Chris Ngige The Federal Government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) are yet to reach an agreement on the union demands. Sen. Chris Ngige, Minister of Labour and Employment, said this while addressing newsmen at the end of a closed door conciliation meeting between Federal Government representatives and ASUU on Wednesday in Abuja. …

James Ogunnaike – Abeokuta The Chairman, Judicial Panel of Investigation on brutality, human rights violations, and extrajudicial killings by security operatives in Ogun State, Hon. Justice Solomon Olugbemi (rtd) has disclosed that the aim of the panel was not to witch hunt any security personnel within the state but to investigate any violation of human rights …

By Johnbosco Agbakwuru – Abuja As the Federal Government has promised to distribute over six million electricity meters free to Nigerians, President Muhammad Buhari has assured that his administration will end the estimated billing regime in electricity supply in the country. The President gave the assurance Wednesday evening in a thread of tweets on his …

Oye Owolewa By Arogbonlo Israel The first Nigerian-American, Oye Owolewa, to be elected as a US (Shadow) Representatives emerged winner on Wednesday to represent Washington DC. Recall at least, nine Nigerian-Americans were in the race for different political offices at the federal, state and local levels in the US 2020 elections. Owolewa clinch the seat …

Mrs Abike Dabiri-Erewa,  Chairman/CEO, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM), has commended another Nigerian-American, Esther Agbaje, for winning the Minnesota Representative ticket in the United States. This was contained in a statement signed by Abdur-Rahman Balogun, Head, Media, Public Relations and Protocols Unit (NIDCOM), in Abuja on Wednesday. Dabiri-Erewa rejoiced with Agbaje for being the first Nigerian-American in the …

Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq of Kwara State Gov. AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq of Kwara, has congratulated Democrat Oye Owolewa on his victory as a shadow US Representative for Washington DC, describing his emergence as a pride to his homeland Kwara and Nigeria. The congratulatory message is contained in a statement issued in Ilorin on Wednesday by Malam Rafiu Ajakaye, …

Dr. Chris Ngige, the Minister of Labour and Employment We can’t afford N110bn revitalisation fund—Ngige By Johnbosco Agbakwuru ABUJA- THE meeting between the Federal Government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, over the poor funding of Universities and the controversy surrounding the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System, IPPIS, payment platform, yesterday ended …

By Tordue Salem, Abuja The National Coordinator/Chief Executive Officer of the AUD-NEPAD/APRM, Princess Gloria Akobundu on Wednesday sought the backing of the National Assembly tackle poverty in the country. Princess Akobundu made the charge during the 2021 budget defence held at the instance of the joint Senate and House of Representatives’ Committees of Integration and …

says most of the govs’ resolutions  misplaced By Ibrahim HassanWuyo The Coalition of Northern Groups, CNG,has said that though the expanded meeting  of the Northern Governors’ Forum,NGF, was a welcome development in the search for improved northern cohesion, some issues raised were apt while most were  misplaced. Speaking at a press conference in Kaduna on Wednesday, …

tax …As agency seeks reps’ Intervention to free LG funds By Tordue Salem, Abuja The Chairman Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission, RMAFC, Mr Elias Mbam, on Tuesday, disclosed that the federal government, its ministries and agencies, and states were owing taxes, to the tune of over N154billion. Mr. Mbam raised the alarm, at a budget …

Temporary Voter’s Card Calls on NASS to amend Electoral Act to accommodate diaspora and early voting Says INEC is set for a totally different Salary Structure for Staff Says INEC has 1,700 Pre/ Post Election Cases in 2019 By Henry Umoru CHAIRMAN, Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Professor Mahmood Yakubu, has disclosed that voter registration will …

A North Dakota man who died from the coronavirus last month won a seat in the state legislature, according to official results. David Andahl, a 55-year-old cattle rancher, according to The New York Times died last month, after being hospitalized with the coronavirus, the Bismarck Tribune reported. Mr. Andahl’s mother, Pat Andahl, told the newspaper that …

Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu. By Ozioruva Aliu AS a way of boosting the morale of police officers across the country to quickly recover from the effects of the #EndSARS protests, the Inspector General of Police, Muhammed Adamu Wednesday said all officers and men who lost their lives and those injured would be promoted to the …

File photo of #EndSARS protesters at Lekki Tollgate, Lagos. PHOTO AKEEM SALAU. By Luminous Jannamike ABUJA – Some civil society organizations, CSOs, have described the International Criminal Court (ICC)’s preliminary inquiry into the demonstrations against police brutality and extra-judicial killings as a welcome development. In separate interviews with Vanguard on Wednesday in Abuja, they said the move was a …

A file image of the #EndSARS protesters at Lekki Tollgate, before the gunfire. The ministers from the South-West zone have urged the Federal Government to support Lagos State to restore damaged facilities occasioned by the EndSARS protests in the state. They particularly appealed for the immediate repair of those facilities related to the maintenance of law …

By Dirisu Yakubu ABUJA- The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has chided President Muhammadu Buhari over plan to take another $1.2 billion loan from Brazil despite the public outcry against the accumulation of loans from China and other foreign interests. This is as the main opposition party cautioned the Presidency not to further weaken by using …

By Bashir Bello KANO – A Chief Magistrate Court sitting in Nomansland, Kano State has on Wednesday remanded not fewer than 24 suspects apprehended in connection with the #EndSARS protest in the State. The suspects were arraigned by the police before the court on a six count charges of criminal conspiracy, trespass, inciting public disturbance, riot, …

Trump(R) and Biden (L). PHOTO: BBC By Nwafor Sunday United States President Donald Trump Wednesday criticized the ongoing general elections in the country. Trump who had earlier claimed premature victory, described the ongoing elections as strange, nothing that his votes disappeared magically. “Last night I was leading, often solidly, in many key States in almost all instances …

…As Reps disagree over INEC budget By Tordue Salem – Abuja The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, on Tuesday, disclosed that it was prepared to begin the use of electronic balloting machines in 2021, starting with Anambra governorship election. The Commission also disclosed that it will begin the Continuous Voter Registration (CRV) and distribution of …

Professor Mahmood Yakubu The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), says it will begin another round of voter registration in the first quarter of 2021. INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, told newsmen in Abuja on Wednesday after appearing before the Senate Committee on INEC to defend the Commission’s 2021 budget. He said the voter registration exercise …