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For the third day consecutively this week, Nigeria recorded no fatality from the coronavirus pandemic on Monday. The country, however, recorded 141 new infections across nine states of the federation. The NCDC disclosed this in an update on its official website on Tuesday morning, noting that the fatality figure still stands at 2,723. The centre also noted that 194,167 people have been …

The opposition against the zoning of the 2023 Presidency continued on Monday with a coalition of over 60 Northern groups, describing it as undemocratic. The CNG warned that any political party which takes any step to block the window for the possible emergence of a northern presidential candidate will be rejected. The organization also threatened to revoke the property of …

• Power Shift Debate Can’t Affect Governors Forum – NGF The disparate positions adopted by the 17 Southern Governors’ Forum and their 19 Northern States counterparts have introduced a dangerous dimension to the polarisation of the country along the two broad geopolitical regions. Cross section of Southern States governors during recent meeting Some stakeholders, including Kano State governor, Dr. Abdullahi …

The National Association of Resident Doctors,NARD,has explained that a critical appraisal of the performances of both federal and state governments on all issues that led to its latest industrial action convinced it to suspend the over two months old action. Recall that the association had earlier resolved to  suspend the action after hours of deliberations at its National Executive Council,NEC, meeting …

…Urges residents’ support to flush out corrupt officials Public Works Volunteers (PUWOV) in Edo State has apprehended one Fidelis Ugbenna, an officer of the scheme for allegedly extorting money from a motorist. The State Coordinator, PUWOV, Mukhtar Yusuf-Osagie, who disclosed this to journalists in Benin City, said the personnel has been handed over to the police for further investigation and …

Nigerian Army, the Police, Nigerian Immigration Service and Importers Association of Nigeria (IMAN) have thrown their weight behind a bill in the House of Representatives seeking to give legal backing to the ECOWAS Convention on Small Arms and Light Weapons. The stakeholders states their various positions at a public hearing on; ‘ECOWAS Convention on Small Arms and Light Weapons, their …

Determined to restore security in Anambra State, the 302 Artillery Regiment General Support, has lunched ‘Exercise Golden Dawn’, to provide security in the state. Exercise Golden Dawn, according the Commander 302 Artillery Regiment (General Support) Col. Abdulkarim .B. Usman, in the welcome address he presented at the flag off ceremony at Igbariam, Anambra East Local Government Area, is apart from …

WhatsApp, Instagram and Facebook are currently down for many users. The three apps – which are all owned by Facebook, and run on shared infrastructure – all completely stopped working shortly before 5pm. Other products that are part of the same family of apps, such as Facebook Workplace, also stopped working. When Vanguard visited the Facebook website, there was an …

Peter Obi, the ex-governor of Anambra State in Southeastern Nigeria, is widely regarded in Nigeria as an advocate of good governance, openness, and transparency. In addition to speeches on his governance records and statistics-laden prescriptions for Nigeria’s development, he likes to talk about how hugely successful he became in business before diving into politics. In speeches and in printed literature, Mr …

Edo State House of Assembly (EDHA) on Monday confirmed all 11 commissioner-nominees whose names were forwarded to the lawmakers by the state governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki. The House also confirmed Justice Joe Acha as the Chief Judge of the state, sequel to a request letter by Governor Obaseki. The commissioner-nominees were screened and cleared by the House Committee on Rules, …