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 …

Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State The inauguration of Gov. Godwin Obaseki of Edo will hold on Thursday in strict compliance with COVID-19 protocols. Dr Tony Aziegbemi, the State Chairman of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP), said this in Benin on Tuesday. Obaseki won the Sept. 19 Governorship Election for his second term by defeating his …

Senator Orji Uzor kalu. … hails Biden,  Harris By Victor Ajihromanus Former Governor of Abia State and Chief Whip of the Senate, Senator Orji Kalu,  has said the victory of US President-elect,  Joe Biden,  shows the country’s electoral process is a model worthy of emulation. Describing the victory  as victory for the world, Kalu emphasised the …

Police on Tuesday reported that a radio commentator who survived a 2016 assassination attempt was shot dead in front of his house in the northern Philippines. According to a police report, Virgilio Maganes, 62, was about to enter his house in the town of Villasis when two suspects shot him six times. The police said …

The leadership of Nigeria Youth Advocacy For Good Governance Initiative (NYAGGI) on Friday the 6 th of November 2020, paid Dr. Freeman Osonuga a courtesy visit at his office, Adloyalty Business Network, and bestowed him a Gold Role Model Award. NYAGGI is an umbrella body of youth organizations that have been in the Vanguard for equity, …

Mrs Salisu with some of her children and grandchildren Mrs Hussaina Salisu, a 54-year-old woman, who had 15 children from single births, has advised young mothers to carefully plan their families so as not to jeopardise the future of their children. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the woman, who had her first child …

…says Nigerian government has not granted him an official pardon By Emmanuel Okogba In marking 25 years since the death of Ken Saro-Wiwa, daughter of the renowned environmental activist, Noo Saro-Wiwa took to Facebook to pay tribute and talk about how her father was treated during and after his passing. Noo explained that her father was …

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has opposed a suit seeking to remove the Ajami (Arabic) inscriptions on naira notes. It told the Federal High Court that it would cost the country a “colossal sum of money” to discard the existing notes and print new ones without Ajami. The CBN said Ajami is not a …

Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu The Lagos State Governor, Babjide Sanwo-Olu on Tuesday presented 2021 Appropriation Bill to the State’s House of Assembly. Details later… The post BREAKING: Sanwo-Olu presents 2021 Appropriation Bill to Lagos House of Assembly appeared first on Vanguard News.

DJ Switch Popular Nigerian DJ,  Obianuju Catherine Udeh professionally known as DJ Switch, in an interview with the Sub-committee on International Human Rights of the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Development of the Canadian parliament, revealed that soldiers, who shot at peaceful #ENDSARS protesters at Lekki Toll Gate, Lagos, on October 20, 2020, said …

ECOWAS By Victoria Ojeme The ECOWAS Parliament is meeting in Guinea Bissau to discuss the way forward, as it concerns the food crisis that has hit the region during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Food Crisis Prevention Network (RPCA) said over 17 million people in the Sahel and West Africa (7.1 million in Nigeria alone) need food …

The Federal Government has designated Ebonyi as one of Nigeria’s Export Processing Zones. For the speedy take-off, the Ebonyi Government has allocated a parcel of land to the Nigeria Export Processing Zone Authority (NEPZA), for the project. Gov. Dave Umahi, who handed over the allocation letter to the Managing Director of the Authority, Prof. Adosoji …

El Salmantino online daily newspaper on Tuesday confirmed the death of its journalist who was gunned down while covering a news story in the city of Salamanca. The Mexican journalist Israel Vazquez was gunned down on Monday and died in hospital several hours later. The 31-year-old is the third reporter to be killed in Mexico …