Government, SSG, Mr …
…demand immediate release, N100m damages, apology Hakeem Odumosu, Lagos State Commissioner of Police. By Ikechukwu Nnochiri Two sons of late Chief Moshood Abiola, winner of the June 12, 1993, presidential election, Kassim and Aliyu, who were arrested and detained over a robbery incident that took place at their father’s residence on September 2, have approached the …
By Festus Ahon, ASABA AS part of its effort to create employment for the unemployed, the National Directorate of Employment, NDE, has engaged 100 Deltans in its Sustainable Agricultural Development Training Scheme, SADTS. The scheme which is aimed at providing a more profitable farm income activities is also to promote environmental stewardship and enhance the …
By Bose Adelaja A 26 years old teacher Mathew Adebayo, was Friday, arrested for defiling a 15 years old Senior Secondary Student (SSS) 3 student in Sango, Ogun.State. The suspect was a teacher with a private school in Sango area where the victim currently writes her final examination.However, men of the Nigeria Police Force, Sango …
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Ondo State Chapter, has frowned at the fire outbreak that engulfed a container at the Akure office of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), on Thursday night. The party noted that it received the news of the fire in a container with no fewer than 5,000 card reader machines with great …
…As National Peace Committee engages stakeholders in Abuja Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu By Joseph Erunke AHEAD of the September 19 governorship election in Edo State, the Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, has vowed to ensure that officers and men of the force deployed for the election uphold the standard requirements for a peaceful and …
By Dennis Agbo Arising from the August 23rd massacre of Enugu youths in Emene-Enugu, the state police command have forcefully chained a patient, with bullet wound injury to his hospital bed in the emergency unit of National Orthopedic Hospital Enugu. The patient, Abraham Ani, told Vanguard that he has been on the chain since August …
Abia Police Command has arrested four persons in connection with the killing of a police inspector, Princewill Divine. Mrs Janet Agbede, the state’s Commissioner of Police, disclosed this while briefing newsmen in Umuahia on Friday. Agbede said that the late Divine was among the five Police Mobile Force personnel attached to 28 and 55 squadrons …
By Shina Abubakar, Osogbo The people of Ila-Oragun have agreed to cede their land, housing the Mobile police training college to the Federal Government free of charge to pave way for development of the ancient community. Speaking at the Ajagunla Hall located inside Orangun’s Palace, Chief Paul Ogunrinade, the Ejemo of Ila, said those claiming compensation …
*File photo: Fuel sold in black market The Federal Government has concluded plans to distribute 2, 000 buses to cushion the effects of transportation on Nigerians, especially those living in rural dwellers. Dr George Akume, Minister of Special Duties and Intergovernmental Affairs made this known on Friday at the interactive he had with stakeholders of cooperative …
By Gabriel Ewepu THE umbrella body of farmers in Nigeria, All Farmers Association of Nigeria, AFAN, Friday commended President Muhammadu Buhari, over stoppage of foreign exchange for fertilizer and food importation into the country. This was contained in a statement signed by the National President, AFAN, Arc Kabir Kankara, while reassuring Nigerians and government that …
…Directs Finance Minister to present nation’s economic status to unions …As Labour plans to protest over fuel, electricity tariff hike President Muhammadu Buhari By Johnbosco Agbakwuru PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari on Friday approved a meeting between the Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Dr. Zainab Ahmed, the Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige and …
Kwara State Governor, Abdulrazaq The Progressives Governors Forum (PGF), secretariat has declared Kwara State as the leading state among the APC-held states in developmental initiatives for the month of August 2020. A statement by Kwara commissioner for Communication, Mrs Harriet Afolabi-Osatimehin, in Ilorin on Friday quoted a magazine published by the Progressives Governors’ Forum (PGF), as …
…Directs Finance Minister to present nation’s economic status to unions …As Labour plans to protest over fuel, electricity tariff hike President Muhammadu Buhari By Johnbosco Agbakwuru PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari on Friday approved a meeting between the Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Dr. Zainab Ahmed, the Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige and …
By Ike Uchechukwu The University of Calabar, UNICAL, on Friday announced Prof. Florence Banku Obi as it’s 11th Vice-Chancellor and first female to occupy the position after 45 years since it’s inception. Announcing the result on Friday in Calabar, Sen. Nkechi Nwaogu, Pro-Chancellor and Chairman of Unical Governing Council, said the process of the selection …
Vice-President of the CNSP (National Committee for the Salvation of the People) Colonel Malick Diaw (C) takes a seat with other military leaders during the opening of two days of talks aimed at validating the terms of reference for a transitional government in Mali, on September 5, 2020, in Bamako. – Mali’s military junta began talks …
No fewer than 12 persons have been confirmed dead in two separate boat mishaps in Shiroro and Borgu Local Government Areas of Niger State. The accidents occurred on the River Shiroro and River New Awuru on Wednesday evening in Shiroro and Borgu, respectively. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the incident in …
By Tordue Salem A member of the House of Representatives, Rep. Jarigbe Agom Jarigbe, has dragged the people’s Democratic Party, PDP to Court over an alleged skewed outcome of the last Senatorial primary election of the party in Cross River State. The lawmaker who represents Ogoja/Yala Federal Constituency of Cross River State, who was also …
By Tordue Salem A member of the House of Representatives, Rep. Jarigbe Agom Jarigbe, has dragged the people’s Democratic Party, PDP to Court over an alleged skewed outcome of the last Senatorial primary election of the party in Cross River State. The lawmaker who represents Ogoja/Yala Federal Constituency of Cross River State, who was also …
