The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, on Friday, received a petition against the Minister of State for Defence, Bello Matawalle. Some protesters, All Progressives Congress Young Leaders Alliance, arrived at the agency’s headquarters in Abuja to submit their petition against Matawalle. In a statement signed by the leader of the protesters and convener of the…
A heartwarming video that went viral on Friday shows Ondo State Governor, Lucky Aiyedatiwa, stepping into a classroom to teach, rekindling his roots as an educator. In the clip, posted on his official Facebook page with the caption “Once a teacher, always a teacher,” Governor Aiyedatiwa is seen writing the word “Drugs” on the chalkboard…
President Bola Tinubu says the protection of Nigerian children requires deliberate and sustained action. Tinubu spoke on Thursday during the first regional meeting of the Africa Pathfinder Countries of the Global Alliance on Ending Violence Against Children. The event held at the presidential villa in Abuja. The president was represented by Vice-President Kashim Shettima. Tinubu…
At least N20.03bn was spent on the maintenance and operations of the Presidential Air Fleet from July 2023 to December 2024. According to PUNCH, the new presidential jet purchased last year has been flown to South Africa for refurbishment and upgrades. Findings by our correspondents from GovSpend, a civic tech platform that tracks and analyses…
Pastor Funke Awolowo, late Obafemi Awolowo’s grand-daughter, has resigned her membership of the Labour Party Executive Committee in Lagos State. Until her resignation, Awolowo was the party’s Head of Mobilisation and Integration Team in Lagos. In a statement shared with Vanguard, the grandchild of the late sage said recent developments within the party made it…
Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba (Dr) Akinloye Owolabi Olakulehin has suspended two community heads, otherwise known as Mogaji, over alleged land grabbing offence. Also, the offence has attracted the removal of their traditional beads. The suspended Mogaji are: Mogaji Kukula, Kamorudeen Kolawole of Kukula family, Oke-Ofa, Baba Isale in Ibadan North East Local Government and Mogaji…
A witness in the on-going trial of the detained leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, IPoB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, yesterday, alleged that a media broadcast by the defendant was responsible for the killing of a former presidential aide, Mr Ahmed Gulak. The witness, who is an operative of the Department of State Services,…
Muhammad Ali Pate, minister of health and social welfare, and Ladidi Bako-Aiyegbusi, director of nutrition at the federal ministry of health, have been named among TIME’s 100 Most Influential People in Global Health. The list, released on Thursday, celebrates trailblazers who are shaping policy, driving innovation, and making significant strides in the global health space….
Senate President, Senator Godswill Akpabio, has told Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) and others pressuring him to step down from his position to rethink, stating that he will not yield to their demands. Akpabio has faced increasing calls to resign due to allegations of sexual harassment leveled against him by suspended Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan and another…
The Senator Nenadi Usman-led Labour Party National Caretaker Committee (LP-NCC) has announced the suspension of former National Chairman and Secretary of the party, Barr. Julius Abure and Alhaji Farouk Umar, for a period of six months. This was contained in a statement signed by Usman and the LP-NCC’s Secretary, Senator Darlington Nwokocha, in Abuja, late…