Nigerian singer and rapper, D’banj has dedicated the Lifetime Achievement Award he received at the 2022 Headies Awards to Don Jazzy, the founder and CEO of Mavin Records. D’banj earned the award in recognition of his vast contribution to the evolution of Afrobeats, which has seen him dominate the stage, thrilling fans with his talent […]
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The opposition party says Mr Tinubu is a paper candidate who is intimidated by the achievements of its presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar. Nigeria’s main opposition party, PDP, has said the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) is dead. The party described the APC’s presidential candidate as a paper candidate who is intimidated by the achievements of […]
Against the backdrop of insecurity bedevilling the country, hardship, corruption and bad governance, a Christian cleric, Rev Fr Stephen Onyema, has warned that the unity of Nigeria as a nation is at stake. The cleric stated this in a paper titled, “Entrenching Good Governance In 2023: A Panacea to Insecurity and Injustice in Nigeria” at […]
Wizkid, who won his first Headies Award in 2011 with ‘Holla at your Boy’, shone like a star at the 2022 edition in Atlanta, U.S. Nigerian music star Ayodeji Balogun popularly known as Wizkid, has become the highest recipient in the history of the Headies award. The singer won five awards at the 15th Headies […]
Mr Obi, in a video posted on social media, last week said he would be a guest speaker at several events being organised by Nigerians in five U.S. from 31 August to 3 September. A leader of National Consultative Front (NCF), Pat Utomi, has distanced himself and the presidential candidate of Labour Party (LP), Peter […]
… Asks Sanwo-Olu to pay for shipment of Bentley to Lagos Nigerian musician, BNXN aka Buju, has emerged the winner of ‘Next Rated Artiste’ at the 15th Headies Award. BNXN would be going home with a 2022 Bentley Bentayga SUV. He has appealed to the Lagos state governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu to pay for the shipment […]
The Nigerian public health agency said that cumulatively, a total of 1,179 suspected cases of yellow fever were reported from 416 local government areas between January 1 and July 31. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has recorded 14 deaths in 10 states from suspected cases of yellow fever from January to […]
Following his opposition and relentless attacks on the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, presidential candidate, former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, northern leaders, including senators across party lines, are upset with Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State, Vanguard learned yesterday. It was learned that the leaders, who initially thought Wike’s tantrums were just political jibes, are now seeing […]
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Nigeria: Missing Ondo Director Found Dead
The body of the missing Director in the Ondo State Teaching Service Commission (TESCOM), Gbenga Olofingboyegun, has been recovered by police detectives. Olofingboyegun was declared missing last Thursday by his family members after he left his office in Akure, the state capital. His mutilated body was discovered and identified, yesterday, in Akure, the state capital, […]
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has announced 14 deaths in 10 states from suspected cases of yellow fever between January to July 2022. The NCDC stated this via its official website on Sunday. It said the affected states included Abia (one), Bayelsa (one), Benue (one), Imo (one), Kaduna (one), Katsina (two), […]
Two persons were, yesterday, confirmed dead, while four construction workers are still trapped under the debris of an uncompleted seven-storey building at Oba Abiodun Oniru Street, Oniru Estate, Lekki, Lagos. The building, undergoing construction, collapsed yesterday morning. Vanguard learned that the yet-to-be-rescued workers are trapped on the 3rd floor where the two bodies were recovered. […]
Nigeria’s evil barriers to her development, corruption and woeful leadership would cease to torment her citizens if Peter Obi emerges as the President of the country next year. This was the declaration of Senator Annie Okonkwo who chaired a reception for Obi in Los Angeles, California USA, to round off his recent cross continental dialogue […]
The IGP says the assurance followed a robust security threat analysis carried out by the police using global best standards to ascertain the trend of expectations for the electioneering processes. The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Usman Baba, says there is no immediate threat to the conduct of the 2023 general elections. The IGP gave the […]
The party accused him of hobnobbing with the opposition. The All Progressives Congress in Ogun State has suspended a serving lawmaker and former deputy speaker of the State House of Assembly, Dare Kadiri, indefinitely for alleged anti-party activities. Mr Kadiri’s suspension was made public through a report jointly signed by the Ward 11 General Secretary […]
Kogi senator, Smart Adeyemi, says the bill, if passed, will forestall the contentious issues on nomination of candidates of same by political parties after 2023 presidential election. An All Progressives Congress (APC) senator, Smart Adeyemi, has proposed a bill seeking to end nomination of candidates of same religion for president and vice presidential positions in […]
We call on the Buhari administration to create as much of a legacy as is still possible, in the next couple of decisive months in which it remains in office, by taking a firmer control of the security situation in the oil producing regions of the country. A super oil tanker on a mission to […]
“During preflight inspection this morning, a stowaway was found in one of our aircraft parked at MMA2 Ikeja.” The management of United Nigeria Airways says a middle-aged man was apprehended and taken for interrogation after he was found on a parked aircraft in the early hours of Sunday. Achillus Chud-Uchegbu, the airline’s spokesman, said this […]
Although Awulema has a health centre that should cater to the needs of residents, a lack of personnel and facilities has denied many residents of needed health care. The time was 11 p.m. sometime in 2021. Heavily pregnant Rachael Adinu was alone in her home in Awulema, Benue State, and in dire need of medical […]