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Nigeria’s current challenges, as a nation are not insurmountable, but stepping stones to a great future, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo (SAN) has said. Prof. Osinbajo stated this today in Owerri at a special interdenominational thanksgiving service to mark the first anniversary of the administration of the Imo State Governor Hope Uzodinma. The Vice President, who delivered the felicitations of President …

…MD calls on Govt to rescue  Park and forest reserve from  illegal loggers, total lack of law By Okhide Em’ya David Okomu Oil Palm Company Managing Director, Dr. Graham Hefer has appealed to Nigerian Government and other relevant Authorities to rescue the Okomu National Park and Forest Reserves  from  illegal loggers  and others who have cultivated the habit of desecrating …

Nigeria’s size, growing population, and emerging concerns, are among the reasons the nation’s Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo has agreed make the old system of centralized policing no longer fashionable and that a decentralized policing is now needed in the country. Prof. Osinbajo (SAN), made the point on Friday while delivering the Convocation Lecture of the Sokoto State University. The Vice …

Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has extolled former Secretary to Edo State Government and Head of Service, late Dr. Simon Imhuekemhe, for contributing to the development of the civil service in the state.Speaking at a requiem mass held in honour of late Imhuekemhe, Obaseki who was represented by the State Deputy Governor, Rt. Hon. Comrade Philip Shaibu, described late …

Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has said data collection exercise has been completed in three local government areas of the state, adding that the exercise is being intensified in other council areas to fast-track development planning.   The governor disclosed this at a two-day workshop on mainstreaming green growth strategy in Edo State Economic Planning and Budget Processes. “We …

The Federal Government, Friday, apologized to Nigerians over the latest N212.61 petrol price confusion in the country. Speaking at the groundbreaking for the Rungas composite cylinder manufacturing plant in Alaro City Free Zone, Epe, the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Mr Timipreye Sylva, urged Nigerians to disregard the increase, explaining that it was a mix-up. Meanwhile, the Petroleum Products …

Edo government, on Friday, released guidelines for the rollout of the coronavirus vaccine in the state, following the arrival of the first batch of 81, 080 doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the state received its allotment of the vaccines, meant for about 40,000 persons in the state, from the Federal Government on …

Dogged already by rows with European politicians, AstraZeneca was forced anew to defend its coronavirus vaccine on Friday over concerns about a potential link to blood clots. The decision of some countries in Europe and Asia to suspend their use of the Covid-19 jab was extra bad news for the UK-based pharmaceutical company, which has taken a knock with investors …

Aare Ona Kakanfo of Yorubaland, Iba Gani Adams, has revealed how Iskilu Wakili accused by Ibarapa residents of being behind atrocities committed in the South-West by herdsmen, became powerful in the South-West. In an exclusive and educative interview with VanguardLive, Gani Adams said that Wakili and his group were among those mining solid minerals at Igangan. He noted that the …

“It is a fact that money budgeted for that purpose has been misappropriated and no one can account for it.” Nigeria’s National Security Adviser (NSA), Babagana Monguno, has revealed that funds running into billions of naira meant for the procurement of arms and ammunition under the past service chiefs were unaccounted for. The NSA made the revelation in a BBC Hausa interview on …