The Minister of State, Health, Sen. Olorunnimbe Mamora has expressed fear of a possible surge in Coronavirus infections following the resumption of schools and business activities in the country. Mamora, who expressed this fear at the 67th joint national briefing of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 on Tuesday in Abuja, urged Nigerians to adhere …

By Idowu Bankole The immediate past Governor of Imo State, Rt. Honourable Emeka Ihedioha has revealed that sports and tourism development in the south-east will drive both the human capital and economic development of the region. Speaking at a webinar, tagged the south-east tourism investment summit held Saturday 26th September 2020, Hon. Ihedioha revealed that …

Senator Godswill Akpabio By Chris Ochayi ABUJA— Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio, Tuesday night, disclosed that over 12,000 projects awarded by the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, have been abandoned across the nine states that make up the region. Senator Akpabio, who made the revelation while inaugurating the Security Committee for the field …

It was a pleasure receiving Rudolf Muller of Penresa, the organization behind Forbes Africa magazine, at State House, Abuja on Tuesday, September 29, 2020. Rudolf came with copies of the exotic edition dedicated to Nigeria at 60. In the publication, President Muhammadu Buhari has a piece with the headline, Nigeria at 60: To the Future With …

The House of Representatives has said that it is not a rubber stamp to the executive arm of government, saying the house is always attentive to the gap created by the executive. Rep Benjamin Kalu, the Spokesperson of the House of Representatives, said this while briefing newsmen at the resumption of its annual recess on …

Dayo Johnson Akure. ANOTHER political violence erupted in Ipele, Owo council area of Ondo state as political thugs injured no fewer than ten persons, destroyed vehicles and other properties in the town. In all no fewer than 20 vehicles were destroyed, several motorcycles burnt. The two major political parties, the Peoples Democratic Party a d …

By Tordue Salem The House of Representatives, Monday said it would commence enquiry into the controversial concessioning of airports today. This was made known to Vanguard through a motion listed on the Order Paper for consideration. The Motion which was sponsored by Rep. Ademorin kuye, is expected to be referred to the House Committee on …

Democratic White House hopeful Joe Biden released his tax returns for the last four years Tuesday just hours before he debates President Donald Trump, who faces criticism for paying almost no federal tax. The former vice president and his wife Jill Biden, an educator, paid $299,346 in federal income taxes for 2019, according to forms filed …

A nursery school teacher in China has been sentenced to death for poisoning dozens of children, one of them apparently fatally, in an act of revenge against a colleague. A court in the central province of Henan said Wang Yun put sodium nitrite into porridge being prepared for her colleague’s students after a falling out with the …

By Emma Amaize NATIONAL Chairman of Pan Niger Delta Forum, PANDEF, Air Commodore Idongesit Nkanga (retd.) said the Water Resources Bill was unnecessary and even when it is re-gazetted, it will still fail. His words: “The people of South-South region have rejected the bill from the beginning and we still reject it because we do not …

Femi Falana By Nwafor Sunday The Alliance on Surviving COVID-19 and Beyond (ASCAB), a coalition of over 80 organisations to ASCAB, Tuesday wrote to President Muhammadu Buhari, urging him to implement the twelve demands it listed in the letter or it will continue to support the strikes and protests by the downtrodden Nigerian people. Among its …

Professor Yemi Osinbajo In a bid to broaden and enhance the efficacy of the Federal Government’s whistleblower policy, there should be an expansion of the scope of the current framework to include issues of public safety, security, gross mismanagement of the rights of people, and waste of resources, among others, according to Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, …

Bukky George The law firm retained by Healthplus Limited has written the company, cautioning that it cannot terminate the appointment of Mrs Olubukunola George as Chief Executive Officer, CEO, of the company pursuant to Clause 15(1) of the management agreement dated March 15, 2018. The law firm, in a statement by A. Muoka & Co., said: …

By Gabriel Ewepu – Abuja Following the suspension of the proposed strike for 14 days by organised labour on Monday, over Federal Government’s electricity tariff hike and increase in the pump price of Premium Motor Spirit, PMS, Civil Society Organisations Tuesday, reacted and expressed their views about the decision. The Convener, Coalition In Defence of …

President Muhammadu Buhari By Johnbosco Agbakwuru – Abuja President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed sympathy for the victims of the Hadejia floods Which destroyed over 100,000 hectares of rice farms in Jigawa State. President Buhari decried the tragedy that also claimed lives, lamenting that “this level of destruction as a result of a natural disaster is unprecedented …

Nigeria has developed a safer, cheaper test kit to detect the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Details later… The post COVID-19: Nigerian develops safer, cheaper test kit appeared first on Vanguard News.

President Buhari in a virtual ECOWAS extraordinary session on Mali. PHOTO; SUNDAY AGHAEZE. AUGUST 28 2020 By Festus Ahon – Asaba The 326-kilometre Itakpe-Ajaokuta-Warri rail line and Railway Ancillary Facility Yard at Goodluck Jonathan Railway Complex, Owa-Oyibu, Ika North East Local Government Area, Delta State has been commissioned by President Muhammadu Buhari. In a virtual inauguration of …

By Onozure Dania A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has adjourned the hearing of a suit seeking for the reversal of the ban placed by the Lagos State Government on the operations of commercial motorcycles and tricycles, popularly known as Okada and Keke Marwa, respectively, in parts of the state, till December 15, 2020. …

738 juveniles detained in 3 borstal centers, NCS reveals Malami demands list, say we’ll embark on nationwide decongestion By Ikechukwu Nnochiri – Abuja The United Nations Children’s Fund, UNICEF, on Tuesday, urged the Federal Government to grant Presidential amnesty to 13-year-old Omar Farouq, who was sentenced to 10 years imprisonment by a Sharia Court in Kano …

By Emmanuel Elebeke The  Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, has inaugurated a 15-member Evaluation Committee for the assessment of the 2020 Telecommunications based research from Academics in the Nigerian tertiary institutions. The Committee is head by Prof. Mu’azu Bashir, a professor of Computer and Control Engineering and Head of Computer Engineering Department at Ahmadu Bello University. …