The Delta Chapter of African Action Congress (AAC) has reacted to the Financial Derivatives Company Limited, FDC, Paper presentation to mark Nigeria’s sixtieth independence by Bismarck Rewane, classifying Delta State in the category of fairly miserable States in the country. In a statement by the AAC Public Relation Officer Mr Eworitse Tsola made available to …

By Ibrahim HassanWuyo After collecting ransom in two tranches, the four JS-3 students and their teacher abducted in a Kaduna village have been released by their abductees. Those who regained freedom were the three female students, a female teacher and a male student. The victims were students and a teacher of Prince Academy, Damba Kasaya. …

File photo of gunmen By Francis Efe The Delta State Police Command have confirmed the killing of Mr Freedom Odiete, chairman of Udu Harbour Market in Udu council area of Delta State. The Delta State Police Public Relations Officer, Onome Onowakpoyeya, who confirmed the murder of the market chairman to Vanguard on Monday in a telephone …

As the Nigerian airspace opens up gradually for international travels, measures have been put in place to ensure the safety of all passengers entering or leaving Nigeria as the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic rages on. Such measures include the launch of the Nigerian International Travel Portal(NITP) by the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 (PTF-COVID-19) …

British Prime Minister, Boris Johnsonris British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will on Monday impose a tiered system of further restrictions on parts of England as the COVID-19 outbreak accelerates, though anger is rising at the cost of the stringent curtailment of freedoms. Johnson will hold a meeting of the government’s emergency COBRA committee and then address …

…Laud Buhari’s commitment regional peace Coordinator of the Forum, Comrade Wisdom Ikuli, addressing the news conference By Omeiza Ajayi A good governance advocacy group, the Niger Delta Nonviolent Agitators Forum has demanded more commitment to the actualization of the original plan behind establishing the Presidential Amnesty Programme PAP, especially the empowerment and reintegration of ex-agitators. At …

File photo: Pupils leaving school premises By Omeiza Ajayi Hopes of parents to have their children return to schools in the Federal Capital Territory FCT after a seven-month COVID-19 induced hiatus were on Monday dashed following the decision of teachers to chase their pupils home. The teachers under the aegis of the FCT Council of the …

File photo: Pupils leaving school premises By Omeiza Ajayi Hopes of parents to have their children return to schools in the Federal Capital Territory FCT after a seven-month COVID-19 induced hiatus were on Monday dashed following the decision of teachers to chase their pupils home. The teachers under the aegis of the FCT Council of the …

A retired Police Commissioner Simeon Danladi Midenda, has faulted the operatives of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad, SARS for carrying guns and standing on the road looking for criminals to catch. He noted that their actions have violated the essence of the units secrete mission, which is to spring up surprises. Disclosing this in a chat …

Photos by Abayomi Adeshida After several weeks of training for School Administrators and Head Teachers on the enforcement of the COVID-19 Protocols to prevent its spread in schools by the Federal Capital Territory Administration, students returned to classes at the Government Secondary School, Gwarimpa, Abuja. Also read: INT’L DAY OF GIRL CHILD: October 11 isn’t an ordinary day for me …

By David Royal The #EndSARS protest across Nigeria has entered the 6th day as protesters on Monday morning blocked the popular Lekki tollgate in Lagos state. You would recall that the Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Adamu in a live broadcast on Sunday announced that the Special Anti-Robbery Squad unit of the Nigeria Police Force …

RTD CP Midenda A retired Police Commissioner Simeon Danladi Midenda, founder of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad, popularly known today as SARS, has brought solutions on how best the disbanded SARS could be used to achieve effective results, and keep their reputation intact. Midenda who spoke to Vanguard’s Crime Editor, Emma Nnnadozie, last year said: “SARS deviated …

The Chinese city of Qingdao says it is planning to test its entire population of more than nine million people for the novel coronavirus in five days. Health authorities said on Monday that about a dozen new infections were detected over the weekend in the eastern coastal city. Most of the new infections were linked …

Governor Ifeanyi Okowa The Governor of Delta, Senator (Dr) Ifeanyi Okowa, has commended the Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, for the disbandment of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) of the Nigeria Police Force. The governor noted in a statement personally signed by him in Asaba, that the disbandment of SARS was a decisive and prompt …

The Federal Government has extended the suspension of the new electricity tariff by one week. Prof. James Momoh, Chairman, Nigeria Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) said this when the ad hoc Technical Committee on Electricity Tariff submitted its interim report at a reconvene bilateral meeting between Federal Government and Organised Labour on Monday in Abuja. The …

Sadiya Farouk …Says her intervention will stop hunger in N/west By Ibrahim HassanWuyo Pleased by the Federal Government’s intervention on food security to the people of Kaduna and Northwest region in general, a group, Unified Awareness Forum, UAF, has described the Minister  of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Sadiya Umar Farouk as mother of …

Governor Rotimi Akeredolu …Extends olive branch to opponents …We’re studying results –  Jegede, Ajayi …Buhari, Oshiomhole, Lawan, APC, others congratulate Akeredolu …Results reflect people’s wish —Yiaga Africa By Clifford Ndujihe, Dayo Johnson, Henry Umoru, Johnbosco Agbakwuru & Omeiza Ajayi AT exactly 3.03 pm, yesterday, Governor Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State was handed another four-year mandate to …

…urges electoral reforms to curb rigging, bad governance Dr Thomas-Wilson Ikubese, Former presidential aspirant and Convener, YesWeFit Revolutionary Movement Former Presidential Aspirant, Dr Thomas-Wilson Ikubese has congratulated the Governor of Ondo state, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu of the All Progressive Congress, APC, on his re-election while also hailing the candidates of the People’s Democratic Party and other parties …

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced 163 new cases of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) infections in the country. The NCDC made this known on its official twitter handle on Sunday. The public health agency said that the 163 new infection brought the nation’s confirmed COVID-19 infections to 60,266.  It also stated that the …

By Mujeeb Olagoke In a few weeks, on 31 October, 2020, the country’s electoral umpire, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) will conduct a by-election for the Lagos East Senatorial district. This election is to fill in the vacancy created by the death of the erstwhile member, Senator Adebayo Osinowo aka Peperito, who died as …