By Festus Ahon AFRICAN Wildlife Foundation, AWF, the Secretariat of an alliance of over 80 African Civil Society Organisations, CSOs, Thursday continued its campaign for a better world in the face of the effect of COVID-19 pandemic. The CSOs working in conservation, as the African CSOs Biodiversity Alliance, ACBA, in the online session titled ‘How COVID-19 …

The Nigerian Police The Police in Plateau has commenced an investigation into a case of the alleged murder of an 18-month-old baby in the state by unknown persons. The Public Relations Officer of the Police Command in the state, ASP Gabriel Ubah, said the command had received a petition addressed to the Police Commissioner on the …

Receives Excellence IGR Award for fastest-growing IGR By Peter Duru – Makurdi The Executive Chairman of Benue Internal Revenue Service, BIRS, Mr. Andrew Ayabam has disclosed that the COVID-19 pandemic had adversely affected the Internally Generated Revenue, IGR, the profile of the state. He said despite the challenge, the state had been able to generate …

By Demola Akinyemi – Ilorin Thirteen persons were reported dead in two separate motor accidents along Ilorin-Jebba-Mokwa highway in the Moro local government area of Kwara state early hours of Thursday. Sympathisers told Vanguard that the auto crash was caused by the carelessness of the two drivers. Vanguard reliably gathered that eight survivors of the …

Aimed at supporting the entire Sub-Saharan Africa region, the office is expected to become operational in H2 2021 As part of its continued commitment and ongoing investment in Africa, Facebook (www.Facebook.com) today announced it will be opening an office in Lagos, Nigeria – its second office on the African continent. Aimed at supporting the entire …

By James Ogunnaike – Abeokuta The organised labour in Ogun State on Friday called off its seven days warning strike embarked on Wednesday The Chairman of the Ogun State chapter of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Comrade Emmanuel Bankole made the announcement during the signing of Memorandum of Understanding on the request of the workers …

YIAGA AFRICA By Gabriel Ewepu – Abuja Barely 24 hours to the Governorship election in Edo State, Yiaga Africa, through the Watching The Vote citizens movement, has deployed its Parallel Vote Tabulation (PVT) methodology for the election. According to Yiaga Africa, the PVT is an advanced election observation methodology that employs well-established statistical principles and sophisticated …

Dayo Johnson – Akure Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in the governorship election in Ondo State, Eyitayo Jegede, and his party have dissociated themselves from the ploy to disrupt the flag-off rally of the Zenith Labour Party scheduled to hold in Ore, Odigbo council area of the state today. The Director-General of the Eyitayo …

An Ado-Ekiti Chief Magistrates’ Court on Friday ordered the remand of a 45-year-old pastor, Paul Ojo, in a Correctional Centre in Ado-Ekiti over alleged fraud. The police prosecutor, Insp. Oriyomi Akinwale, told the court that the defendant conspired and defrauded one Fakunade Ojo of N700,000. Akinwale alleged that the defendant committed the offense between February …

By Vincent Ujumadu – Awka Former elected councillors in the 326 political wards in Anambra State who served between June 1999 and May 2002 have taken to the streets to drive home their demand for unpaid allowances running into millions of naira, 18 years after they left office. The former councillors, who claimed that no …

Sujimoto Sijumoto, Nigeria leading luxury Real Estate brand has won the just concluded Time Tech Award, a prestigious continental award organised to celebrate Africa’s most influential corporate brand particularly on the famous LinkedIn platform. As part of the conditions for identifying and selecting the winner of the Africa Corporate Brand Award, the organisers whose motive is …

…rejects tariff increase, calls on FG to rescind decision By Gabriel Ewepu – Abuja As electricity tariff hike plunges businesses to total collapse, the Nigerian hospitality and tourism industry is under pressure to lay off millions of workers as they are unable to pay heavy bills under new tariff. This was made known in a …

The Association of Professional Bodies of Nigeria (APBN) has said it will next Tuesday hold a professional summit in a bid to proffer suggestions to the government on the current economic challenges occasioned by the COVID-19 pandemic. The three days programme with the theme, “Nigeria, beyond today” will climax with an Annual General Assembly (AGA), …

Says Nigeria to mobilize NYSC members to champion implementation By Johnbosco Agbakwuru – Abuja President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday said that his administration has developed a novel homegrown ‘Integrated Sustainable Development Goals Model’, as an analytical framework for assessing how policy-making can better address the indivisible nature of the Sustainable Development Goals. President Buhari also …

Governor Seyi Makinde By Adeola Badru The Oyo State government has reiterated its commitment to fully support the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), towards effective management of disaster in the state as the rainy season begins. Governor Seyi Makinde made the commitment on Friday while hosting the agency during an advocacy visit to him in his …

Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Nigeria’s candidate aspiring to the position of Director General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) has won the first run of elections and has àlong with four others advanced to the second phase. The other contestants, who are from Kenya, South Korea, Saudi Arabia, and the UK, on Friday advanced …

The Police Public Relations Officer in Anambra, SP Haruna Mohammed, said the command had begun investigation into the alleged murder of an 85-year-old grandmother and her two grand children at a village in Nnewi. Mohammed stated this in a statement made available to newsmen in Awka on Friday, adding that the incident happened at Okpuneze-Uruagu Village …

Prof. Noel Wannang, the Chairman, Plateau Research Committee on COVID-19, said the committee had successfully developed a herbal cure for the disease. Wannang disclosed this during an engagement with Local Government Chairmen and traditional rulers in Jos on Friday. He said that the team had concluded phase one which was the safe test of the …

By Chimaobi Nwaiwu Alleged Prophet, Emeka Ezimmadu, in Nnewi on Thursday night butchered his mother and two of his children to death. Ezimmadu who is 47 years-old, was believed to have acted under the influence of evil spirit. He killed his eighty five years-old mother, Madam Agnes Ezimmadu, his two children Ifechukwu and Mmesoma aged nine …