By Adeola Badru As Nigeria celebrated her 60th independence anniversary, the management of Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company (IBEDC), has said that the electricity company would remain committed to contributing its quota to national development through excellent service delivery, improved quality power supply, prompt response to our customers’ complaints and bridging the metering gap across our franchise and …

A nuclear power plant By Johnbosco Agbakwuru – Abuja President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday called for the total elimination of nuclear weapons, warning that trafficking in nuclear materials remained a potential threat to international peace and security. In his video message to the UN High-level meeting to commemorate and promote the International Day for the Total …

Dayo Johnson – Akure Ahead of the next Saturday governorship election in Ondo State, Military and Paramilitary Security Agencies in the state have destroyed militant camps in the riverine Ilaje and Ese-Odo council areas of the state to ensure violent free poll The destruction of the camp was carried out during an operation code name …

By Joseph Erunke – Abuja Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, has conveyed the approval of President Muhammadu Buhari, to Dr Yusuf Bara Jibrin who has been appointed as the Chief Medical Director of Abubakar Tafawa Balewa Teaching Hospital, Bauchi (ATBUTH), Bauchi State. The appointment, according to a statement, Friday, by the Director, Media and …

Dayo Johnson – Akure Ahead of the next Saturday governorship election in Ondo State, Military and Paramilitary Security Agencies in the state have destroyed militant camps in the riverine Ilaje and Ese-Odo council areas of the state to ensure violent free poll The destruction of the camp was carried out during an operation code name …

Say more need to be done By Gabriel Ewepu – Abuja As Nigeria celebrates diamond 60th independence anniversary, the All Farmers Association of Nigeria, AFAN, and the Nigeria Agribusiness Group, NABG, Friday, scored performance, productivity, and impact of the agricultural sector, which they expressed their expectations to improve agribusiness. Speaking with Vanguard on the journey …

By Chimaobi Nwaiwu The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Friday thank Biafrans, friend and lovers of Biafra for the success of its directed sit-at-home, on Thursday. In a statement by its Media and Publicity Secretary, Emma Powerful, IPOB, said that pictures of empty roads, deserted markets and motor parks in Biafra land are only testimonial …

By Johnbosco Agbakwuru President Muhammadu Buhari has joined all citizens of the United States of America (USA) in prayers for a quick and full recovery of President Donald Trump and his wife, Melania after they were reported to have tested positive for COVID-19. President Buhari in a statement issued by his Senior Special Assistant on …

By Peter Duru – Makurdi The Middle Belt Forum, MBF, has advised President Muhammad Buhari to stop shifting blames and take steps to right some of the wrong policies of his administration in order to get the country working again. National President of the Forum, Dr. Pogu Bitrus who gave the advice while speaking to …

Yakubu Gowon Longest serving Nigerian head of state holds digital interaction with Nigerian youths to mark 60th independence day. A former Head of State, General Yakubu Gowon (Rtd), has described as accidental his emergence as Nigeria’s head of state at age 31. The retired military general became the third President of Nigeria and youngest Head …

By Dirisu Yakubu, Abuja Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi on Friday said economic consideration informed the decision for the approval of the construction of railway line from Kano to Maradi in Niger Republic. Amaechi, who made the clarification in Abuja urged Nigerians to consider the huge employment opportunities the project would generate as well as the …

By Joseph Erunke, Abuja A police constable, identified as Etim Israel, has been arrested for impersonation in the last 2020 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME. The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, explained during a briefing Friday, that the law enforcement officer was nabbed for engaging another person to sit for him in the 2020 UTME. …

By Joseph Erunke, Abuja The Registrar, Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, Prof Ishaq Oloyede, Friday, said effective checks have been mounted by the federal government against incidents of identity theft in the admission process into the country’s tertiary institutions. Oloyede, who disclosed this at a briefing in Bwari, Abuja, said the government, through the Minister …

U.S. Vice President Mike Pence and his wife Karen have tested negative for COVID-19 after President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania contracted the disease, an official spokesman said on Friday. Pence’s press secretary Devin O’Malley said this via Twitter on Friday. “As has been routine for months, Pence is tested for COVID-19 every day. …

By Demola Akinyemi, Ilorin Worried about the alarming state of insecurity in Nigeria, The Salute Nigeria Initiative has taken its 3 in 1 Community to community sensitization programme to Offa community, through the palace of the Olofa of Offa The programme tagged, Campaign against insecurity, Gender-based violence and Advocacy for community policing, provided the opportunity for …

Sahara Foundation, the corporate social responsibility vehicle of energy conglomerate, Sahara Group, has launched the Sahara Impact Fund (SIF) and the Governance Unusual Programme to facilitate the generation of ideas and solutions towards increasing access to clean energy, mobilizing partnerships to promote the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and inspiring a good governance paradigm shift. Sahara …

Seventy people have died and over 6,000 others infected with rat fever in Sri Lanka so far this year, local media reported on Friday, quoting the Epidemiology Unit of the Health Ministry. According to the official statistics, 6,096 patients were infected with rat fever as at September, while the highest number of patients were reported …

By Harris Emanuel, Uyo Some aggrieved members of the Senate of the University of Uyo, Akwa Ibom state have petitioned the Governing Council over an alleged decision by the outgoing Vice-Chancellor (VC) of the University of Uyo (UNIUYO), Prof. Enefiok Essien, to manipulate the selection process. They, therefore, demanded the process be made democratic and transparent …

A 44-year-old man, Adetoro David, on Friday appeared before an Ota Magistrates’Court in Ogun for allegedly stealing a two-year-old baby. David, whose address was not revealed by the court, is facing a two-count charge of stealing and conspiracy. The Prosecutor, Police Inspector E.O. Adaraloye, told the court that the defendant and others, still at large, …

President Donald Trump and his wife, Melanie. U.S. President Donald Trump and his wife, Melania, have tested positive for the coronavirus and will quarantine, he wrote on Twitter early on Friday. “Tonight, @FLOTUS and I tested positive for COVID-19. We will begin our quarantine and recovery process immediately. We will get through this TOGETHER!” Trump wrote. …