The death toll from an explosion-triggered fire at a mosque outside the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka has risen to 11, police and physicians said on Saturday. The explosion occurred on Friday night when Muslim worshippers were about to end their evening prayers at Baitus Salat Jame Masjid in Narayanganj district, nearly 25 kilometres south of Dhaka, Police officer Zayedul Alam …

Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State (middle); former governor of the old Anambra State, Chief Jim Nwobodo (2nd right); his wife, Pat (right); and Nsukka Local Government Chairman, Barr. Ibeziako Ugwueze (left) during the burial ceremony of late Fidelis Okoro at Nru Nsukka, Enugu State By Ikechukwu Odu and Chinenye Ozor The congregation who gathered at Agu Nru Nsukka, …

File: Lawyers The second term bid of the Executive Chairman of Udu Local Government Council Hon. Chief Jite Brown (JP) got another boost yesterday as members of the Nigeria Bar Association (NBA) Udu branch endorsed him to run for a second term. Speaking on behalf of the Udu NBA, the Chairman of the group Mr. Patrick Mekako Esq during  …

By Charly Agwam The Nigeria Police, Bauchi State Command has confirmed the arrest of an alleged serial rapist, Yusuf Bako who reportedly raped a four years old girl in a mosque According to a press statement released on Saturday by the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) of the Command, Ahmed Wakil, Bauchi police team rescued Bako from an …

Just over half of young adult Americans live with their parents, an unprecedented proportion that is doubtless linked to the coronavirus but also reflects a deeper trend, researchers said Friday. Between February and May, the share of 18-29 year-olds living with at least one parent rose from 47 per cent to 52 per cent and stayed at that …

…Judge says Nig established fraud case against P&ID …As presidency welcomes judgement By Ikechukwu Nnochiri and Johnbosco Agbakwuru The Commercial Court of England, on Friday, granted the Federal Government of Nigeria leave to challenge the $9.6billion arbitrary award to Process and Industrial Developments Limited, P&ID, over a botched gas supply and processing agreement. The Attorney-General of the Federation and …

The President of Ghana, Prof. Nana Akufo-Addo, has expressed the government’s readiness to reconsider the one million dollars capital base for foreign traders, as enshrined in the Ghana Investment Promotion Centre (GIPC), Act 2013. Akufo-Addo gave the assurance in a meeting with the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rep. Femi Gbajabimila, on Friday in Jubilee House in …

Gov. Samuel Ortom on Friday in Zaki-Biam,  commissioned the 47.7 km Zaki-Biam-Afia/Gbeji  road estimated at  N3.8b in Ukum Local Government Area of the state. News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Ortom was on an  inspection tour  of projects undertaken by his administration, cited within the Sankera axis of  Benue North East Senatorial District of the state. He had …

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Lagos zonal office, has arrested 13 suspected internet fraudsters, around the Alagbado axis of Lagos State. The suspects are Olowosoke Temidire; Oladoyin Tolulope; Adeyemi Toyese Jubril; Agbeluyi Olusola; Olayinka Azeez; Abdullahi Olalekan; Gbenga Ade; Nwokeso Innocent; Obodoukwu Godstime; Mba Emmanuel; Oluwadare Ibisiola, Damilola Ogunsemire and Christopher Ubong The suspects were arrested …

By Soni Daniel, Abuja Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC), Mr. Umar Abba Mohammed, on Friday renewed the call for the establishment of special courts to try corruption cases. Mohammed made the call in Abuja while receiving members of the Monitoring Committee of the Administration of Criminal Justice Act( ACJA), who paid him a working …

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 By Joseph Erunke ABUJA-THE federal government, Friday,took delivery of Russian-made COVID-19 vaccine from  ambassador of the Russian Federation to Nigeria, Alexey  Shebarshin today. This came after the Minister of …

The Nigerian Police The Police Command in Anambra says it has commenced investigation to unravel the circumstances surrounding the alleged murder of a native doctor by a pastor. A statement issued on Friday in Awka by SP Haruna Mohammed, the Command’s spokesman, identified the victim as 60-year-old Oliver Ugwu of Umusiome village, Nkpor near Onitsha. He said the suspect, Uchenna …

Mrs Abike Dabiri-Erewa, the Chairman/CEO of the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM) said on Friday that the commission was not created for the deportation of Nigerians. The chief executive officer of the commission said this in a statement by Abdur-Rahman Balogun, NIDCOM’s Head of Media and Public Relations unit. Dabiri-Erewa said the malicious reports about the commission were …

Gov. Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta on Friday, swore in three new Customary Court of Appeal Judges for the state. The governor, who performed the function in Asaba, said that the bill for autonomy of the judiciary in the state had been signed into law. He charged the new customary court of appeal judges to ensure speedy dispensation of …

By Dirisu Yakubu Hon. Amos Gwamna Magaji is a member of the House of  Representatives, representing Zangon Kataf/ Jaba Federal Constituency of Kaduna state, on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. A medical doctor by training, Magaji is the Vice chairman, House Committee on Health and a vocal member of the 9th Assembly. In this interview with  Saturday …

President of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Dr Akinwumi Adesina,  Ambassador Tijjani Mohammad-Bande, President, 74th General Assembly of the United Nations, and Chairman of Blue Diamond Logistics, Mr. Festus Mbisiogu,  have been nominated for 2020 Kaleidoscope Global Awards. Adesina earned the Kaleidoscope African Outstanding Man of the Year Award while Amb Mohammed-Bande will get the Kaleidoscope Infrastructural Man of …

By Joseph Erunke ABUJA-THE federal government, Friday,took delivery of Russian-made COVID-19 vaccine from  ambassador of the Russian Federation to Nigeria, Alexey  Shebarshin today. This came after the Minister of Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire supported by the Honourable Minister of State for Health, Dr. Olorunnimbe Mamora and other top management of the Health Ministry and other Nigerian scientists, researchers and advisors …

Garba Shehu The Presidency has welcomed the judgment by the UK Court granting Nigeria’s application for an extension of time and relief from sanctions in a $10 billion arbitration case with Process and Industrious Development Limited (P&ID) in Nigeria. Malam Garba Shehu, the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, made this position known in a …

The Nigerian Police The Police Command in Anambra says it has commenced investigation to unravel the circumstances surrounding the alleged murder of a native doctor by a pastor. A statement issued on Friday in Awka by SP Haruna Mohammed, the Command’s spokesman, identified the victim as 60-year-old Oliver Ugwu of Umusiome village, Nkpor near Onitsha. He said the suspect, Uchenna …

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has advised the newly-appointed Chief Executive Officers (CEOs) of nine of the agencies under his ministry to “imbibe the culture of doing much with less”. The minister gave the advice at an inaugural meeting he held with the CEOs on Friday in Abuja. “Lady and gentlemen, you are joining a …