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    Politics Between OBJ and PMB: The dangers, the fear – Vanguard News

    For two men whose ideas of Nigerian unity are poles apart, one vigorously into farming, and the other a herdsman with a ranch, Nigerians should watch it. Is Olusegun Obasanjo a strategic thinker or a hype-man? Is President Muhammadu Buhari a strong and effective person or an … via Vanguard...
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    Business India, Nigeria to mark 60 years of relations as trade hits $9.4bn in 2017 – Vanguard News

    Nigeria and India would mark 60 years of diplomatic relations in 2018 since the establishment of such relations in 1958. Indian High Commissioner to Nigeria, Mr Nagabhushana Reddy, said this at an event to mark the 69th Republic Day of India on Friday in Abuja. via Vanguard News –...
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    Yoruba Youths set to hold mass rally for Buhari – Vanguard News

    A pan Yoruba youth group, Yoruba Progressive People’s Congress has said it hold a mass rally in support of President Muhammadu Buhari. The youths group said it would not allow anybody soil the good relationship being enjoyed between the Yoruba and President Buhari. Youths The youths’ group...
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    Politics Obasanjo’s `Third Force’: Group to moblise youths – Vanguard News

    The Youth Lead Nigeria, a mass movement, says it will moblise youths across Nigeria to join the `Third Force’ proposed by former President Olusegun Obasanjo. Mr Pelumi Olajengbesi, the group’s National Coordinator, who briefed newsmen on Friday in Abuja, said that Obasanjo was credibly qualified...
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    Politics 2019: Kaduna PDP stakeholders urge Makarfi to contest Presidency – Vanguard News

    The Kaduna State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Friday advised Sen. Ahmed Makarfi to contest for the presidency in 2019, and promised to support him if he did. Former PDP Chairman Sen. Ahmed Makarfi The stakeholders, in a major re-grouping of the party after the 2015 elections...
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    Politics Solar energy: Bayelsa to spend N104m on training youths – Vanguard News

    The Bayelsa Government says it will spend N407 million on training youths in solar energy this year. The state Commissioner for Youths Development, Mr Collins Cocodia, disclosed this on Friday in Yenagoa during the ongoing inter-ministerial briefing on Gov. Seriake Dickson six years in office...
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    Business Investors in cryptocurrencies are gamblers — Emefiele – Vanguard News

    Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) yesterday said that it would render support to Nigerians investing in cryptocurrency, describing such investment has gambling. The Governor of the CBN, Mr. Godwin Emefiele stated this in Abuja during an interview with Bloomberg. Emefiele Emefiele’s warning is coming...
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    Politics Youth, technocrat should be Delta governor in 2019 – Vanguard News

    This is 19 years of democracy in Nigeria and Delta State. While a state like Lagos with no crude oil (well, oil has just been discovered) is thriving well, Delta, a very rich oil-producing state has refused to make any form of visible progress. Students undergoing training at the Maritime …...
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    Politics Boundary dispute: Abia, Akwa Ibom sue for peace – Vanguard News

    The governments of Abia and Akwa Ibom states have called on the people of Umuhaba in Obingwa Local Government Area of Abia State and Usaka Nto Akan in Obot Akara Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State to give peace a chance in a bid to find … via Vanguard News – http://ift.tt/2Gii56I By...
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    Metro How Herdsmen Destroyed N6.8m Cassava Farm Over 4 Missing Cows In Ogun - Vanguard News

    FOLLOWING the reported loss of four cows, herdsmen invaded a four-hectare cassava farm in Likosi-Alabata village in Papalanto, Obafemi-Owode Local Government Area of Ogun State, destroying farm produce worth N6.8 million. The herdsmen also inflicted machete cuts on one of the workers, who is...
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    Metro UNIUYO Teaching Hospital runs on 10 generators —Acting CMD – Vanguard

    Services at the University of Uyo Teaching Hospital are being powered by 10 generating sets, due to epileptic power supply from the national grid, acting Chief Medical Director, Dr. Isaac Udoh, has disclosed. UNIUYO Teaching Hospital He said that the 1000 KVA generator which via Vanguard News...
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    Politics Edo APC LG primaries: Ogbemudia’s daughter Eghe, others emerge chairmanship candidates

    The primaries of All Progressives Congress, APC, in Edo State ahead of the March 3, 2018 council elections, held yesterday in the 18 local government areas of the state with the daughter of the late former governor of Old Bendel State, Madam Eghe Ogbemudia, emerging a chairmanship … via...
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    Business Stanbic IBTC target youths to deepen entrepreneurial skill – Vanguard News

    Stanbic IBTC, a member of Standard Bank Group, has said it plans to deepen financial and entrepreneurial knowledge among Nigeria’s younger generations through a Youth Leadership Series. Chief Executive of Stanbic IBTC Holdings Plc, Mr. YinkaSanni, in a statement, stated that the organization has...
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    Politics We Will Vote For Buhari In 2019 On One Condition - Igbo Group - Vanguard News

    AN Igbo group, Igbo Progressive Forum has given President Muhammadu Buhari conditions to support his re-election in 2019. Among the conditions are that he must hand over to an Igbo man in 2023, defeat Boko Haram completely before 2023, create additional one state in the South East and prosecute...
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    Politics People see the glamour, not pains in being governor — Uduaghan – Vanguard News

    IMMEDIATE past governor of Delta State and member of the People’s Democratic Party, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan has expressed fears that the PDP might not be able to return to power in 2019. Uduaghan, a medical doctor cum politician while speaking on his experience and challenges while in via...
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    Metro Cattle disease outbreak hits Katsina, kills 13 as govt vaccinates 3,000 – Vanguard News

    An outbreak of a cattle disease identified as Contagious Bovine Pleuro Pneumonia, CBPP has struck Katsina State and killing thirteen cows. President Buhari looking at cows File Photos The outbreak were said to have been recorded over the weekend in Hayin Sheka, Sabuwar Kasa in via Vanguard...
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    Metro Bayelsa residents fume over abandoned Epie Creek – Vanguard News

    RESIDENTS of Bayelsa State are livid at the revolting condition of Epie Creek, a rivulet that runs through the range of Yenagoa, the state capital, which they believe will not only boost the aesthetics, but facilitate development of the state if the State Government properly harnesses via...
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    Metro FG collaborating with judges to frustrate our cases—IPOB – Vanguard News

    THE Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has accused the Federal Government of conniving with the judges handling its cases to frustrate the body, through deliberate delay and refusal in approving its applications for certified true copies of processes it filed. via Vanguard News –...
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    Metro 6 days after, whereabouts of abducted oil workers unknown – Vanguard News

    SIX days after unknown gunmen abducted five workers of Sahara Energy, an indigenous oil-servicing firm at a border community between Edo and Delta states, the whereabouts of the victims still remains unknown. via Vanguard News – http://ift.tt/2BkyAvx Get More Nigeria Metro News
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    Politics Gov Shettima’s Orderly collapses, dies – Vanguard News

    By Ndahi Marama, Maiduguri – A Police Orderly to Governor Kashim Shettima of Borno state, Inspector Mohammed Azare has been confirmed death after collapsing at the Government House Maiduguri few hours after returning from Abuja with the governor’s entourage Sources have said. via Vanguard...
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