We’re not job seekers, Buni replies critics Says rumours of tenure elongation false President Muhammadu Buhari By Johnbosco Agbakwuru PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday approved the registration of new members for the All Progressives Congress, APC. This is as the Chairman of the Caretaker Committee of the ruling party and Governor of Yobe State, Mai Mala …

Bauchi Governor, Bala Mohammed Governor Bala Mohammed of Bauchi State on Tuesday said the state now ranks 8th among poorest states in the country. Mohammed said this in Bauchi during a ‘Town Hall Meeting with the Senate Committee on Poverty Alleviation and Social Investment Programmes’. The governor who was represented by his deputy, Alhaji Baba …

By Victor Ajihromanus Raised by his mother in Nkpor, Onitsha, Anambra State and born Ani Jeremiah Chukwuebuka in 1999, Jeriq moved from one struggle to the next as his difficult childhood led into a tumultuous young life in music. First child of a family of five ,he had a surprisingly street- minded upbringing and started recording …

…Urges Borno people to sustain prayers against sponsors Governor Babagana Zulum of Borno State By Ndahi Marama Governor Babagana Umara Zulum is glad that for the first time in 11 years, there appears to be headway on tracking some alleged financiers of Boko Haram’s activities which have left thousands of citizens killed, millions displaced and …

The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) RS11.35, Egbeda Unit Command in Oyo State, has impounded a Sienna car with registration number KRD 815 GN loaded with allegedly stolen goats. The FRSC Unit Commander in Egbeda, Assistant Corps Commander, Akeem Kareem, disclosed this while showing the goats and the vehicle to journalists on Tuesday in Ibadan. …

The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) RS11.35, Egbeda Unit Command in Oyo State, has impounded a Sienna car with registration number KRD 815 GN loaded with allegedly stolen goats. The FRSC Unit Commander in Egbeda, Assistant Corps Commander, Akeem Kareem, disclosed this while showing the goats and the vehicle to journalists on Tuesday in Ibadan. …

By Chioma Onuegbu, Uyo The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, Akwa lbom State Council has resolved to withdraw the 14-day ultimatum to the State Government to address outstanding workers’ demands and other labour issues. The resolution of the union contained in a communique’ issued at the end of its State Executive Council (SEC) meeting of November …

Edo State deputy governor, Philip Shaibu By Ozioruva Aliu A younger brother to the Deputy Governor of Edo state identified as Frederick Shaibu has been reportedly kidnapped by gunmen while going to drop his kids in the school near Benin City, the Edo state capital. The incident reportedly happened on Monday. As at the time of …

..charges FIRS to surpass earlier 277 billion target for 2020 By Davies Iheamnachor, Port-Harcourt The Tertiary Education Fund, TETFUND, has said its target is to generate N500 billion from the Education Tax collection from companies in 2021. This was as TETFUND tasked the Federal Inland Revenue Service, FIRS, to improve its collection strategy to surpass …

By Ozioruva Aliu, Benin-City A younger brother to the Deputy Governor of Edo state identified as Frederick Shaibu has been reportedly kidnapped by gunmen while going to drop his kids in the school near Benin City, the Edo state capital. The incident reportedly happened on Monday. As at the time of filing this report yesterday, Vanguard …

An Ile-Tuntun Customary Court in Ibadan, on Tuesday dissolved a three-year-old marriage between a witch doctor, Isola Gbolagade and his estranged wife, Yetunde on grounds of blackmail. Delivering judgment, the President of the court, Chief Henry Agbaje held that the court was duty bound to put an end to the relationship since both parties have signified …

Rotimi Akeredolu By Dayo Johnson, Akure The Ondo State government has warned teachers in the state against using pupils for domestic chores in their private homes and farms. Special Adviser to Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu on Special Duties, Doyin Adebowale said in Akure that the teachers engaged the pupils under the guise of practicals for agricultural …

Governor Hope Uzodinma By Chidi Nkwopara, Owerri Governor Hope Uzodinma of Imo State, has appealed to medical doctors on the state payroll, to join hands with his administration, to ensure that hospitals are functional and serve the medical needs of the citizenry. Uzodinma equally disclosed that his administration was working very hard to produce a blueprint …

Bello Matawalle By Ifeanyi Nwannah – Gusau Zamfara State Governor, Hon. Bello Mohammed Matawalle, has described as misguided individuals people he said were spreading false and fabricated information over the release of twenty six kidnapped indigent girls of Katsina state. This was made known through a press statement signed and made available to newsmen in Gusau, …

By Jimitota Onoyume Host communities of Nigeria Producing oil and gas , HOSTCOM, has urged political leaders and other key stakeholders in the Niger Delta region to join call for 10 percent equity holding for Niger Delta oil and gas bearing communities in the oil sector National Chairman of the body, Dr Benjamin Style made …

Governor Adegboyega Oyetola By Shina Abubakar Osogbo The Osun State governor, Mr Adegboyega Oyetola, on Tuesday presented N109.8 billion appropriation bill to the State House of Assembly for the 2021 fiscal year. While presenting the appropriation bill tagged, “Budget of Providence”, Oyetola said the budget was dedicated to post COVID-19 pandemic recovery. He noted that …

By Victor Ahiuma-Young Nigeria Employers Consultative Association , NECA, has said Organised Private Sector, OPS lost over 5 trillion to #EndSARS protest. At briefing in Lagos, the association said without serious government assistance, many businesses would go under. READ ALSO: #EndSARS: This is not religious war, not ethnicity biased ― CAN youth wing Details later: vanguardngr.com The post EndSARS protest: …

President Buhari in a virtual ECOWAS extraordinary session on Mali. PHOTO; SUNDAY AGHAEZE. AUGUST 28 2020 By Johnbosco Agbakwuru – Abuja The Federal Government has said that it welcomes the initiative by the United Nations, UN, in collaboration with some development partners to complement Nigeria’s COVID-19 economic recovery efforts under the Nigerian Economic Sustainability Plan, ESP. …

By Victor Ahiuma-Young Nigeria Employers Consultative Association, NECA, has said the Organised Private Sector, OPS, lost over five trillion Naira to #EndSARS protests. Making the revelation at a briefing in Lagos, Tuesday, the association said without serious government assistance, many businesses would go under. Details coming. VANGUARD The post #EndSARS Protests: Our members lost over N5tn, says NECA appeared first …

Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State. By Olasunkanmi Akoni One of the highlights of Governor Babjide Sanwo-Olu’s 2021 budget estimates was the disclosure that he will repeal the controversial law on pensions for former governors and deputies. Addressing the state House of Assembly during the budget presentation, Sanwo-Olu said his administration had concluded plans to repeal …