Members of the National Assembly reportedly padded the 2025 budget with no fewer than 11, 122 projects valued at N6.93 trillion, BudgIT, a prominent civic tech organisation promoting transparency and accountability in Nigeria, has revealed. The organisation, which promotes and monitors public finance, said in a statement made available to Vanguard on Tuesday that by … [Read more…]
Renowned human rights lawyer and Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Femi Falana, has called the proposed bill to make voting mandatory in Nigeria unconstitutional. The proposed legislation sponsored by the Speaker, Tajudeen Abbas, and Daniel Ago passed second reading in the House of Representatives. Ago, while speaking during last Thursday’s plenary, argued that the bill aims … [Read more…]
Governor Francis Ogbonna Nwifuru of Ebonyi has announced an upward review of allowances of Medical Doctors in the General Hospitals across the State . The Governor who increased the allowances from 150,000 naira to 500,000 naira also charged the medical doctors to strive to maintain high standards of integrity and professionalism in the discharge of … [Read more…]
Peter Obi, the Labour Party (LP) Presidential candidate in the 2023 election, has donated N20 million to the Anglican School and Hospital projects in Kubwa, an Abuja suburb. This is in fulfillment of his earlier pledge to partner with the faith-based community in its mission to improve literacy and increase access to health care delivery … [Read more…]
…Southeast Reps Caucus calls for resignation of JAMB Registrar The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has announced that it will on Wednesday release the results of 379,000 candidates who sat the rescheduled Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination between Friday and Monday. JAMB rescheduled the exam following widespread outcry over mass failure during the initial UTME. The … [Read more…]
On the heels of speculations over a possible coalition among opposition figures ahead of the 2027 general elections, the Obidient Movement has firmly denied claims that Peter Obi, the 2023 presidential candidate of the Labour Party, has been offered a vice-presidential slot with former Vice President Atiku Abubakar as the presidential candidate. In a statement … [Read more…]
Former US president Joe Biden has prostate cancer, his office has said. Mr Biden, 82, who left the White House in January, was seen by doctors last week for urinary symptoms. He was later diagnosed with prostate cancer, with the cancer cells having spread to the bone. His office said in a statement: “Last week, … [Read more…]
Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has said he won’t contest against President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in the 2027 general election. Wike recently asked his party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to zone its presidential ticket to the South. This demand sparked suspicion in the polity that he might contest against Tinubu … [Read more…]
Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun, at the weekend warned legal practitioners in the country, especially, members of the Muslim Lawyers Association of Nigeria (MULAN), on the integration of Artificial Intelligence (AI) into the nation’s legal framework. Justice Kekere-Ekun gave the warning at the MULAN’s 16th annual general conference in Ilorin, the Kwara … [Read more…]
Operatives of the Department of State Security (DSS) in a well-coordinated covert operation on Sunday arrested two high-profile suspected kidnap kingpins as they made to depart Nigeria for Saudi Arabia to observe the holy pilgrimage. Security sources disclosed that the suspected kidnap kingpins had been on the DSS radar for over a year, and that … [Read more…]
By Abdul Mahmud Two incidents drew attention to our country’s deepening security crisis this month. The first happened in Zamfara State. A pregnant woman was abducted by terrorists. She gave birth while in captivity. The leader of the terrorist group took her newborn twins. Then he threw them to his dogs. The dogs ate the … [Read more…]
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has explained why it cannot postpone the resit exams to be taken by candidates affected by the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) technical error. The results from JAMB’s 2025 UTME were released on May 9, and analysis indicated that more than 78 per cent of candidates scored … [Read more…]