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…5th NASS goofed by throwing away constitution amendment over 3rd term clause Senator Mao Ohuabunwa, 2023 presidential aspirant, former member, House of Representatives and  member of the National Executive Committee, NEC, of the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in this exclusive interview with Vanguard bared his mind on some burning national issues including the on-going debate on the review …

Nigeria has pledged to support West African neigbour, Senegal, to develop and grow its oil and gas industry. Senegal in 2014 discovered what is said to be the largest deep-water off-shore oil deposit in the world, with production expected to commence in 2023. Nigeria’s Minister of State Petroleum Resources Chief Timipre Sylva who gave the pledge on Monday in Abuja …

The Nigerian government on Monday received four million and eighty doses of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine donated by the Biden-Harris administration of the United States of America. The vaccines, which were delivered through the COVAX facility, a vaccine alliance aimed at ensuring equitable distribution of vaccines globally, had earlier arrived in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital city, around 2:15 a.m. on Sunday. …

Tougher times await human traffickers as Edo State Government plans to go after assets and properties of persons behind the trafficking of indigenes of the state, Governor Godwin Obaseki has warned, noting that proceeds from such properties would be ploughed into the rehabilitation and reintegration of returnees. Obaseki, who made this known at the weekend, said the state government was …

…Launch Leadership Training Institute for Hope to a Better Nigeria Against the backdrop of increasing security and economic challenges in Nigeria, Christian stakeholders have expressed hope for a greater Nigeria, but urged Christians and other Nigerians to go beyond prayers and explore their rights to self-defense in tackling insecurity in the country. According to Vanguard report, the stakeholders, including security …

A motorist plying Owerri/Orlu road in his ash-color Toyota Sienna vehicle, was on Saturday beheaded by unknown gunmen with the man’s legs and hands chopped off, at Okwudor junction in Njaba Local Government Area of Imo State. According to Vanguard report, the identity of the victim is yet unknown. Some community sources said hoodlums have been terrorizing them in the …

Director General of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) Prof Moji Adeyeye has decried the incessant rejection of food and agricultural commodities from Nigeria by the United States of America USA and the European Union (EU) member countries on account of poor quality. She urged all the regulatory agencies at the port saddled with the …

The resident doctors are protesting failure of the federal government to implement the Memorandum of Understanding it signed with them over a hundred days ago. President of NARD Mr Uyilawa Okhuaihesuyi Medical doctors in Nigeria under the aegis of Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors, NARD, are set to commence a nationwide strike from Monday even as President Muhammadu Buhari is …

The Police Service Commission has suspended a Deputy Commissioner of Police and Head, Intelligence Response Team of the Nigeria Police Force, Abba Kyari, over his indictment by the Federal Bureau of Investigation for bribery allegation. This came a few hours after the Inspector-General of Police, Usman Baba, recommended the “immediate suspension” of Kyari, from the Nigeria Police Force. The police commission …

Chidiebere Nwobodo explains CBN’s move to stop act of robbing Peter to pay Paul In a bid to streamline the nation’s forex market and bring sanity in the foreign exchange system, the regulatory watchdog of Nigeria’s monetary system, the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, displayed uncommon supervisory courage with the recent embargo placed on weekly supply of forex to Bureau …