The Zone 4 Command of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) Mobile Courts have convicted 434 traffic offenders during its “Operation Road Sanitiser’’. The Zonal Commanding Officer, Assistant Corps Marshal Kayode Olagunju, made this known in a statement by Terry Hoomlong, Acting Zonal Public Education Officer, on Thursday in Jos. Olagunju said that the offenders …

By David Odama – Lafia Worried by the huge revenue loss being experienced by the state, the government has introduced central billing system in its revenue collection to curb the siphoning of revenue by its agencies. The state Commissioner of Special Duties and Revenue Generation, Alhaji Moham Imed Bashir, who disclosed this in Lafia Thursday …

Senate By David Odama – Lafia The following delay by some states to implement the financial autonomy granted states Houses of Assembly, the Parliamentary  Staff Association of Nigeria (PASAN), has threatened to shut down states of the Federation. It would be recalled that the State Houses of Assembly were on May 22nd this year, president Muhammad …

Makinde By Adeola Badru Former President Olusegun Obasanjo, Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State, among other dignitaries, will grace this year’s Owu Day in Ibadan, Oyo State capital. The event, which will take place on October 31, will attract descendants of Owu progenitors from home and in the Diaspora. Making the disclosure yesterday, when he …

By Nwafor Sunday Former Aviation Minister, Chief Femi Fan-kayode, Thursday threatened to sue a popular blogger, Stella Dimokorkus, over allegation that he ( Fani-kayode) has separated with his wife, Precious Chikwendu. The blogger had alleged that the triplet sons may not have been fathered by Fani-Kayode as they were conceived through IVF and Chikwendu had demanded …

Gov. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje By Bashir Bello The Kano State government has on Thursday reacted to the call by the United Nations Childen’s Fund, UNICEF for the government to urgently review and reverse a Shariah court judgment sentencing a blasphemer, Umar Farouq (13) to 10 years imprisonment in the state. The State’s Attorney General and Commissioner …

The producers of the screen adaptation of Tunde Leye’s 2012’s fan-favorite “Finding Hubby” have unveiled the star actors in the movie which is set to hit cinema’s in November. According to a video tweet on its handle @FindingHubby, major stars unveiled were: Ade Laoye, Kehinde Bankole, Munachi Abii and Omowunmi Dada. Also read: I derive …

…As govt sets up enforcement team By Chinonso Alozie, Owerri The Imo state government yesterday set up an enforcement team to stop motorcycle operators from operating in the government restricted areas within the state capital after 14 days ultimatum issued to them had elapsed. This was contained in a letter from the permanent secretary of …

…accuse him of alleged monumental corruption By Gabriel Ewepu COALITION of Civil Society Organisations, CSOs, Thursday, faulted and countered statements made by former President, Olusegun Obasanjo, on President Muhammadu Buhari, alleging Nigeria fast becoming a failed state and more divided than ever. This was contained in a speech read by leader of the coalition, Abraham …

Niger state government has denied the allegations of closing down the existing Federal roads in the state to articulated vehicles. Alhaji Balarabe Ibrahim, Chairman, Infrastructure and Project Monitoring Committee and Chief of Staff to Gov. Abubakar Bello, said this during a news conference in Minna on Thursday. He said that some news reports that the …

..unveils housing, agric agenda Sen. Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo By Samuel Oyadongha, Yenagoa Bayelsa State Government has constituted a tax advisory committee to boost its internally generated revenue. The committee, which is headed by the state Deputy Governor, Senator Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo, will also explore other areas to make the state less dependent on monthly federal allocation. The …

By Festus Ahon DELTA State Government has warned contractors handling the counterpart funding water projects between the Federal and the State Governments Partnership for Expanded Water Supply, Sanitation And Hygiene, PE-WASH Programme in the State to execute projects awarded to them to specification. The Commissioner for Water Resources Development, Mr. Martins Okonta, who gave the …

The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) says non-oil tax receipts have consistently contributed 75 to 90 per cent of total tax revenue in recent months. Mr Abdullahi Ahmad, the FIRS Director, Communications and Liaison Department made this known in a statement in Abuja on Thursday. Ahmad quoted the Executive Chairman of the service, Mr Muhammad …

By Shina Abubakar, Osogbo Nigeria’s Minister of Works, Mr Babatunde Fashola on Tuesday disclosed that the Federal Government is expending N113.67 billion on road construction and rehabilitation across Osun State. This is as the Minister added that similar projects were ongoing in all the states of the federation as the federal government’s effort at revitalising road …

Ugandan forces are searching for more than 200 naked prisoners who escaped jail, broke into an armoury, then stripped and fled into a remote wilderness area in the country’s north-east. At least three people – a soldier and two of the 219 escapers – died in the firefight, according to Brigadier Flavia Byekwaso, a spokeswoman for …

A Mapo Customary Court in Ibadan on Thursday dissolved a 21-year-old union between a painter, Ojo Ayeni and his wife, Sade, over her refusal to cook food for her family for two years. Earlier, Ayeni, alleged that wife stopped cooking for him and his three children in 2018. Delivering judgment, Odunade, dissolved in the interest …

By Dennis Agbo Tongues have been wagging among judicial practitioners in Enugu State since Magistrate Jude Umezulike, formerly of Enugu North Magisterial District, was suspended from the bench and his salary suspended also. Umezulike had on December 11, 2019, delivered judgment on the case of Pastor Sabinus Onuigbo & 4 others, an official function capable of …

A Nigerian newspaper and Online version of the Vanguard, a daily publication in Nigeria covering Nigeria news, Niger delta, general national news, politics, business, energy, sports, entertainment, fashion,lifestyle human interest stories, etc By Kingsley Omonobi Military sources have confirmed that a soldier, Lance Corporal Benjamin Collins, who was confirmed dead as a result of alleged torture by three senior officers …

By Femi Bolaji Sir Emeka Offor foundation has disclosed that the philanthropic organization committed $4.2 million to end the scourge of the wild polio virus in the country. Chief of Staff to Sir Emeka Offor, Chris Ezike spoke in Jalingo, Taraba state capital while handing over 100 hospital beds, accessories and medications valued at N72 million …

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Thursday presided over a virtual meeting of the National Economic Council (NEC) at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The meeting was the fourth virtual meeting as the nation complies with the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) protocol on COVID-19 pandemic. The governors joined the virtual NEC from their respective states. …