National leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has dismissed the call for the resignation of the national chairman of the party, Comrade Adams Oshiohmole, saying party supremacy must be respected.
Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, immediate past National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, (APC) on Wednesday in Abuja, said he learnt the rudiments of politics from the late Chief Tony Anenih.
Parents of the co-joined twins separated at the University of Abuja Teaching Hospital, Ferdinand and Courage Buzugbe, on Wednesday, said they once considered abandoning their children after they were born because of the family's economic situation
ABEOKUTA- The Senator Representing Ogun East Senatorial district, Senator Buruji Kashamu-led faction has announced the former Presidential spokesman, Dr Reuben Abati as the running mate of the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in Ogun State, Leke Shittu, ahead of 2019 elections.
ABUJA- THE Senate, Wednesday expressed its disappointment over Federal government's inability to settle the outstanding subsidy payment that now stands at over N863 billion, with tendency to go beyond that if not paid.
ABUJA---NATIONAL leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu Wednesday said that his party was not jittery over the alleged meeting held by the Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar.
Continue reading 2019: APC not jittery over Atiku’s Dubai meeting—Tinubu at Vanguard News Nigeria.
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has said that its campaign for the 2019 Presidential election will be focused on issues and solutions that have direct bearing on the welfare of Nigerians.
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has declared that there is no iota of doubt that the APC Federal Government has failed Nigerians, necessitating the need for a new Federal Government in 2019.
DELTA State Governor, Senator Dr Ifeanyi Okowa, his Bayelsa State counterpart, Hon. Seriake Dickson on Wednesday canvassed for efforts to curb infant mortality and morbidity rate in the country.
PORT HARCOURT: Court of Appeal sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Wednesday, struck out motions by the two factions of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in the state.
Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) and the Senior Staff Association of the Nigerian Universities (SSANU), said on Wednesday that the state governors are not sincere with N22, 500 being proposed as the new Minimum Wage for workers.
Continue reading Minimum Wage: ASUU, SSANU say Govs not sincere at Vanguard News Nigeria.
KATSINA - Unknown gunmen were reportedly said to have on Wednesday kidnapped two supervisory councilors of Safana local government area of Katsina State.
Continue reading Gunmen kidnap Two Katsina Councilors at Vanguard News Nigeria.
…Don’t give up, Buhari tells angry party members
By Michael Eboh
Aggrieved members of the All Progressives Congress, APC, who lost in the just concluded party primaries, Wednesday, stated that their decision to remain in the party despite their ill-treatment was as a result of the personality and intervention of President Muhammadu Buhari in the issue.
This was even as President Buhari appealed to aggrieved aspirants of the party not to abandon the party, while he also implored them not to give up on Nigeria.
Continue reading Why we are still in APC — Aggrieved aspirants at Vanguard News Nigeria.
For the second consecutive year, the United States Consulate General in collaboration with RoboRave International, a U.S.-based tech academy, has concluded a week-long robotics workshop for 303 teachers and 187 students.
ABUJA- The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, yesterday issued a stern warning to all support groups and volunteers campaigning for its Presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, to abide by its rules and regulations in all their activities ahead of the 2019 general elections.
Continue reading 2019: PDP cautions erring support groups at Vanguard News Nigeria.
The Special Presidential Investigative Panel on the Recovery of Public Property has decried the non-declaration of assets by some prominent Nigerians, saying they had no justification for it.
ABUJA: The National Working Committee NWC of the ruling All Progressives Congress APC has adopted Sen. Hope Uzodinma as the governorship candidate of the party for Imo state.
Continue reading Imo: NWC drops Okorocha’s in law, adopt Hope Uzodinma at Vanguard News Nigeria.
President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday in Abuja ordered Prof. Usman Yusuf, the Executive Secretary of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), to immediately proceed on administrative leave.
ABUJA- With barely four months to the general election, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has aimed a salvo in the direction of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, accusing Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo of bandying figures about the nation's debt profile that are far from being accurate.
