President Muhammadu Buhari will be physically absent at the official commissioning of the Second Niger Bridge scheduled to hold on Tuesday. According to sources in the Ministry of Works and Housing, who do not want to be mentioned in print, the N336 billion bridge, regarded as a legacy project, will be commissioned alongside six other road projects by the president …

Kaduna State Governor, Malam Nasir El-Rufai has approved the deposition of the traditional rulers of Piriga chiefdom, His Highness, Jonathan Paragua Zamuna; and that of Arak chiefdom,  His Highness (General) Aliyu Iliyah Yammah(rtd.). The state Commissioner of Local Government, Hajiya Umma Ahmad, disclosed this in a statement on Monday, saying that the two traditional rulers cease to hold their respective …

The Lagos State Domestic and Sexual Violence Agency (DSVA) said it has developed an advanced online course to safeguard and protect minors from abuse. During the ‘Online Course for Beginners’ on Monday, which was introduced in 2020 with over 13,000 participants, DSVA’s Executive Secretary, Mrs. Titilola Vivour-Adeniyi described the course as one of the ways the state was leveraging technology …

Stakeholders and leaders of Ndokwa nation have expressed willingness to donate three choice lands as potential sites for the establishment of the proposed Federal University of Medical and Health Sciences, Kwale, Delta State. This was the outcome of a meeting between leaders of Utagba-Ogbe, Kwale in Delta State and the Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege. The delegation, …

In its bid to walk its talk of reforms in the nation’s integrated marketing communications industry, the federal government has announced the inauguration of a five-man Advertising Offences Tribunal that will handle cases regarding ad infractions in the country. In a statement at the weekend, the nation’s apex regulatory body, the Advertising Regulatory Council of Nigeria (ARCON) said that the …

The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to sign into law the bill to abolish BSC/HND dichotomy before he leaves office next Monday. ASUP National President, Comrade Anderson Ezeibe, who made the call in an interview with Vanguard in Abuja on Sunday, said the dichotomy had made young Nigerians not to be interested in …

The Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola has advised Nigerians seeking to obtain passports not to seek the services of middlemen or touts but to register online by themselves. This was as he disclosed that the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) was working towards reducing the waiting time for passport data capturing to three days. According to a statement by his …

Suspected bandits have killed 9 farmers and kidnapped three others in Unguwar Danko near Dogon Dawa village in Birnin Gwari Area of Kaduna State. A source, who disclosed this on Saturday, said the incident took place on Saturday afternoon when the victims were working on their farms. A State House of Assembly member-elect representing Kakangi Constituency, Yahaya Musa, confirmed the …

Admission seekers would soon heave a sigh of relief as the newly approved Federal Polytechnic, Orogun, Delta State is expected to commence academic activities in the next two months, the Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege has assured. While hosting leaders from Delta North Senatorial District at the National Assembly Complex Abuja, Omo-Agege called on elected leaders to put …

Seplat Energy Plc has petitioned the National Judicial Council (NJC) to sanction Hon. Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Federal High Court Abuja for what the company described as “unethical, gross misconduct and abuse of judicial power” in granting ex-parte orders in several cases involving the Seplat and some of its shareholders. In a six-page petition dated 15th May 2023 and …