A suspect arrested by operatives of the Lagos State Rapid Response Squad (RRS), has revealed how he makes at least N18,000 daily from selling stolen phones. The suspect, Lawal Daodu, 31, was arrested in Computer Village, Ikeja, on Friday at…
Atiku backs community policing, advises FG to talk less, take more action (Vanguard)
The Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the last general elections, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, Monday advised President Muhammadu Buhari-led federal government and Nigerians to be less loquacious on prime matters, noting that community policing would be the…
COZA: Pastor Adeboye warns young pastors against sinning under ‘grace’ (Vanguard)
Following the uproar over the activities of some young pastors, the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), 77-year old Pastor Enoch Adejare Adeboye, yesterday, sent a strong warning to young and upcoming ministers of God to…
FG appoints Mele Kyari, new chief executive of NNPC (Vanguard)
President Muhammadu Buhari, Thursday, appointed Mr. Mele Kyari, the new Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), with effect from July 8, 2019. In a statement in Abuja, Group General Manager, Group Public Affairs Division of the…
See your office as sacred, Tinubu tasks Lawan, Gbajabiamila (Vanguard)
A National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, yesterday, urged the Senate President, Ahmed Lawan and Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr. Femi Gbajabiamila and their deputies to see the offices entrusted in them as…
Senate Presidency, Speakership: APC lawmakers move against party (Vanguard)
Saturday Vanguard has reliably gathered that some All Progressives Congress (APC) Senators, and members of the House Representatives have concluded plans to work against the party’s candidates for the positions of the Senate President and Speaker of the House of…
Drug trafficking saga: Zainab, Ibrahim get N3m each from Ganduje (Vanguard)
Zainab Aliyu and Ibrahim Abubakar recently released from Saudi Prison for mistaken case of drug trafficking were given N 3 million each by the Governor of Kano State, Abdullahi Ganduje on Wednesday. Zainab and Ibrahim were led to the governor…
Yam association urges FG to sign trade agreement with EU (Vanguard)
The National Association of Yam Farmers, Processors, and Marketers on Thursday urged the Federal Government to sign trade agreements with European Union (EU) to secure duty-free yam export to Europe. The association in conjunction with the Technical Committee on Nigeria…
Fayemi laments gender discrimination in elections (Vanguard)
Wife of Ekiti State Governor, Erelu Bisi Fayemi has lamented that Nigerian women still struggle for full recognition of their rights and personhood in spite of the 1999 Constitution which prohibits discrimination on the ground of gender and the rights…
Shame! IAAF delists Asaba 2018 performances (Vanguard)
All the race times and field distances performed by athletes at the 2018 African Athletics Championships have been quashed by the world’s athletics ruling body, the IAAF. Apart from the walk race, shot put and pole vault, the Confederation of…