Osun State Government on Thursday told staff and students of the State Polytechnic, Iree, to proceed on a two-week break, citing the resumption of the suspended Rector, Dr. Tajudeen Odetayo, as the reason for its action. Odetayo was suspended in July by the State Government on account of alleged financial recklessness and abuse of […]

  Gabon’s military rulers on Thursday appointed Raymond Ndong Sima, a prominent opponent to ousted president Ali Bongo Ondimba, as interim prime minister following the country’s coup on August 30, state TV announced. Ndong Sima, a 68-year-old economist, served as prime minister under Bongo from 2012 to 2014 before becoming a critic and eventually challenging […]

  About 17.7 million Nigerians are hungry, and the number could increase to 25 million, if nothing is done urgently to salvage the situation. Of the figure, about one million suffer from acute food insecurity, a term describing people who are hungry but do not know how the next meal will come. Nkeiru Enwelum, Nutrition […]

  Minister of Defence, Abubakar Badaru, has appealed to Nigerians to continue to pray for the current administration, particularly those at the helms of nation’s security. Badaru, who made the appeal at his office in Abuja when he received a delegation from his State, Jigawa led by the governor, Malam Umar Namadi, said with the […]

  The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) says Nigeria recorded a N2.22 trillion trade surplus between January and June of 2023. The bureau stated this in its recent foreign trade report for the second quarter (Q2) of 2023. In the first half of the year, according to the bureau, Nigeria’s exports totalled N13.5 trillion and […]

  The presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, has vowed not to back down in seeking justice as he said he would appeal the verdict of the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal delivered on Wednesday. Obi said this on Thursday at a press conference in Onitsha, Anambra state, while reacting to the five-man panel […]

  Ondo state governor, Rotimi Akeredolu, has returned to the country from his three months medical vacation. Akeredolu traveled to Germany for medical attention after falling sick.   Reliable government source told vanguard that he arrived his lbadan, Oyo state, residence yesterday ( Thursday). Vanguard gathered that members of the state Executive Council and top […]

  The National/State Assembly Election Petitions Tribunal sitting in Benin, Edo State capital, has affirmed Omoruyi Osaro of the Labour Party as the winner of the February 25, 2023, Egor/Ikpoba-Okha Federal Constituency election in Edo. The court dismissed the two separate petitions filed by candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party, Okhuarobo Osuede of the PDP […]

  The Lagos State House of Assembly, on Thursday, confirmed 15 out of the second list of 18 nominees sent by Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu for ratification and confirmation. Among those confirmed by the Assembly are the immediate-past Commissioners for Health and Information and Strategy, Professor Akin Abayomi and Mr. Gbenga Omotoso, respectively, who were rejected […]

  Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar on Thursday rejected the Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal judgement that affirmed the victory of President Bola Tinubu in the February 25, 2023, presidential election. He said the tribunal judgement failed to restore confidence. “Though the judgement of yesterday is respected, it is a judgement I refused to accept. I […]