He was a terror, but his killing on a day he was to embrace peace has raised eyebrows. The late Terwase Akwaza, popular known as Gana, graduated from being a bully to freedom fighter and ultimately a gang leader with a wide territory, write UJA EMMANUEL and SANNI ONOGU Terwase Akwaza, popular known as Gana in mind, did not see …
Former General Secretary of Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, Owei Lakemfa, has lamented that what the nation was witnessing in the name of fuel subsidy was the government transferring its incompetence to Nigerians. He said the government was manifesting gross incompetence if it rode to power on the wings of promises to fight corruption and bring change, but cannot …
Recent scenarios may have brought to light the intentions of investors and deceptions at play in the agricultural- rich Edo State. In resonance to some resounding revelations, a close study of the Edo State-born billionaire businessman, and supporter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu, in the September 19, 2020 governorship election, Capt Hosa Well …
Justice Taiwo Taiwo of the Federal High Court, Abuja, has fixed Thursday, Sept. 10, for ruling in the bail plea by Vijah Opuama, the Bayelsa Governorship Candidate in the Nov. 16, 2019 election. Justice Taiwo fixed the date, on Wednesday, after taking arguments from counsel to the parties, following police’s compliance with the order that Opuama be produced …
President Trump on Wednesday defended his decision to downplay the severity of the coronavirus to the American people, saying that the ensuing panic would have only exacerbated the oncoming pandemic. “I’m a cheerleader for this country,” he told reporters during an unrelated White House briefing. “I don’t want people to be frightened. I don’t want to create panic. …
Dr Frederic Oladeinde, Lagos State Commissioner for Transportation, says the state government plans to acquire 2000 units of 11 and 13 seat microbuses to ease gridlock in the state. Oladeinde made the disclosure during an oversight visit by the Lagos State House of Assembly Committee on Transportation, led by Mr Temitope Adewale (Ifako-Ijaiye I), on Wednesday in Lagos. …
Professor Yemi Osinbajo Vice President Yemi Osinbajo says the notion that victims or potential victims of sexual harassment are architects of their fate, especially by their attitude, dressing or willingness to be in a compromising place with their violators is wrong. Osinbajo was quoted in a statement in Abuja by his aide, Laolu Akande, to have expressed this view …
The Comptroller General, Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), Mr Muhammad Babandede has warned Nigerians to desist from using fake, altered, invalidated, withdrawn, stolen and lost travel documents. Babandede, who gave the warning in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in Abuja, said that such documents had been automatically made available to 194 member countries …
Governor Seyi Makinde Gov. Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has promised to complete no fewer than 351 model primary health centres across the state before the end of his administration in 2023. Makinde, who made the promise on Wednesday in Saki town during the inauguration of the Saki Specialist Hospital, said that one primary healthcare centre would be built …
The Lagos Building Investment Company (LBIC) Plc says it is intensifying processes to ensure that civil servants in Lagos State have access to funding and own homes. The Chairman of LBIC, Mr Hakeem Ogunniran, said this on Wednesday while speaking to journalists after paying a courtesy visit to Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu at Lagos House, Ikeja. Ogunniran said that …
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 Late Yemi Taiwo By Evelyn Usman One of the men arrested for allegedly planning to abduct the newly installed monarch of Isiu, in Ikorodu area of Lagos, Oba …
Dayo Johnson – Akure ONDO State government has announced September 14 as the new date for resumption for Junior Secondary School JSS 3 students in the state. It says the move was to enable students in the category to prepare for their certification examination. Chairman of the State Interministerial Committee on COVID-19 and the Vice-Chancellor, University of Medical …
New British Deputy High Commissioner in Lagos The UK Government says it has appointed Llewellyn-Jones, Order of the British Empire (OBE ) as the new British Deputy High Commissioner (DHC) in Lagos, Nigeria. Ndidiamaka Eze, Press and Public Affairs Officer, British Deputy High Commission, Lagos, made the disclosure in a statement on Wednesday. Eze said that Llewellyn-Jones was an experienced diplomat, who had …
By Nwafor Sunday Reactions have continued to trail the arrest and death of the most wanted criminal in Benue state, Terwase Akwaza, alias ‘Gana’. According to the Commander, 4 Special Forces Command, Doma, Nasarawa state, Moundhey Ali, Gana was killed on Tuesday at a roadblock mounted by the army along Gbese-Gboko-Makurdi road following exchange of gunfire. Recall that …
Offenders should be visited with the strictest possible consequences Vice President Professor Yemi Osinbajo has rejected the notion that victims or potential victims of sexual harassment are architects of their fate especially by their attitude, dressing or willingness to be in a compromising place with their violators is wrong and should be resisted in every situation. The victim must …
By Esther Onyegbula A 27-year old auxiliary nurse, Agum Blessing, is currently cooling off in one of the cells at the State Criminal and Investigation Department (SCID) Yaba for allegedly stabbing her roommate’s lover in Ikotun area of Lagos. The incident, it was learned, happened at 23, Adekola Street off Arida bus stops Ikotun about 10pm last Sunday. …
By Nwafor Sunday Federal Government Wednesday asked the Management officials of federal tertiary hospitals across the country to replace striking doctors with Corps Members. This is to help fight coronavirus that has bedeviled human kind. Disclosing this in a statement, Osagie Ehanire, minister of health, said its high time well-meaning medical professionals should close ranks and confront the …
The People Democratic Party (PDP), National Working Committee (NWC), has urged the Federal Government to allow the private sectors to drive the country’s economy. The PDP National Chairman, Mr Uche Secondus, gave the advice while receiving a delegation of the party’s women to the party’s campaign office, Legacy House, to protest against the state of the economy. According …
By Dirisu Yakubu The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority, NCAA has imposed a fine of $3,500 each on flying passengers to Nigeria who do not have a negative COVID-19 Polymerase Chain Reaction, PCR test as the federal government intensifies measures to rid the country of the ugly virus. This was made known in an All Operators Letter, AOL marked …
The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) extended losing streak on Wednesday for the third consecutive days with the market capitalisation declining further by N38 billion. The market capitalisation dipped N38 billion to close lower at N13.263 trillion compared with N13.301 trillion on Tuesday. Also, NSE All-Share Index shed 72.41 points or 0.28 per cent to close at 25,424.91 points. …
