President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has reassured elected members of the incoming 10th National Assembly that his administration remains firm on the choices of candidates for presiding officers’ position made by the leadership of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). The President stated this on Wednesday night when he met...
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By THOMAS AKASE, Makurdi – Benue State Governor, Rev. Fr. Hyacinth Alia, has nullified recent appointments into the State Civil Service made by the immediate-past governor, Samuel Ortom. The governor in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Kula Tersoo, also demoted some permanent secretaries appointed by the immediate...
Prof. Isaac Adewole, a former Minister of Health, Nigeria, says many people are unaware that contact bleeding especially during bleeding or just after sexual intercourse can be early sign of cervical cancer. Adewole, Co-Founder, African Cancer Coalition, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos on Thursday in ...
A Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court in Gwagwalada, Abuja on Thursday urged the EFCC to educate a man, Ndubisi Success convicted for internet fraud on merits and demerits of fraud. Success was docked by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for creating an Instagram account for the...
Players at the Women’s World Cup will be guaranteed at least 30,000 dollars each after FIFA decided to disburse some of the prize money to individuals rather than national federations. All 23 members of the winning team will take home 270,000 dollars each, part of a 110 million dollars...
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), has urged the Federal Government to rebuild the nation’s refineries with a view to reducing the negative effect of the fuel subsidy removal. The Union’s National President, Prof Emmanuel Osodeke, gave the advice on Wednesday at a Maiden Public Lecture and Groundbreaking...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja- The National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has dissolved the party’s Ebonyi and Ekiti State executive committees with immediate effect. Mr Debo Ologunagba, the PDP National Publicity Secretary, Mr Debo Ologunagba said this in a statement in Abuja. Ologunagba said that...
Gov. Yahaya Bello of Kogi has inaugurated a committee for the establishment of a state-owned university in Okunland in the western senatorial district of the state. In his remarks after inaugurating the committee on Wednesday at the government house Lokoja, the governor urged the committee to submit its preliminary...
The Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) has called for the arrest of the immediate past Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, over what it described as the “fraudulent” Nigeria Air. This is contained in a statement signed by the group’s National Coordinator, Mr Emmanuel Onwubiko, and made available...
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), University of Ibadan (UI) Chapter, has urged the Inspector General of Police, Alkali Baba, to assist the Oyo State Police Command with all logistics needed to unravel and arrest the killers of Prof. Opeyemi Ajewole. This is contained in a release signed...
Senator Annie Okonkwo, a former lawmaker who represented Anambra Central senatorial district in the National Assembly, has died. He was 63. He reportedly died in the United States after a long battle with a terminal illness. A family member who spoke to Vanguard via the telephone on condition of...
By GRACE AUDU – The World Health Organization (WHO) and the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (the Global Fund), have signed a new and revised Strategic Framework for Collaboration, designed to build stronger and more resilient health systems and maximize collaboration and impact in support of...
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The police has sealed off the Nasarawa House of Assembly Complex, to avert a breakdown of law and order following the emergence of two speakers for the seventh assembly. DSP Ramhan Nansel, the state Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) said this on Wednesday in a statement in Lafia. Nansel...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board(JAMB) has rolled out modalities for the absorption of returnee students from war-torn countries into Nigerian universities. The modalities are follow-ups to the high level meeting between the Federal Ministry of Education(FME), Federal Ministry of Health, Joint Admissions and...
The Speaker, Nasarawa State House of Assembly, Alhaji Ibrahim Abdullahi, says his emergence as re-elected speaker of the House followed due process and constitutional provisions. Abdullahi stated this on Wednesday in Lafia while inspecting the level of damage done to facilities at the Assembly complex following leadership tussle that...
Jarrod Bowen struck at the death as West Ham United beat Fiorentina 2-1 on Wednesday to end a 43-year trophy drought with the Europa Conference League title. Said Benrahma had opened the scoring for West Ham with a 62nd-minute penalty kick in Prague’s Eden Arena. This was after Fiorentina...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – State Governors on Wednesday expressed strong support for President Bola Tinubu’s decision to end fuel subsidy payments in the country and other early policy initiatives of the administration. The governors, who took turns to speak when the President hosted members of the Nigerian Governors’...
Gov. Ahmad Aliyu of Sokoto State has constituted a 19-member committee to review the auction of government assets by his predecessor. Addressing newsmen in Sokoto on Wednesday, Malam Abubakar Bawa, the Press Secretary to the governor, revealed that the committee is to be Chaired by Alhaji Jelani Kalgo with...
The Nigerian Institute of Public Relations (NIPR), has urged government at all levels to consider establishing a Ministry of Public Relations. A former Chairman of the NIPR in Imo, Mr Onyema Ubaka, made the appeal at the institute’s questioning public lecture series in Owerri, on Wednesday. He spoke on...