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The National Executive Committee of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) has expelled Sen. Rabiu Kwankwaso, following his alleged refusal to appear before the party’s Disciplinary Committee. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that Kwankwaso, the 2023 Presidential Candidate of NNPP, had been earlier suspended by the party’s leadership at the National Convention on […]

A mental health advocate, Mr. Aaron Irabor, has blamed the rising insecurity, kidnapping, rape, violence and other social vices bedevilling the country, on drug abuse. Irabor, who is the President, Heritage Advancement Forum made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Lagos. According to him, 95 per cent of people

The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, has said that it is going ahead with its two-day warning strike beginning tomorrow, saying it was not aware of any meeting with the Federal Government today. A top official of the NLC, told Vanguard yesterday, that as of press time, there was no invitation from the Government for any

Daniel Bwala, a lawyer and spokesperson of the Atiku/PDP presidential campaign organization in the 2023 general elections, has stated that the minister of FCT, Nyesom Wike, will be expelled from the party at the ‘appropriate time.’ In an interview with Channels TV on Wednesday, Wike ‘dared’ the PDP to suspend him from the party, adding

Nigeria and the United Nations (UN) have signed two Memorandums of Understanding (MoUs) aimed at strengthening efforts in countering terrorism and fighting insurgency in the country. The agreements which were signed late Wednesday in Abuja, according to the Head of Strategic Communications Office of the National Security Adviser, Zakari Mijinyawa, will enable the country and

It is a tipping point for Africa as a contagion of political upheaval rattles markets, increases risk premiums and tips already debt-burdened governments to a historic fiscal drought, market trends have shown. This is as Gabon President, Ali Bongo, yesterday joined the list of ousted presidents in Africa after the military took over power in

The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, says the economic policies of President Bola Tinubu, are creating a disconnection between the Federal Government and the citizens. The PDP said this in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Mr Debo Ologunagba in Abuja on Monday. Mr Ologunagba questioned the sensitivity of the government toward the wellbeing of

The federal government has said it would introduce Human Papilloma Virus, HPV, on September 25,this year, to prevent cervical cancer when given to girls between the ages of nine and 15 years. The Executive Director, National Primary Health Care Development Agency, NPHCDA, Dr Faisal Shuaib, who disclosed this on Monday, at the Bi-Annual Religious Leaders

The Apex Igbo Socio-cultural Organization, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide on Sunday expressed worry over the current appointment of ministers by President Ahmed Bola Tinubu. The group in a statement signed by its President General, PG, Chief Dr. Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu, regretted that only five ministers was appointed from South East while other zones have up to Ten

In April 2023, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) spoke of its intentions to adopt a new methodology that conforms to recent International Labour Organisation (ILO) guidelines for computing labour force statistics. NBS had said the new methodology would reveal a sharp drop in Nigeria’s unemployment rate. On Thursday, the bureau launched its labour report,