THE recent outbreak of deaths of over 60 persons arising from the consumption of local gin (Ogogoro) is outrageous and scaring, noting that local gin has been in consumption in years without such detrimental effect. The locally produced gin was [...]
By Gabriel Enogholase BENIN—Following the leadership crisis rocking the National Assembly and the call by some governors of All Progressives Congress, APC, on the National Chairman of the party, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, to resign his position over bribery allegation, Assembly [...]
By Vincent Ujumadu Awka—THE National Executive Committee, NEC, of All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, has expressed concern over what it described as the slow and somewhat unsettled disposition of the government led by All Progressives Congress, APC, to critical national issues [...]
Super Falcons interim coach, Chris Danjuma has called up 35 players in preparation for the 2016 Olympics qualifying fixture against Equatorial Guinea. The players are to report to Abuja camp on today ahead of the team’s departure to Port Harcourt [...]
By USMAN ABUDAH Individuals are gifted in rather queer callings in life that make them great while living: some are educated to the highest levels and are known for either amassing astonishing wealth and they are talked about by the [...]
The Ebonyi Government on Thursday indefinitely suspended 15 lecturers of the state’s own College of Education, Ikwo. Prof. Mike Itumo, the Personal Assistant to the state governor on Higher Education, told newsmen in Abakaliki that the affected lecturers were alleged [...]
The president of the Senate, Senator Abubakar Bukola Saraki in this interview with Senate correspondents at the weekend spoke on intrigues around his emergence as the presiding officer of the National Assembly among other topical issues. Excerpts: By Henry Umoru [...]
By DEle sOBOWALE “As at May 15, 2015, only $ 2.79bn was left in the ECA [Excess Crude Account]” – PUNCH, June 24, 2015, p 2. ECA: THE ROGUE ACCOUNT FINALLY EXHAUSTED The Excess Crude Account, ECA, an illegal account [...]
Financial experts on Tuesday predicted that a further devaluation of the Naira would slowdown economic activities and deepen a current lull in the nation’s capital market. The experts who kicked against further devaluation of the currency called for urgent diversification of [...]
Nigerian state governors are to look into why potentially billions of dollars in oil revenue were allegedly not paid into government coffers, as part of a wider probe into the state-run oil firm. A four-man panel will seek answers from the [...]
By Funmi Ajumobi 36 years old Farida Nana Efua Bedwei was born in Lagos, Nigeria, and spent most of her childhood in Dominica, Grenada and the U.K. before the family moved to Ghana when she was nine. She suffered from [...]
See Africa’s Youngest Ph.d Holder – On Wednesday, a 24-year-old Nigerian made history in Africa as he received a Ph.D Degree in Mathematics at the convocation ceremony of the University of Lagos (UNILAG) for the 2012/2013 academic session. Olaoluwa Hallowed Oluwadara, [...]
The chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof. Atthairu Jega has handed over the reins of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC to Ambassador Ahmed Wali as the Acting Chairman of the commission. Jega bowed out today after five years [...]
By Johnson Agada THE multinational corporation is a large firm that has operations in more than one country. MNCs have been the main source of a debate which has been waged since the early 1960s. The argument is based around [...]
By Austin Ogwuda, EnuguTHE Federal high court 2, Enugu presided over by Justice D.V. Agishi of the Federal high court Enugu, yesterday disqualified itself from the continued trial of the eleven members of pro-Biafra group, Biafra Zionists Federation (BZF) facing [...]
ADDRESS BY HIS EXCELLENCY PRESIDENT MUHAMMADU BUHARI, AT THE OCCASION OF THE INAUGURATION OF THE NATIONAL ECONOMIC COUNCIL, HELD AT THE COUNCIL CHAMBER OF THE PRESIDENTIAL VILLA, ABUJA, ON MONDAY 29TH JUNE 2015. Protocol I am delighted to be here [...]
President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday ordered the re-issuance of Presidential Villa Press Pass to Deutsche Welle correspondent, Mallam Ubale Musa, who was expelled from villa by the previous administration. The Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to the President, Mr [...]
*Say their election not facilitated by oil barons By Gbenga Oke & Johnbosco Agbakwuru ABUJA—The Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Yakubu Dogara, yesterday, debunked claims by the former Interim National Chairman [...]
President Goodluck Jonathan has congratulated the newly elected pope of the Roman Catholic Church, Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio. In a statement signed by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Reuben Abati, President Jonathan welcomed Cardinal Bergoglio’s election as successor [...]
By Emmanuel Aziken, Political Editor & Ben AgandeABUJA— A panel of four governors was, yesterday, constituted to probe the affairs of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, following revelations that the corporation withheld N3.8 trillion of the N8.1 trillion generated [...]
By Clara Nwachuk PORT HARCOURT — The Petroleum Industry Bill, PIB, passed by the 7th House of Representatives at the expiration of its tenure may have been a pseudo bill, as the one approved by the Federal Executive Council under [...]
In the Monday, June 15, edition of the Vanguard, an interview granted the Vanguard by Bishop Matthew Hassan Kukah, was published in which, unlike the beloved bishop I know him to be, he astonishingly claimed that “we elected a President [...]
A MAJOR challenge that change faces is the attitude of Nigerians who believe the only government in Nigeria is the federal government. We have at least 812 governments in Nigeria – the Federal Government, 36 States, the Federal Capital Territory, [...]
By Uche OnyebadiIn the Monday, June 15, edition of the Vanguard, an interview granted the Vanguard by Bishop Matthew Hassan Kukah, was published in which, unlike the beloved bishop I know him to be, he astonishingly claimed that “we elected [...]
BY JUDE OPARA, AbujaCoach Shuiabu Amodu yesterday formerly resumed as the Technical Director for football development of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) with the promise to add his quota to the development of football in the country. Amodu Shaibu Amodu who was [...]
By Omoh Gabriel, Business Editor & Emeka Anaeto, Economy EditorLAGOS — Nine Nigerian banks made this year’s top 1000 global banks even as some of the banks dropped from their former rankings due to the challenges of significant slump in [...]
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