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•Defeats Oyebamiji, 10 APC govs, who came to campaign for him • Aregbesola, Oyinlola lose polling units • APC’s candidate hails large turnout of voters Dike Onwuamaeze, Sunday Ehigiator in Lagos
•Trump threatens to declare ‘Strait of Hormuz’ US territory as Iran vows to retain control Sunday Ehigiator The United States has again expressed its commitment to working with Nigeria to
• Says reforms are addressing structural weaknesses • Insists inherited poverty is not a product of Tinubu’s reforms James Emejo in Abuja The Director-General of the Budget Office of the
By Emeka Mba There is a proverb the Igbo publicly render with relish and pride: Uwa bu afia — the world is a marketplace. We say it to explain our pursuit of communal and personal value, our enterprise, our presence in every corner of the globe where commerce thrives. From Ar...
Kayode Tokede Nigeria’s overnight financing market recorded an all-time high trading volume of N104.9 trillion in July 2026, sustaining the sharp expansion in activity since the Nigerian Overnight Financing Rate
Governor Ademola Adeleke, candidate of the Accord Party in the Osun governorship election held on Saturday, has recorded early lead in the results announced so far by the Independent National
In the first part of this report published last Sunday, Lagos residents and council chairmen traded claims on refuse heaps ‘decorating’ roads in the state. Today, the regulator of waste, Lagos Waste Management Authority (LAWMA), and refuse collectors under the aegis of PSP ...
Politics has never been about occupying an office or enjoying the privileges that come with public positions for Mayor Dele Osinowo, the APC House of Representatives candidate for Kosofe Federal
By Vivian Obi For many Nigerian women, the word fibroid carries more fear than hope. It is a diagnosis often whispered among friends, discussed quietly within families, or discovered unexpectedly after years of enduring painful menstrual periods, heavy bleeding, persistent pelvi...
By Bunmi Sofola A Reader wrote: I have followed your columns way back from your Punch days when I was in the university. Most of the times, your articles are so down-to-earth they speak to me – as if you are writing about me. In one of the editions of Sunday Vanguard a f...
A scathing recent remark by the presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress NDC, Mr. Peter Obi that Nigerian professors now help illiterates to rig elections in the country must have disconcerted many citizens. It is certainly a remark which keeps Nigeria quite l...
Beloved, we thank God for life as we progress in the month of a new beginning. A new beginning means an end to old challenges, it is the time when we sing a new song, it could also mean the time that people call one by a new name. New signifies a departure from the old. […...
”Nobody is worth being called a friend unless he is prepared to suffer attacks on account of defending you” – Anonymous Annual tributes to former military President Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida, IBB, has become a ritual; shared by several highly respected individuals...
Mr Frank Olize, the legendary broadcaster, was one of those who made NTA tick in the 1980s and 1990s. He once travelled around the country in search of the “common
Chuks Okocha in Abuja The presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Atiku Abubakar, has raised the alarm over what he described as the President Bola Tinubu administration’s excessive
Travellers entering or leaving the United Kingdom with large amounts of money may be required to declare it to customs authorities before or upon arrival. Under UK customs rules, anyone
Festus Akanbi Nigerian banks are steadily redirecting credit towards agriculture and other emerging areas of the economy, with lending to the agricultural sector rising to N3.86 trillion in March 2026.
• Monitors Lebanon, Monaco, Others Kayode Tokede The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has directed all capital market regulated entities to terminate correspondent banking relationships and restrict business dealings involving
Emmanuel Addeh in Abuja The Minister of Works, Senator David Umahi, has said President Bola Tinubu has transformed states across the country into construction sites through massive infrastructure development. Umahi
Governor Ademola Adeleke, candidate of the Accord Party in the Osun governorship election held on Saturday has won in Orolu, Osogbo, Oriade, Odo-Otin and Ife East, bringing the number of
James Emejo in Abuja The Pension Transitional Arrangement Directorate (PTAD) said it has disbursed ₦3.82 billion in accrued pension arrears to 30,356 pensioners under the Defined Benefit Scheme (DBS), as
After more than two months in captivity, 14 worshippers of the Christ Apostolic Church, CAC, Eda Oniyo, Ekiti State, have regained their freedom after N25.5 million ransom was said to have been paid. The post Captors fed us with garri without water, Eda Oniyo worshippers relive...
Chuks Okocha in Abuja The presidential candidate of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Mr. Peter Obi, has urged the federal government to intensify efforts to protect lives and property following
ons and ammunition were also recovered. He said troops arrested suspected logistics facilitators in Adamawa and Borno states, including five suspected terrorist collaborators and cattle rustlers at a checkpoint along
Wale Igbintade Amnesty International Nigeria has called for an urgent investigation into alleged inflammatory remarks attributed to Senator Francis Fadahunsi ahead of the Osun State governorship election. The organisation made
Hammed Shittu in Ilorin The opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kwara State has set up a reconciliation committee to resolve lingering internal disagreements, strengthen unity and reposition the party
The Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC) has completed its review of Nigeria’s revenue allocation formula and concluded work on the review of salaries and allowances for political and public office
David-Chyddy Eleke in Awka A billionaire businessman and Chairman of Jezco Group, Chief Joseph Ezeokafor, who was kidnapped alongside a reverend sister by yet-to-be-identified gunmen at Ifite-Awka, Awka South Local Government
Okon Bassey in Uyo Akwa Ibom State Governor, Pastor Umo Eno, is set to take delivery of lbom Air’s latest brand-new Airbus A220 aircraft after pre-inspection of the facility in
• Idigbe commended for digital radio initiative Omon-Julius Onabu in Asaba Governor Sheriff Oborevwori of Delta State; the Asagba of Asaba, His Royal Majesty, Prof. Epiphany Azinge (SAN); media mogul