By Henry Umoru ABUJA- THE Senate said yesterday that if Nigeria as a country must strengthen the confidence of investors in the capital market, there was the urgent need for Stakeholders to work towards reviving the Nation’s economy. Speaking yesterday in Abuja during  an interactive session with agencies in the Capital Market Sector, Chairman, Senate Committee …

By Peter Duru, Makurdi The Universal Basic Education Commission, UBEC, has threatened to sanction contractors who do shoddy jobs in the construction and rehabilitation of schools in the states. The Commission warned that it would not allow dishonest contractors frustrate the federal and state governments’ good intentions to transform public primary schools across the country. …

By Ibrahim HassanWuyo The Kaduna State Government has approved the full relaxation of the 6pm to 6am curfew in all the 23 local government areas of the state. Samuel Aruwan , Commissioner, Ministry of Internal Security and Home Affairs,said the lifting of the curfew takes effect immediately. ALSO READ: Bandits kill Kaduna Pregnant woman, abduct her …

…demands N25m compensation …as panel receives over 150 petitions By Ikechukwu Nnochiri An Abuja based Estate Manager, Mr. Bello Akubuokwu, on Wednesday, narrated before the Independent Investigative Panel on human rights violations by the defunct Special Anti-Robbery Squad, SARS, and other Units of the Nigeria Police Force, how he was shot and abandoned by the Police in 2019. …

By Johnbosco Agbakwuru, Abuja As the one week deadline given to ministers to interface with their State governors, stakeholders and the protesting youths expired on Wednesday, Ministers from the South West have called for a thorough investigation of the involvement of the military in the shooting at the Lekki Toll Gate. The Ministers, who submitted …

…Sets up rebuild Trust Fund Committees Sanwo-Olu’s Kangaroo Court on Lekki Tollgate incident By Olasunkanmi Akoni Aftermath of the massive destruction of lives and property inflicted by hoodlums during the #EndSARS protests, Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Wednesday, signed an executive order for the rebuilding of the state. Sanwo-Olu also constituted the Lagos State …

…..Moves to confiscate passports of erring travelers By Omeiza Ajayi, Abuja The Federal Government has lamented the lack of compliance with the PCR test protocol by about 65 percent of Nigerians returning to the country, saying it has taken steps to seize the international passports of erring returnees. Secretary to the Government of the Federation …

By Dapo Akinrefon The Southern and Middle Belt Leaders Forum, SMBLF, on Wednesday, warned that it will no longer allow a section of the country to play any supremacist role over others. The forum said this, in a communique, after an emergency meeting held in Abuja. The communique was signed by Chief EK Clark (PANDEF Leader), …

By Emmanuel  Elebeke The Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC says raising the $5 billion infrastructure fund for implementation of the new Nigerian National Broadband Plan 2020-2025 remains its greatest challenge. The Executive Vice Chairman of the Commission, Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta made this known on Tuesday at stakeholder consultatation with industry players on implementation of NNBP organized …

The National Human Rights Commission panel of investigation into the allegations of human rights violations against the disbanded Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) has received 150 complaints. The Executive Secretary of the commission, Mr Tony Ojukwu,  who made this known at the inaugural sitting of the Independent Investigative Panel on Human Rights Violations, said that the …

…as NMA down tools over colleague’s kidnap By Ike Uchechukwu Calabar Medical Doctors in Cross River on Wednesday downed tools over the kidnap of their colleague ,Dr Godwin Udo by gunmen on Sunday despite the 6pm to 6:a.m curfew imposed by the state government. Vanguard learned that the medical practitioner who is with the University …

Want Emmanuel to complete Eket, Ibeno road By Harris Emanuel – Uyo Commercial activities were paralyzed at Mkpanak, host to Qua Iboe Terminal of ExxonMobil as aggrieved youth  from oil rich  Ibeno Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom on Wednesday  took to the streets to vent their spleen, blocked the gate of the American oil giants …

By Samuel Oyadongha, Yenagoa The Ijaw Youth Council, (IYC) Worldwide, has stressed the need for youths in Bayelsa State to look beyond politics, oil and gas sector and explore business opportunities that abound in the state. Its spokesperson, Ebilade Ekerefe made the call yesterday in Yenagoa during a meeting with the Chief Eexecutive Office, BARAZA …

Gov Simon Lalong of Plateau state By Marie-Therese Nanlong The Plateau State Internal Revenue Service, PSIRS has surpassed its revenue target by over N500m and promised that despite scourge of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Service would evolve strategies to ensure that revenues are harnessed and collected from the few economic activities that are ongoing in the …

Afenifere By Dapo Akinrefon The Southern and Middle Belt Leaders Forum, SMBLF, on Wednesday, warned that it will no longer allow a section of the country to play any supremacist role over others. The forum said this, in a communique, after an emergency meeting held in Abuja. The communique was signed by Chief EK Clark …

The Lagos State University, LASU has thanked the Tertiary Education Trust Fund, TETfund for its contributions in ensuring that the university was not once closed down by crisis or strike since 2016. The vice chancellor of the university, Prof. Olanrewaju Fagbohun who spoke on Tuesday as he received the board and senior management of the fund …

Nigeria map indicating Edo State By Ozioruva Aliu – Benin City A cleric Pita Onaivi has expressed fear that local dialects in Nigeria may go into extinction of urgent steps were not taken to address the dominance of English language over local dialects. He expressed this fear in Igarra, Akoko-Edo local government area at the formal …

Slovakian police on Wednesday said Austrian authorities had received a tip-off about the late Vienna terrorist attacker from Slovakia in recent months after he had tried to buy ammunition. Kujtim Fejzulai killed four people and injured more than 20 others on Monday in a shooting spree in the Austrian capital before police shot the extremist …

The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), Cross River chapter, on Wednesday, embarked on an indefinite strike over the kidnapping of its member, Dr Godwin Udo, of the University of Calabar Teaching Hospital. Dr Innocent Abang, the state Chairman of NMA disclosed in a telephone interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in Calabar. …

By Aliyu Dangida – Dutse Governor Muhammad Badaru of Jigawa has presented the sum of N156.6billion appropriation bill to the Jigawa State House of Assembly for 2021 fiscal year. Badaru, who presented the budget during plenary of the State House of Assembly in Dutse on Wednesday and, tagged the budget as “Budget of Thrust and …