Senate President Lawan By Henry Umoru ABUJA – PRESIDENT of the Senate, Senator Ahmad Lawan has called on the government of Pakistan to assist Nigeria in the capacity building in the area of Defence Industry. Lawan spoke yesterday in Abuja when he received in audience a delegation of the Senate of Pakistan which visited him to seek …
By Dirisu Yakubu BUJA- The National Working Committee, NWC, of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has ratified the selection of Mr. Sunday Bisi as the acting chairman of its Osun state chapter. In a statement signed by its spokesman, Kola Ologbondiyan, the party said the ratification “is made pursuant to Section 47(6) of the PDP Constitution …
Perez Brisibe, Ughelli A week after a policeman and unidentified civilians were killed during the violent END SARS protest in Ughelli, Delta State, the protesters have returned to the streets in solidarity with other protesters across the country. The protesters who started their walk from the Otovwodo axis of Ughelli, took their protest through the Ughelli main …
ENDSARS protesters mimicking police brutality in Port Harcourt Rivers State, Tuesday. PHOTO: Nwankpa Chijioke. Prof. Oyesoji Aremu, a Counselling and Criminal Justice expert from the University of Ibadan, says that to address holistically, issues raised by Nigerian youths, recruitment policies of the police should be based on University and Polytechnic qualifications. Aremu, who made the suggestion in an interview with …
The entire management and board of 7Star global hangar, the first private and independent aircraft Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul (MRO) in West and Central Africa are pleased to announce to the public that the aviation firm has received the Airline Transport License (ATL) from the federal government to float an airline, the first African premium airline. With the vision …
The Federal Government on Friday said it has approved a temporary site for the establishment of a Federal College of Forestry in Jere Local Government Area of Borno state. The Minister of Environment, Dr Mohammad Abubakar, said this after a meeting with Governor Babagana Zulum, at the Government House in Maiduguri. Abubakar said that details on the take-off …
The All Progressives Congress APC has asked the Senate to ignore what it described as “selective criticism” against the appointment of presidential aide, Lauretta Onochie as a National Commissioner in the Independent National Electoral Commission INEC. APC in a statement by its Deputy National Publicity Secretary, Yekini Nabena on Friday noted that President Muhammadu Buhari’s appointment of Onochie as …
President of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), Mr Chidi Ilogebe, has urged Federal and States Governments to waive school fees in tertiary institutions as a palliative to students. Ilogebe made the request while speaking with Newsmen on national issues affecting Nigerian students in Enugu on Friday. “It is our earnest desire that students …
#EndSARS protest on-going in the front of Punch Newspapers office at Magboro, Lagos Ibadan expressway with both sides of the expressway blocked. Videos and photos by Lamidi Bamidele ALSO READ: Politicising #EndSARS protests irresponsible — Lagos APC to PDP https://www.vanguardngr.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/WhatsApp-Video-2020-10-16-at-10.41.27-1.mp4 https://www.vanguardngr.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/WhatsApp-Video-2020-10-16-at-11.14.53-1.mp4 Vanguard The post PHOTOS: #EndSARS protests cause gridlock at Magboro appeared first on Vanguard News.
An Ogudu Magistrate’s Court on Friday ordered that a 25-year-old man, Yusuf Nasiru, who allegedly defiled his neighbour’s 12-year-old daughter, be remanded in a correctional centre, pending legal advice. The defendant, who lives at Olowolagba Street, Mile 12, Lagos, is charged with two counts of sexual assault and defilement. Magistrate O.A Ajayi, who did not …
..Raises alarm over plans to unleash mayhem in some LGAs By Olasunkanmi Akoni All Progressives Congress, APC, Lagos has accused the opposition party in the state, Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, of sponsoring reports in the social media capable of causing further crisis in the state even as it warned against politicizing #EndSARS protests. Publicity Secretary of …
#EndSARS protest on-going in the front of Punch Newspapers office at Magboro, Lagos Ibadan expressway with both sides of the expressway blocked. Videos and photos by Lamidi Bamidele ALSO READ: Politicising #EndSARS protests irresponsible — Lagos APC to PDP https://www.vanguardngr.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/WhatsApp-Video-2020-10-16-at-10.41.27-1.mp4 https://www.vanguardngr.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/WhatsApp-Video-2020-10-16-at-11.14.53-1.mp4 Vanguard The post PHOTOS: #EndSARS protests causes gridlock at Magboro appeared first on Vanguard News.
Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta state Perez Brisibe, Ughelli Delta State Government has described claims by a rights activist and applicant in a suit before a Federal High Court sitting in Asaba that locals from some rural communities in the state were killed by armed Fulani herdsmen with tacit support from the state government as “speculative …
I am 60 years old today! I give thanks to the Lord for He has been good to me. As is usually the case with me on my birthdays I shall spend most of the day quietly with a few members of my family, loved ones and household and, for the better part of the …
File photo of gunmen By Francis Sadhere Suspected armed robbers on Thursday night gunned down a mobile police officer believed to be attached to a Mobile Squadron outfit of the Warri Area Command. According to eyewitnesses living around the Petrol Station in Etuwewe, in Warri South Local Government area where the mobile policeman was killed, the …
Mr Babajide Odusolu, former Managing Director, Ogun State Property and Investment Corporation (OPIC) …We remitted N1.9bn in six years …In conjunction with other agencies, we turned around the Gateway Mortgage Bank. Mr Babajide Odusolu, former Managing Director, Ogun State Property and Investment Corporation (OPIC) has given insights into how he turned around the affairs of the …
* Olisa Agbakoba By Dennis Agbo Cerebral Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Dr. Olisa Agbakoba has been appointed by the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami to head the federal government’s Committee for the Development of National Arbitration Policy that would guide the arbitral process and agreements in Nigeria. Performing the …
The Executive Director, Paradigm Leadership Support Initiative, PLSI, Mr. Olusegin Elemo (r) and the Administrative Officer, Ms. Mosunmola Akinsanya during a Press Conference to address the current state of public audit in Nigeria ahead of stakeholders sensitization workshop on 2017 audit report of the federation of Nigeria at Bolton White Hotel, Abuja. Photo by Abayomi Adeshida 15/10/2020 Over N9bn Not …
EndSARS, EndSWAT protesters in Warri. President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, says the National Assembly will ensure that the five demands made to the Executive by #EndSARS protesters are implemented. Lawan gave the assurance on Thursday at plenary after the Senate was briefed by the Senate Leader, Yahaya Abdullahi (APC – Kebbi North) on the intervention by the leadership to …
Gov. Mai Mala Buni, Chairman, All Progressives Congress(APC) Caretaker and Extra-Ordinary Special National Convention Planning Committee, has said that the party’s state chairmen are free to express themselves freely within its constitution. He said this on Wednesday in Abuja while meeting with chairmen of the party from the 36 states of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) …
