THE Minister of Housing and Urban Development, Arc. Ahmed Dangiwa has said the federal government will deliver affordable housing to Nigerians by breaking systemic barriers. Speaking at a dinner organised in his honour by Housing Development Advocacy Network (HDAN) in Abuja on Saturday, Dangiwa stated that all Nigerians deserved access …
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THE Imo State Police Command has revealed that it has arrested over 150 terrorists belonging to the Independent People of Biafra’s Eastern Security Network otherwise known as unknown gunmen, between January and August 2023. Some residents of Imo and Anambra states, and some Nigerians of South-Eastern origin who recently migrated …
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A former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode, has said Nigeria should restore electricity to Niger Republic because the action is affecting the innocent citizens of the country. In a now-deleted Twitter post on Saturday titled ‘Does Killing Nigerien Babies Bring Glory to Our Name?’, Fani-Kayode said there is inflation in …
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THE organized labour in Enugu State has commended Governor Peter Mbah for the prompt payment of two months of pensions to retired civil servants. The payment included one of the two months of outstanding pension arrears following the submission of the report of the committee set up by government for …
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MAJOR-General Bernard Onyeuko (rtd), a former military spokesperson, is dead. The former Director, Defence Media Operations reportedly died on Saturday morning after complaining of a cold and was rushed to a private hospital. Reacting to the death, Garba Shehu, former spokesman of President Muhammadu Buhari, prayed that Onyeuko rest in …
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A group, Northern Consensus Movement (NCM), has appealed to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to create a new Ministry of Northern Nigeria Development similar to the Ministry for Niger Delta, to tackle the numerous challenges stifling development in the North. President of NCM, Comrade Awwal Abdullahi Aliyu said at a press …
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PRESIDENT Tinubu on Saturday advised U.S. Presidential Envoy & Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs, Ambassador Molly Phee, to ensure that U.S. policy is intentionally collaborative with independent African democracies at a time when they are under assault by anti-democratic forces within and outside of the continent. The President …
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THE Nigerian Medical Association, NMA, Cross River State branch has suspended the 40-day-old strike it embarked upon to demand the unconditional release of their colleague, Prof. Ekanem Ephraim. Recall that Vanguard had earlier reported the kidnap of Prof. Ekanem who was whisked away by unidentified gunmen to an unknown destination …
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Babajide Sanwo-Olu @jidesanwoolu I joined some of my colleagues as a panelist and participant at the Nigeria Governors’ Forum and the United Nations Development Programme’s Executive Leadership Retreat, hosted in the city of Kigali, Rwanda. Babajide Sanwo-Olu @jidesanwoolu The retreat promises to highlight some of the workable solutions that could …
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THE immediate past Governor of Benue State, Chief Samuel Ortom has expressed deep sadness over the murder of the former President of the Benue State Customary Court of Appeal, Justice Margaret Igbetar in Makurdi. The decomposing body of Justice Igbeta was Thursday, discovered in a poll of bsood at her …
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