By Shina Abubakar, Osogbo Osun State Governor Ademola Adeleke has been described as a transparent administrator with nothing to hide from public scrutiny. This statement comes as the state government announced the recovery of N53 million in retirement benefits that would have been paid in excess due to proper financial scrutiny. At the presentation of…
BY: Ajibade Omale The Students Union Government of Lagos State University has said academic activities will continue on Monday despite the industrial action declared by the Joint Action Committee of the institution. According to the union, only members of the Non Academic Staff Unions of the university are going on strike. In a letter signed…
By Jimitota Onoyume, Emmanuel Elebeke & Elizabeth Adegbesan The National Identity Management Commission, NIMC, and banks are trading blame over the frustrating experiences of Nigerians with the National Identity Number, NIN, modification process. Bank customers who spoke to Vanguard about the difficulties they experienced in consummating banking transactions said that the modifications made to names,…
A UK upper tribunal has overturned an earlier decision that halted the deportation of Olutobi Ogunbawo, a 43-year-old Nigerian, after his wife, Maria Adesanya claimed that in vitro fertilisation (IVF) treatment was unavailable in Nigeria. Ogunbawo, who was convicted in 2019 for immigration-related offenses, had initially avoided deportation when his wife, Maria Adesanya, argued successfully…
There are indications that the newly introduced foreign exchange market system by the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, is the driving force behind the recent massive appreciation of Nigeria’s local currency, the Naira, against the world’s major currencies. Bankers who spoke to Vanguard attributed the appreciation of the Naira to the Electronic Foreign Exchange Matching…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) have extended their congratulations to John Dramani Mahama on his victory in Ghana’s December 7 presidential election. This was contained in a statement issued by the President’s Special Adviser on Information and Strategy/Coordinator, media team, Bayo Onanuga. The statement partly read: “In…
Chelsea emphatically came back from two goals down to beat Tottenham Hotspur 4-3 in an action-packed derby, as the Blues earned their third consecutive H2H win in the Premier League (PL). There will never be much sympathy on derby day and Marc Cucurella’s slip was ruthlessly punished, as Brennan Johnson raced forward to provide a…
As the Computer-Based Aptitude Test for the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation Limited (NNPCL) recruitment began yesterday at various centres across the country, the Group Chief Executive Officer (GCEO), Mr Mele Kyari, visited the Ansar-Ud-Deen Society Centenary Resource Centre in Maitama, Abuja centre to ensure the process was smooth, transparent, fair, and credible. As an equal…
Real Madrid are expected to aim for the signing of a new central defender in 2025, given that they are short in the position because of the summer departures of Nacho Fernandez and Rafa Marin – and even more so in recent weeks as Eder Militao and David Alaba are both unavailable due to injury….
Following two weeks of intensive investigation and a manhunt for a kidnapped 4-year-old boy, the FCT Police Command, in collaboration with the Rivers State Command, has successfully rescued the missing Hope Evans in Abuja. During the rescue operation, it was discovered that the child’s name had been changed from Hope Evans to David Evans to…