ABUJA: President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered the suspension of the Executive Secretary of the National Health Insurance Scheme NHIS, Yusuf Usman and directed a fresh investigation into the allegations made by the governing council of the scheme against Mr Usman.
Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho has escaped punishment after a Football Association charge of using foul language following his side’s win over Newcastle United was found to have not been proven
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ABUJA- A governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ogun State, Oladipupo Adebutu has decried an alleged plot by a faction in the party to smuggle an unauthorized list of candidates to the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, ahead of the 2019 general elections.
The World Igbo Environment Foundation (WIEF) has called for the dredging of River Niger and de-silting of water bodies to solve the perennial problem of flooding in Nigeria.
Continue reading Dredging River Niger panacea to perennial flooding — WIEF at Vanguard News Nigeria.
PRESIDENT Mohammadu Buhar, Wednesday pleaded with the political actors to exhibit decorum in their conduct and utterances in order not to fan the embers of disunity as the November 18 official date to commence campaigns for the 2019 general election draws near.
Continue reading 2019: Buhari to politicians, regulate your utterances at Vanguard News Nigeria.
Rafael Nadal pulled out of the Paris Masters on Wednesday guaranteeing Novak Djokovic's return to world number one spot.
Continue reading Nadal pulls out of Paris, Djokovic number one at Vanguard News Nigeria.
Chairman, Ikorodu Local Government area, Lagos state, Mr Wasiu Adeshina on Wednesday warned residents of Ikorodu against dumping of waste on streets.
Arsene Wenger has promised he will be back in football management at the start of 2019, but the Frenchman does not yet know at which club.
Continue reading Wenger vows to return in 2019 at Vanguard News Nigeria.
The National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, party, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu has again visited President Muhammadu Buhari at the Villa.
The US Consulate General in collaboration with RoboRave International, a U.S.-based tech academy, have, in a week-long robotics workshop, restated the US Mission’s goal of promoting Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) education in Nigeria as a driver of sustainable economic growth.
Continue reading US restates commitment to STEM education in Nigeria at Vanguard News Nigeria.
The Federal Executive Council (FEC) on Wednesday approved the National Leather and Leather Product Policy aimed at locally harnessing leather resources into finished products.
Continue reading FEC okays National Leather Product Policy at Vanguard News Nigeria.
American reality TV star, Kim Kardashian said her husband; Kanye West was discouraged from dating her when they first met, due to her sex tape scandal.
Continue reading Sex Tape: Kanye West was warned not to date me – Kim at Vanguard News Nigeria.
Immidiate past Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Comrade Timi Frank, has written an open letter to the Secretary/General of the United Nations, Antonio Guterres, demanding an urgent International Judicial Commission of Inquiry into the recent killings of protesting members of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN) over detention of their leader, Sheik Ibrahim El-ZakZaky.
ABUJA----An Abuja Chief Magistrate Court sitting at Wuse Zone 2, has summoned MTN Nigeria Communications Ltd to appear before it on December 6, for allegedly defaulting to pay rent for a piece of land where its transmission mast was erected.
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CATHOLIC Archbishop of Lagos, Most Rev. Alfred Adewale Martins has passionately appealed to the Federal Government to urgently address the lingering crisis in Southern Kaduna which have led to the loss of several lives and halt any further killing of Shiite Muslims in the country.
Continue reading Shii’te killings a time bomb, Archbishop Martins warns at Vanguard News.
State of Osun Assembly under the leadership of the Speaker, RT. Honourable Najeem Salam has passed the State of Osun Health Insurance Scheme Bill, 2018 into law.
Continue reading Osun Assembly passes Health Insurance Bill at Vanguard News.
"The list of assassinations and violent attacks following the primaries is a clear indication that the process was fundamentally flawed.
Continue reading 2019: CSOs berate political parties over ‘sham primary elections’ at Vanguard News.
