Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), (Dr) Justice Ibrahim Tanko Muhammad, has said the judiciary is open to initiatives aimed at improving and strengthening the capacity of judicial officers in the handling of cases on emerging crime trend in the country. The CJN made the request at the weekend while playing host to a visiting delegation […]
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<i>With no backlog of infections and discharges reported, the disease centre stated that in Nigeria, a total of 230,755 has now been discharged nationwide.</sub> With no fatality reported, Nigeria on Sunday recorded 50 additional coronavirus infections across four states of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). The latest statistics as released by the […]
<i>”And the CJ went ahead to inaugurate the panel. Imagine. She, who has been the Chief Judge for over 15 years with her status and knowledge of what should be right, but today, illiterates are making her do what is wrong. It’s shameful.”</sub> The embattled deputy governor of Zamfara State, Mahadi Ali, has spoken for […]
A chieftain of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, Mr Gbenga Olawepo-Hashim, has declared that those who messed up the polity and put Nigeria in ruins cannot suddenly start parading themselves as the solutions to the country’s problems. In a statement released by his media office in Abuja at the weekend, the former presidential candidate, […]
On Friday afternoon, 18 February, an airstrike hit a small village in the Madarounfa district of southern Niger, killing at least 12 people, including four children, and injuring 16 others, according to local sources. MSF teams operating in the Madarounfa district hospital supported Ministry of Health teams, in particular by providing medical supplies, to treat […]
Last week, Margrethe Vestager, Executive Vice President of the European Commission, was in Nigeria holding talks with the government and other stakeholders on ongoing EU projects in Nigeria. In this exclusive interview with THISDAY, she stressed the importance of Nigeria to Europe while stating that Nigerian democracy is for Nigerians to determine. Excerpts: Can you […]
This week is a decisive one for the Governor Mai Mala Buni-led Caretaker Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee, CECPC, of the All Progressives Congress, APC. Practically, the committee is faced with two options: Conduct the National Convention on February 26 or be disbanded by President Muhammadu Buhari, a source told Vanguard, yesterday. As it is, the […]
Chief Frank Kokori, former general secretary of the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers, NUPENG, in this encounter, expressed dismay over the fuel situation in the country, blaming it on bad governance and corruption. He lamented the way things have been going on since the emergence of President Muhammadu Buhari, saying the president […]
February 21, 2022 *Describes FG as slave merchants of IMF *Vows to liberate its members with new decent salary, working conditions *JAMB boss, Oloyede supports ASUU on opposition to IPPIS, the proliferation of varsities *Says ‘we may soon have university of road safety’ By Adesina Wahab & Adeola Badru THE Academic Staff Union of Universities, […]
The United Kingdom Minister for Africa, Latin America & Caribbean, Vicky Ford, will visit Nigeria this week in her first visit to the country. The British Deputy High Commission in Lagos, in a statement, said the visit follows the UK-Nigeria Security and Defence Partnership Dialogue in London earlier this month, at which the UK and […]
The trade union says it may direct its staff to stop work. The Trade Union Congress (TUC) on Sunday threatened to direct its members to stop going to work if the challenge of fuel scarcity across the country persists the next few days. Mohammad Yunusa, the TUC national treasurer, disclosed this while speaking with journalists […]
The implementation of the Nigerian Oil and Gas Industry Content Development (NOGICD) Act has created over 50,000 direct jobs in the local economy over the past 11 years, the executive secretary, Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB), Engr. Simbi Kesiye Wabote has said. He stated this in Lagos during separate breakfast meetings he held […]
If Mr Emefiele wants to run for political office, common sense and good breeding dictate that he does not sully the hallowed offices of the Central Bank as part of this process. The run up to the 2023 general elections was always going to be torrid. For one, project Nigeria has not, since the heady […]
“I’m out to become President of Nigeria. No intimidation, no blackmail can stop me. I have read about a Greek Philosopher that if you want to fight a pig, you must be ready to be smeared and I’m ready to be dirty…” Bola Tinubu, a presidential aspirant and National Leader of the All Progressives Congress […]
Maiduguri — The National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA has revisited and provided food and non-food items to thousands of Internally Displaced Person IDPs who were affected by fire incident which killed one person, several others injured, with makeshift houses razed down Thursday last week at Muna Elbdawi camp in Borno state. The quick provision of […]
Abakaliki — An operative of National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, was reportedly killed by gunmen, close to a military checkpoint in Ebonyi State. The operative was killed when the gunmen attacked an NDLEA team on duty along Ezzamgbo axis of the Enugu-Abakaliki Expressway, yesterday. Another operative reportedly sustained injuries during the incident.Vanguard gathered that […]
The girls, one of them having a three-year-old boy and two pregnant, were released with the support of Action Against Trafficking in Persons and Smuggling of Migrants in Nigeria (A-TIPSOM). The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) in collaboration with the Network Against Child Trafficking, Abuse and Labour (NACTAL) have secured […]
“Fourteen people were involved in the crash and there were nine male adults, four female adults, one female child…” Yusuf Abdullahi, the Sector Commander, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Bauchi State, said four people died, while seven others sustained injuries in an auto crash that occurred in Bauchi on Sunday. Mr Abdullahi confirmed the […]