Enugu: Sullivan endorses Peter Mbah, PDP Guber Flagbearer …Urges sceptics to withdraw sentiments ahead of the unveiling of his Manifesto A good governance enthusiast, scholar and the Director General of Pinnacle Solidarity Movement (PSM), Sullivan Edeani, has expressed the rationale for his endorsement of the candidacy of Barr. Peter Ndubuisi Mbah for the 2023 Enugu … [Read more…]
Members of the National Union of Local Government Employees, NULGE, and the Nigeria Union of Teachers, NUT, have reminded the local government council authorities that they were still on strike, which they embarked upon on July 28. The strike was embarked upon after two years of failure to include local government workers and primary school … [Read more…]
The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, RCCG, Pastor Enoch Adejare Adeboye has announced some major changes in the church including the retirement of the church’s National Overseer, Pastor Joseph Obayemi. Addressing ministers of the church during the just concluded annual ministers conference themed: “Perfect Jubilee’ held at kilometer 42, Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, … [Read more…]
Nigeria displaces Vietnam on World Bank’s list of chronic debtors Nigeria has moved up on the World Bank’s top 10 International Development Association (IDA) borrowers’ list. In its newly released audited account, for the Fiscal Year 2022, known as the IDA financial statement, the World Bank showed that Nigeria is fourth on the list with $13 billion … [Read more…]
Lagos 2023: Twists, Turns, Confusion as 3 aspirants lay claims to LP Guber ticket The governorship primary scheduled by the Lagos State chapter of Labour Party (LP) to pick a substitution for its candidate failed to hold on Monday as one of the aspirants, Hon. Moshood Salvador complained of irregularity in the delegate list and … [Read more…]
GOVERNOR Samuel Ortom of Rivers State has written President Muhammadu Buhari for firearm licensing for the newly established Benue State Community Volunteer Guards inaugurated last week to provide surveillance and intelligence gathering in the wake of persistent herdsmen attacks. Ortom who disclosed this on Monday while playing host to a delegation from the Northern Christian … [Read more…]
Another case of the dreaded Monkey-pox disease has been recorded in Abia State, thus, bringing to four, the total number of cases so far recorded in the state according to Ministry source. Commissioner for Health, Dr Joe Osuji, who confirmed this in an interview with Vanguard on Tuesday, said the patient had been treated and … [Read more…]
An international, non-partisan, non-profitable, advocacy and campaigning organisation that fights extreme poverty and preventable disease particularly in Africa through public awareness, among others, ONE Campaign, has recognised Enugu as the second highest performing state in Primary Healthcare Service Delivery in Nigeria for 2019-2021. Presenting the award of recognition to the Executive Secretary, Enugu State Primary … [Read more…]
The Indigenous People of Biafra has said that it has not replaced the currently detained Nnamdi Kanu as its leader. The Biafra group asked its followers to ignore the reports making the rounds that IPOB has replaced Kanu, describing it as “fabricated media propaganda”. These were made known in a statement by the group’s Media … [Read more…]
The Chief of Defence Staff, General Lucky Irabor, has said those behind the Owo attacks have been arrested. Some gunmen had stormed St. Francis Catholic Church, Owo, Ondo State, killing no fewer than 40 worshippers. The Federal Government, however, said the Islamic States of West Africa Province terrorists were behind the attack. During a meeting … [Read more…]
The activities of terrorists in Niger State took a different dimension on Sunday, when they set two tankers loaded with diesel ablaze in Saminaka, Lapai Local Government Area of the state. The gunmen, who invaded the community at about 8pm, last Sunday, also abducted three women in the process. The three women, including an owner … [Read more…]
A Federal High Court in Abuja has fixed September 7 to hear a suit seeking the disqualification of Bola Tinubu, presidential candidate of All Progressives Congress, APC, from contesting in the 2023 elections. The plaintiffs, four APC chieftains, are asking the court to rule that Tinubu is ineligible to run for president in the 2023 … [Read more…]