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Mob yesterday set ablaze a robbery suspect around Cinema area of Okumagba Avenue, Warri South local government area. Vanguard gathered that the incident occurred in the early hours after he was allegedly caught while attempting to rob a house in the hood. Residents said robbers had been troubling them in the area, adding that it was the anger the mob …

*VP adds: “He was an exceptional statesman” Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, has described the late Alhaji Ahmed Joda as an “exceptional statesman, committed patriot, outstanding technocrat and bridge builder.” In a statement he signed personally today, Prof. Osinbajo said he will greatly miss Alhaji Joda’s “profoundly wise counsel on a wide variety of economic and social issues.” Joda was …

Edo State Polytechnic, Usen, is set to organize a Technology and Innovation Day, to exhibit novel innovative tools and equipment developed by students, lecturers, artisans, entrepreneurs and other critical technology stakeholders in Edo State. Rector of the polytechnic, Prof. Abiodun Falodun, in a chat with journalists, said the event will hold from September 21 to 23, 2021, noting that it …

Edo State Government has warned property developers against the practice of converting residential premises to commercial use without applying and obtaining the necessary Change of Use Permit from the Ministry of Physical and Urban Development. In a statement at the weekend, Secretary to the Edo State Government, Osarodion Ogie Esq., said the government will sanction property developers, who violate the …

Nigerian Christian pilgrims in Jordan have prayed for peace in Nigeria, following the prevailing security and economic challenges confronting the nation. A group of pilgrims led by a tour guide, Mueen Akvoush and the Executive Chairman, Kogi Christian Pilgrims Commission, Mr. Samuel Oluwafemi, visited Gedara, where Jesus Christ cast demons out of a madman possessed of an unclean spirit. The …

A legal expert, Abdullahi Umar iliyasu Esq, has said that if Nigerians abide by the provision of the constitution and the relevant laws relating to revenue sharing, Federal character principles enshrined in the constitution and address the issue of winner takes all in administering the affairs of the Federation and its states constituents equitably, the high temperature blown up by …

..Begs consultants not to join the strike Following the breakdown of conciliation in the industrial dispute between the Federal Government and resident doctors, the Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige has handed over the dispute between the two to the National Industrial Court of Nigeria for adjudication. The striking Doctors under the aegis of National Association of Resident …

President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday returned to Nigeria from London, the United Kingdom after joining world leaders in making a firm commitment to increase funding of the education sector at the recent Global Education Summit in London, United Kingdom. President Buhari left Nigeria for the United Kingdom on July 26 to participate in the Global Education Summit on Financing Global …

• No generalised lockdown for now, govt insists• Nigeria records highest daily tally since February• Lagos reactivates COVID-19 oxygen treatment, sample collection centres• Doctors strike: FG insists on no-work, no-pay policy• Dependence on imported vaccines is playing with nation’s health, says GMLD• Urges government to resuscitate vaccine centre in Yaba Amid rising cases of COVID-19 infections across the country, the …

The Nigerian government has appealed to the striking resident doctors to return to work while talks continue on the areas of disagreement. The health minister, Osagie Ehanire, made the appeal during the 18th ministerial briefing, which was held at the Presidential Villa in Abuja, on Thursday. The minister, who said Nigeria could be the only country in the world where doctors …