Heroe’s Award: Vanguard Honours Tanker Driver, Otarigho, Onuekwuzi, Okowa
Vanguard Newspapers on Friday night, honoured Mr Ejiro Otarigho with a Hero’s Award for driving a blazing petroleum tanker out of a point where lives and property would have been consumed by a huge fire. Otarigho, Agbarho-born driver in Delta,…
PVCs Collection: Labour Party Youths Advocate Date Extension, Holiday for Students
The Labour Party Youth wing on Friday called for one-week holiday for students to collect their Permanent Voters Cards (PVCs) ahead of the 2023 general elections. The Acting Youth Leader, Kennedy Ahanotu, made the call while addressing newsmen in Abuja….
2023 Elections: Why Reps Asked FG To Shut Down Schools During Polls
The members of the House of Representatives has requested that the Federal Government close tertiary education institutions so that students can actively participate in the coming general elections. The National Universities Commission, the National Board for Technical Education, the National…
Osun Tribunal Verdict: Adeleke Reacts As Protests, Jubilations Rock State
Governor Ademola Adeleke of Osun State has reacted to the judgment of the Osun State Election Petition Tribunal nullifying his declaration as the winner of last year’s governorship polls in the state by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). He…
BREAKING Tribunal Declares Oyetola Winner of Osun Governorship Polls
The Election Petitions Tribunal hearing the All Progressives Congress’ Adegboyega Oyetola’s petition against the victory of the Peoples Democratic Party’s Ademola Adeleke on Friday annulled the result of the July 16 Osun governorship poll. Justice Tetsea Kume, while delivering a…
Threats To Smooth Transition: Coalition of Northern Groups Tasks Buhari on Free, Fair, Credible 2023 Elections
The Coalition of Northern Groups (CNG), an amalgamation of several groups in Northern Nigeria, has expressed concerns over signs of threats to a smooth transition through a scuttled process for credible 2023 general elections, urging President Muhammadu to assume the…
New National Parks: Conservator-General Solicits State Govts’ Support For Smooth Take Over
Following the upgrade of some games reserves in some states to national parks, the Conservator-General of the National Park Service, Dr Ibrahim Goni, has called on the Governors in the benefiting states to provide the Service with all necessary support…
NUJ Lagos Council Secretariat For Inauguration on Saturday
Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) Lagos State Council Secretariat is ready for inauguration on Saturday with the former Ogun Governor, Chief Olusegun Osoba, and Rev. Mother Esther Ajayi, the founder of the Love of Christ Generation Church C&S, will perform…
Old Naira Notes Deadline: Muslim Rights Group Sends Requests To CBN
Amid the the insistence of the Central Bank of Nigeria on the January 31, 2023 deadline for the expiration of the old Naira notes, the Sokoto State Chapter of the Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has appealed to the Federal Government…
CBN, NIBSS Launch ‘AfriGo’, Nigeria’s First National Domestic Card Scheme
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) says it has collaborated with the Nigerian Inter-Bank Settlement Systems (NIBSS) to launch the National Domestic Card Scheme, ‘AfriGo’, to transform the Nigerian payment system. The Governor of the CBN, Godwin Emefiele, made this…
Okowa Mourns Abia PDP Governorship Candidate, Prof. Ikonne
Governor of Delta and Vice-Presidential Candidate of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Sen. (Dr) Ifeanyi Okowa, has commiserated with the government and people of Abia, Ikonne family and the PDP on the passing of the party’s Governorship Candidate, Prof. Uchenna Ikonne….
