Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Adams Oshiomhole, has said the only way the President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki, can avoid being impeached is to resign. Oshiomhole said this while addressing journalists at the APC national secretariat, in Abuja, on Friday. He vowed that the senate president would be removed from office in accordance […]
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The anti-corruption war being waged by the President Muhammadu Buhari administration took a new toll on Tuesday after the removal from office of the former Director General of the Department of State Services, Lawal Daura. Already, the Acting President, Prof Yemi Osinbajo, has settled the rift between the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, and […]
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The Emir of Daura, Katsina State, Alhaji Umar Faruk, has described the Acting President, Prof.Yemi Osinbajo, as a typical example of loyalty and trustworthiness in politics. A statement by Laolu Akande, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Office of the Vice-President said Faruk made the remark when Osinbajo paid him a […]
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A team of Nigerian female teenagers on Thursday emerged winner of the 2018 Technovation World Pitch in California, United States. The team, Save-A-Soul, developed a mobile application called ‘FD Detector’ to tackle the problem of fake pharmaceutical products in the country. They were selected from 2,000 mobile app developers to represent Africa at the world […]
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The Yobe Rural Electrification Board, has completed the electrification of four local government areas in the state namely electr. The General Manager of the board , Engr. Mustapha Goniri ( FNSE ) disclosed this to Vanguard in his office in Damaturu on Wednesday. He explained that in fulfillment of Governor Ibrahim Gaidam’s campaign promises to […]
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Acting President Yemi Osibanjo is to visit Zamfara on Tuesday to inaugurate some projects, Alhaji Lawal Liman, the Chairman, state government’s 7th anniversary committee, has said. Liman made this known on Friday while inspecting some of the projects to be inaugurated in Talata-Mafara and Bakura local government areas as part of activities to celebrate the […]
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Chairman of Nigeria Governors Forum, NGF, and governor of Zamfara State, Abdulaziz Yari, has said freezing accounts of Benue State government by Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, was an attempt to shut down the state. Governor Yari also described the action of EFCC as unconstitutional and wrong, especially as the state was still battling […]
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The Nigerian Government has assured of its determination and commitment to step up action in achieving alliance 8.7 of the Sustainable Development Goals, SDG, that seeks immediate and effective measures to eradicate forced labour, modern slavery, human trafficking and secure prohibition and elimination of the worst forms of child labour by the year 2025. The […]
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National Hajj Commission of Nigeria, NAHCON, has confirmed the death of a female Nigerian pilgrim in Makkah, Saudi Arabia. Head of the Medical Team of NAHCON, Ibrahim Kana, confirmed the development while speaking with journalists in Makkah, yesterday. He said: “On the Makkah mortality, she was our patient; a known diabetic and we referred her […]
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A presidential aspirant on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Alhaji Tanimu Turaki, SAN, Tuesday, expressed worry that 28 out of 36 states in the country are engulfed in crises. He said this at a meeting he held with the PDP delegates in Ibadan. Warning Nigerians not to be deceived into voting for […]
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A member of the Senate, Sen. Isa Misau, says siege at the National Assembly on Tuesday by Department of State Service (DSS) operatives was a “bad example to other African democracies’’. Misau, who represents Bauchi Central Senatorial District, said that barricading the gate of the assembly complex and denying some legislators access into their offices […]
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Senator Ben Murray Bruce lawmaker representing Bayelsa East in an interview on Channels Television Breakfast Programme, Sunrise Daily, alleged that the All Progressives Congress (APC) lawmakers are planning to appoint Senator Godswill Akpabio as the Senate President. He said has reached out to the US embassy, the British embassy and will reach out to other […]
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