Edo State branch of the Peoples Democratic Party has reacted, with outright condemnation, to the purported suspension of Chief Dan Orbih, Edo North Senatorial Chairman of the party and 5 others, describing it as unconstitutional and a joke taken too far. The reaction was contained in a statement signed by PDP State Publicity Secretary, Mr. Chris Osa Nehikhare and made …
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World Health Organisation (WHO) on Thursday unveiled an $8 billion dollar pathway out of the COVID-19 pandemic, to facilitate vaccines’ accessibility to everyone, everywhere. The UN Correspondent of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the global COVID-19 vaccination strategy aims to inoculate 40 per cent of people, in all countries, by the end of 2021 and 70 per …
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Ologbotsere descendants of Warri Kingdom have set up a seven-man committee of elders to revisit issues around the title of Ologbotsere, saying that the family is not at war with anybody. The spokesman of the family Mr Alex Eyengho made this known yesterday after a meeting of some members of the family at the residence of Ayiri Emami, the Vanguard …
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A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and former Edo State Commissioner in the Public Complaints Commission (PCC), Oladele Bankole-Balogun has called on the governor of Edo State, Godwin Obaseki to practically engage leaders and stakeholders of the party to chart the way forward for the party. According to the report by Vanguard News Nigeria, Bankole-Balogun was reacting to …
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The National President of the Middle Belt Forum, Dr. Bitrus Pogu has said that the Federal Government’s threat to impose a state of emergency on Anambra State ahead of the coming governorship election is unacceptable and unconstitutional. Dr. Pogu, who spoke to Vanguard on Wednesday in Makurdi, advised that if the security situation in the state was getting out of …
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The Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, has said Nigerian citizens below the age of 18 would not be allowed to own a Subscriber Identification Module (SIM) card. The commission revealed this in a recent publication on its official website. The draft copy of the modified registration of Telephone Subscribers Regulations as seen by Vanguard, revealed that only subscribers above the age of 18 …
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President Muhammadu Buhari has written to the National Assembly, informing both the Senate and the House of Representatives that he will, at noon tomorrow, Thursday, present the 2022 Appropriation Bill. The presentation of the Appropriation Bill will be made during a joint session of both chambers. President Buhari made this known in a letter dated October 5, and read during …
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A Nigerian Teacher, Dr Peter Ogudoro, has won an award by Facebook as one of the world’s amazing virtual community managers for developing a “most helpful and engaged educators’ platform called Nigerian Teachers’’. This is contained in a media release made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) by the platform, Nigerian Teachers. The platform said that the award …
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The World Health Organisation (WHO) has approved the first malaria vaccine in history. WHO experts concluded that the vaccine, Mosquirix, could save tens of thousands of lives every year, saying “the real-world test of the jab showed it prevented 30% of severe cases of malaria even in areas with high uptake of other measures, such as bed nets impregnated with insecticide.” In …
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On September 28, Governor Nasir El-Rufai had a live media chat on major radio stations in Kaduna. He spoke on diverse issues including investments in the state and the controversial response of northern governors to a demand for power shift by their southern counterparts. Read excerpts of the interview below. Question: You have had a busy September. So much has gone on …
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