ABUJA----The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, INEC, on Wednesday, failed to persuade the Federal High Court to issue a bench warrant for the arrest of former National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Dr. Haliru Bello.
ABUJA- For the second time in the last 24 hours, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has rejected what it calls the attempt to replace its list earlier submitted to the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, by another allegedly by the Adebayo Dayo-led executive in Ogun state.
Continue reading Breaking: PDP rejects INEC’s position on Ogun at Vanguard News.
The federal government has indicated that, from November 1 2018, the service charge on all payment to its ministries, departments and agencies [MDAs] would be borne by the payer.
Continue reading TSA: New Tariff Regime Effective November 1 at Vanguard News.
By Gbenga Olarinoye, Osogbo
Osun state Governorship candidate of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, Senator Ademola Adeleke has reaffirmed his faith in the Nigerian judiciary,describing the institution as a ‘citadel for justice seekers’.
Speaking while recieving a group of Osun state indigenes who paid him a solidarity visit in Abuja,Adeleke said the judiciary is a stabilising and balancing institution which stregthens democracy and enhances good governance.
Niger regulates heavy duty vehicles’ movement
According to a statement from Adeleke media aid, Rasheed Olawale in Osogbo, Adeleke was quoted to have said: “I have faith in the judiciary to do justice not just in the case at the tribunal but in all cases”, he told the visiting group.
Continue reading I have Faith in the Judiciary-Ademola Adeleke at Vanguard News.
A case seeking for the impeachment of President Muhammadu Buhari over alleged non possession of his West African Examination Council, WAEC, certificate and other qualifying credentials has been adjourned till November 26 by Justice Maureen Onyetenu-led Federal High Court sitting in Osogbo, Osun state.
The governor of Tanzania’s economic hub, Dar es Salaam, has drawn up a list of 200 people accused of homosexuality who could now be rounded up in the East African country’s latest anti-gay crackdown.
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Austria on Wednesday backed out of a UN pact on migration over concerns that it will blur the line between legal and illegal migration.
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The Nigerian army has, Wednesday, discovered the body of her missing General, Retired Major General Idris Alkali who was killed and buried in a shallow grave at a place called “No man’s land” in Lafande community of Jos, the capital of Plateau state.
Continue reading Breaking: Army discovers body of missing General Alkali at Vanguard News.
President Muhammadu Buhari, Wednesday, charged All Progressives Congress, APC, Aspirants to sacrifice for their country, not as he equally urged them to be faithful and hold fast on integrity as they vie for different offices in the forthcoming 2019 general election.
`Every Child Counts’ is the name of new Federal Government’s education policy, Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, has revealed.
ABUJA-THE organised labour on Wednesday rejected the N22,500 proposal by the Nigeria Governors Forum, NGF, as the new Minimum Wage.
Continue reading Breaking: Minimum Wage: Labour rejects N22,500 at Vanguard News.
Stylist & Editor-at-Large at British Vogue & i-D Magazine
Julia Sarr-Jamois is a London based stylist and is the Fashion Editor-at-Large at British Vogue and Senior Fashion Editor-at-Large at i-D. Furthermore, she is a contributor for Teen Vogue, Vogue Italia, Self Service, Double and M Le Monde. Julia regularly works with leading photographers such as Harley Weir, Zoe Ghertner, Angelo Pennetta, Letty Schmiterlow, Theo Wenner and Oliver Hadlee Pearch.
The Nigeria Labour Congress, Wednesday, condemned the resolution made by the Nigeria Governors forum over its willingness to pay N22, 500 as minimum wage for workers
Continue reading Breaking: Labour bombs Gov’s forum, insists on N66, 500 at Vanguard News.
The Nigerian police Force has, Wednesday, arraigned the Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) governorship candidate in the recently concluded Osun election, Ademola Adeleke, over alleged exam malpractice.
Continue reading Just in: Police arraign Adeleke over alleged exam malpractice at Vanguard News.