President Muhammadu Buhari By Emmanuel Elebeke The Pan Yoruba Leadership Forum, Yoruba Ronu, has advised Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari, to concentrate on fulfilling his campaign promises and stop indulging in self-adulation. The group was reacting to the recent retreat that President Muhammadu Buhari had with principal state officials in which he gave his administration pass mark. …
Minister of State for Transportation, Gbemisola Saraki By Dirisu Yakubu – Abuja A committee for the disbursement of N10 billion palliatives approved for transportation sector operators by the federal government has been set up, Minister of State for Transportation, Senator Gbemisola Saraki has said. Senator Saraki, who disclosed this on Thursday when the immediate past National …
…To review action in two weeks By Joseph Erunke – Abuja Striking resident doctors operating under the aegis of National Association of Resident Doctors, NARD, Thursday evening, announced the suspension of their nationwide strike, which it commenced on 7th September 2020. A communique signed after its National Executive Council (NEC) meeting by President of NARD …
ECOWAS The mission of a West African peacekeeping force in Guinea-Bissau has come to an end after eight years in the country. They were deployed by regional bloc Ecowas in 2012 following a military coup against Prime Minister Carlos Gomes Junior after a disputed presidential election. The force of about 1,000 soldiers was mandated to …
Oil prices fell for a second day on Friday, pressured by a surprise rise in U.S. stockpiles as the coronavirus pandemic continues to erode demand for fuels. Brent crude was down 18 cents, or 0.5 per cent at $39.88 a barrel by 0337 GMT, after falling nearly two per cent on Thursday. U.S. crude dropped …
Nigerian singer, Richmond Mbah, popularly known as Redline is set to drop an awe-inspiring album. The album which comes with 9 tracks contains some unique vibes that will take the music industry back to its roots. Disclosing this in a chat with Vanguard, Redline said he was taking the music industry by surprise and that the …
…Winifred Emmanuel The hands do bulk of the work in every cooking process. They arrange all the recipes and deliver them in the cooking pot, but food blogger, Winfred Emmanuel, the founder of Zeelicious Foods, believes the hands have very little role in creating dishes that really excite foodies. According to Emmanuel, who has been running …
…Vows to redeem image …Shares hotlines to check excesses of operative New Commissioner of Police in charge of the Nigeria Police Federal Special Anti-robbery Squad (FSARS), CP Imohimi Edgal has released special hotlines, calling on citizens to report excesses of operatives of the unit across the country. The citizens complaint hot lines are: 08121226468, 08081911644 and …
A Nigerian newspaper and Online version of the Vanguard, a daily publication in Nigeria covering Nigeria news, Niger delta, general national news, politics, business, energy, sports, entertainment, fashion,lifestyle human interest stories, etc …Deceased murdered for putting on party’s cap …Protest in ldanre, market activities disrupted One person reportedly lost his life, Wednesday evening, while many others were injured in a …
…FG ‘ll continue to promote investments in agriculture—Buhari …Says Nigeria averts food crisis despite COVID-19 By Emma Amaize, Clifford Ndujihe, Victor Young & Johnbosco Agbakwuru The Presidency, yesterday, in Abuja raised alarm that the recent upsurge in food prices is gravitating to a crisis that could threaten Nigeria’s food security. It also said that though many …
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), on Thursday, urged Kano State Schools Based Management Committees (SBMC), to acquaint themselves with the schools reopening guidelines set out by the Federal Ministry of Education. The UN agency made the call at a one-day orientation exercise on schools reopening guidelines designed to sensitise the SBMC on the guidelines …
…17,000 ad-hoc staff for Edo election — INEC Chairman By Chioma Obinna, Omeiza Ajayi & Gabriel Olawale The Federal Government, yesterday, lamented fake COVID-19 PCR tests in circulation, cautioning travellers against the use of same. It also disclosed that the government was working with relevant bodies to halt the trend. This is even as the …
… Why FG’ll not negotiate with P&ID —Malami By Ikechukwu Nnochiri Justice Cranston J. of UK court has ordered Process and Industrial Development, P&ID, to make payment of £1.5 million to cover the legal cost incurred by Nigeria, as part of successful application for extension of time to challenge the arbitration award and procedural hearing earlier …
…Abdulsalami leads peace panel to Benin Tuesday By Henry Umoru AHEAD of September 19 Edo State Governorship election, the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC has deployed additional five Resident Electoral Commissioners (RECs) and three National Commissioners (NCs) to the state. The additional five Resident Electoral Commissioners, RECs who are drawn from five geopolitical zones of the …
Dr. Goodluck Jonathan Former President Goodluck Jonathan and United Nations Special Envoy on Crisis Management, has said that electronic voting was the only way to get credible elections in Nigeria and the rest of Africa. Speaking on the presidential panel of The Osasu Show Symposium 2020, Jonathan said the outcome of elections should be decided by …
… S’South govs not frolicking with 13% derivation —Okowa’s CPS By Emma Amaize, Regional Editor, South-South & Michael Eboh Special Adviser to the President on Niger Delta, Senator Ita Enang, yesterday, accused the governors of Niger Delta states of being unkind to the region and to oil-producing states. Meanwhile, Chief Press Secretary to the Governor of …
President Buhari President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday ordered the Central Bank of Nigeria ”not to issue a kobo” of the country’s reserves for the importation of food items and fertilizer. Malam Garba Shehu, one of the President’s spokesmen, in a statement in Abuja on Thursday, said the president gave the order at a meeting of the …
African Development Bank (AfDB) The African Development Bank (AfDB), has begun developing a Public-Private Partnership (PPP) framework to strengthen support for PPPs and enhance economic and social infrastructure development in the continent. According to a statement from AfDB on Thursday, representatives of the bank, Development Finance Institutions (DFIs), private sector, and professional associations made this known …
Ahead of the forthcoming 2020/21Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) season, there are growing concerns about the status of both players and coaches bothering on the vexed issue of secrecy over non-disclosure of their sign-on fees cum salaries across all the clubs. Unlike what is obtainable in saner climes, hardly do we know who earns what in the NPFL to the …
Ereyitomi The member representing Warri Federal Constituency at the Federal House of Representatives, Hon.Thomas Ereyitomi has commended, the President Nigeria Football Federation, NFF, Mr. Amaju Pinnick for attracting the Federation of International Football Association, FIFA, to Ugborodo Community in Warri South-West Local Goverment Area to construct a word class international standard stadium to host matches in that the …
