The consistent delay in the passage of budget by the National Assembly is slowing down growth, the Fiscal Responsibility Commission (FRC) has said. The agency’s report...
DEPUTY Senate President Ike Ekweremadu, PDP, Enugu West is leading a seven- member delegation of the Senate to South Africa following the return of Xenophobic attacks...
The number of domestic airlines in the country has dropped from 150 to eight in the last 17 years, the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority has said....
Sacked National Caretaker Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party led by Senator Ahmed Makarfi has asked the National Chairman of the party, Senator Ali Modu Sheriff...
All is set for the trial of a former Minister of Petroleum Resources Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke, and four others in London for alleged corrupt practices. The...
As part of efforts to sustain its defense of the naira, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on Thursday sold $221,371,218.04 to banks in its second...
Contrary to speculations, it has emerged at the weekend that it was President Muhammadu Buhari who directed Ag. President Yemi Osinbajo to proceed and submit Acting...
As controversy continues to trail the container seized with 661 rifles, new facts emerged from Sunday Vanguard’s visit to the Apapa port, Lagos to have first...
The prolonged years of neglect of Nigerian roads have made most of the facilities to go from bad to worse, stakeholders in the road sub-sector have...
Governor Rotimi Akeredolu has approached the Court of Appeal to upturn a judgment of an Ondo State High Court barring the state government from dissolving local...
The Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria, AMCON, which, last week, sealed Odengene Air Shuttle (OAS Helicopters) heliport, has resolved the financial issues that led to the...
Katsina State governor, Aminu Bello Masari has joined those who have contacted President Muhammadu Buhari one on one, while he is still on vacation in the...
The Federal Government is set to address challenges in the agricultural sub-sector and offer relief measures to the ailing industry, Vice President Osinbajo assured on Friday....
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) yesterday said it has renegotiated its deep offshore rig rate from a staggering $580,000 to $164,000 per day, translating to...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has announced that the governorship election for Anambra State will be held on November 18, 2017. The electoral umpire made...
The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has once again asked its member to continue praying for President Muhammadu Buhari until he returns to the country hale...
The March 8 deadline set by the Senate for the passage of 2017 budget is no longer feasible, as the chairmen of the sub-committee on the...
Only ten of the 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) have Resident Electoral Commissioners (RECs), Daily Trust reports. Analysts believe the development is a...
Telecoms companies in the country are hoping to address concerns over revenue loss from international calls and hit a revenue target of N20tn by blocking subscribers...
Borno State Governor Kashim Shettima and heads of the Nigerian Army, Air Force, Police and the Department of State Security (DSS) met at the weekend to...
Katsina State Basic Education Board (SUBEB) has directed the 34 education secretaries in the state to immediately return their two week old N138million worth of computers...
Security staff at the Abuja House in London yesterday called in policemen to arrest a correspondent of The Guardian who was on the premises to see...
One hundred and eight former state governors are currently living off their states through pensions and other entitlements they provided for themselves while in office. The...
The Federal Government is currently investigating its team of special prosecutors to fish out those who may be operating with conflict of interest. Five Senior Advocates...
There are strong indications that the leaderships of the prominent sociocultural groups, Afenifere, Ohanaeze and others in the South are forging a common political alliance to...
The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbeh has assured that the $4.5bn that will come to the agriculture sector from the Chinese government...
The presidential panel set up by President Muhammadu Buhari to probe arms procurement between 2007 and 2015 has been disbanded, Sunday PUNCH learnt exclusively on Saturday....
Forces against the Senate confirmation of Mr. Ibrahim Magu as substantive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) appear to be unwilling to back...
If the National Assembly passes President Muhammadu Buhari’s 2017budget of N7.298 trillion as proposed, the country will spend a hefty sum of N5.41 billion as cost...
There are strong indications that the Nigeria Governors’ Forum may send some governors to the United Kingdom to visit President Muhammadu Buhari, except the President returns...
The authorities of the Federal University of Technology, Owerri (FUTO) on Friday shut down the institution following violent demonstrations by students of the school over alleged...
As the Edo State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal continues sitting today, further information gathered indicated that the recounting exercise of the original ballot papers used in...
Thirty years after 8,000 drums of toxic wastes were dumped in Koko town in Warri North Local Government of Delta State by unscrupulous Italian businessmen, a...
Allan Gray Ltd., the largest manager of non-government investment funds in Africa, has increased its stake in Zenith and Access Banks. The South African investor, based...
A school allegedly belonging to Unoma Akpabio, the wife of the immediate past governor of Akwa Ibom State, Godswill Akpabio, has been seized by the Economic...
Members of Nigerian delegate to ECOWAS parliament have decried the legislative body’s non-recognition of Nigeria’s role in resolving the political impasse in the Gambia. Former Gambian...
Nigeria’s power sector is about witnessing a major leap as the United States has announced that it has committed approximately $6.5 million in funding energy projects...
In what looked like a palace coup, governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State yesterday, sent packing from his cabinet, four commissioners over undisclosed reasons. This followed...
The Presidency and the Senate are set to clash again over the confirmation of acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Magu,...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has announced Saturday February 18 as date to conclude the remaining elections in Etche and Omuma local government areas of...
The National Assembly yesterday queried the Foreign Affairs Ministry for spending N343million on the Global Communication Network (GCN), a device for linking of the country’s missions...
Acting President Yemi Osinbajo will be in Imo State on Tuesday (tomorrow) for a one-day working visit during which time he will commission some projects in...
Ogun State’s Governor Ibikunle Amosun has clarified that he indeed visited Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari in London, but said it will be out of place for...
Independent marketers of petroleum products and depot owners have revealed that the landing cost of imported petrol is now N145 per litre and above. The marketers,...
Excerpts from an interview granted Vanguard Newspapers Question: What is your view on the IPOB agitation for Biafra Republic, Fulani herdsmen attacks in the South-East and...
Various groups agitating for independent state of Biafra in Southeast Nigeria have sounded a note of warning to leaders and governors from the zone to forget...
Former Niger Delta militants have issued a one-week ultimatum to the management of the Niger Development Commission (NDDC) to release the contracts the Federal Government approved...
The police vowed yesterday that they will not be distracted by criticisms from Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State and his party, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)...
Women members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) say they will be holding a national prayer summit for the quick recovery of President Muhammadu Buhari. The...
The Emir of Kano, Alhaji Muhammad Sanusi II, has denied reports that he said mosques should be converted to schools as avenues of instruction. According to...
