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President Muhammadu Buhari has rejected plans by ECOWAS member countries to introduce a single currency in the sub-region by 2020. Buhari, who stated this at the 4th meeting of the Presidential Task Force on the ECOWAS Currency Programme in Niamey, Republic of Niger, drew attention of ECOWAS member countries to the challenges faced by the European Union in realising the same goal. Mr. Femi Adesina, the President’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, who announced the position of the President, noted that the necessary economic fundamentals among countries would continue to differ over the years, making it more difficult to…

Vice-President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, has called on other G8 and G20 countries to join in establishing public registers of the real human owners of companies in their countries to end corporate secrecy at home and among their dependencies. Speaking at a conference on beneficial ownership organised by Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) in Jakarta, Indonesia, Osinbajo commended United Kingdom, Norway, Netherlands and Denmark for leading the initiative. With a global register of beneficial ownership already recording entries on about two million companies, Mr. Osinbajo said existing legislative measures must effectively discourage or totally prohibit non-disclosure agreements by governments with corporations.…

Drama ensued Monday as House of Representatives Ad-hoc Committee, National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) and Nigerian Bottling Company (NBC) failed to agree on the use of additives in soft drinks, relevance of sunset yellow and reduction of benzoic acid. The disagreement took place in Abuja before the first public hearing by the House of Representatives Ad-hoc Committee investigating the production and distribution of drinks manufactured by the Nigerian Bottling Company, NBC, Limited and other drinks produced or marketed in Nigeria. The House of Representatives Ad-hoc Committee expressed worry that benzoic content in Nigeria was much…

A High Court of the Federal Capital Territory at Jabi Monday fixed November 1 to begin hearing on a suit by Mr. Beluolisa Nwofor whose Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) rank was withdrawn by the Legal Practitioners’ Privileges Committee (LPPC). The LPPC had on June 23, stripped Nwofor of the prestigious SAN rank over his alleged involvement in act of judicial misconduct. The Committee, in a statement that was signed by its Secretary, Mr. Ahmed Gambo Saleh, said it took the decision to withdraw the rank from Nwofor at the end of its 126th general meeting that held in Abuja…

Fierce brawl between two tenants over apartment exposed the antics of a 45-year-old developer who allegedly duped 74 would-be tenants worth N50 million at Ijeshatedo area of Lagos. The suspect, Malik Najeemdeen, was said to have duped the victims with the false claim that the house located at 1, Bankole Street,off Adigun Street, Ijeshatedo, which had already been completed was still under renovation. Following the claim, Vanguard gathered that the suspect was able to convince the unsuspecting victims to pay in advance, pending when water and tiles would be fixed. One of the victims, Samuel Chonkea, lamented that: “I didn’t…

Onlookers were dazed as a self-styled prostitute confessed openly that she sold her three-year-old daughter for N280,000 to settle her debt. Olubunmi Funke,who was paraded, Monday, by Ogun State Police Command Commissioner alongside two accomplices, Abibat Oyesanya and Morenike Shittu, over their involvement in stealing and kidnapping of children for sale in the South-West region. Funke said: “I gave out my three-year-old daughter to Abibat Oyesanya, who is into local adoption business. But she promised me that I will be allowed to visit my daughter once in three months. “I am a prostitute. I engaged in prostitution after my first…

Fear gripped residents of Adak Uko Street in Calabar, Cross River State Monday night, when a student of Cross River University of Technology, CRUTECH and a seamstress lost their lives due to electrocution. The victims simply identified as David, and Mrs. Dominic Udoh, a mother of three, died after sustaining severe burns. The incident, which occurred at 14, Adak Uko Street off Inyang in Calabar South Local Government Area, also ignited a fire that gutted the entire building and a kiosk in front of the compound. The landlord of the house, Mr. Richard Ikpeme, told Vanguard that the incident started…

The Real Madrid star has won the award for the second year in a row after leading the Blancos to a Liga and Champions League double Real Madrid star Cristiano Ronaldo has been named Best FIFA Men’s Player of 2016-17. Ronaldo takes home the award for the second year in a row, as he managed to defeat competition from fellow finalists Neymar and Lionel Messi at the awards ceremony in London. The 32-year-old turned in another stunning campaign for Madrid in 2016-17 as he led the Blancos to a La Liga and Champions League double, including a brace in the…

A vulture has allegedly delivered a letter to the village head of Iba Oku in Uyo Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom state to vacate his throne. The monarch, Eteidung Gabriel Mbeke, who got the strange message, has cried for help, alleging that his throne and his life are being threatened by ‘sinister forces’. Speaking to the Nation in his palace, Mbeke accused the Clan Head of Oku, Etebom Enefiok Effiong Okpon, of alleged sinister plot to oust him “because he wants to turn my domain into his vassal province.” The embattled village head narrated “Since I was given the…

One of the major problems with infrastructure in Nigeria is that many of the projects initiated by state governors are abandoned either by their successors or by themselves. Some of these projects are worth billions of naira. According to The Nation, most of the projects were initially financed through loans, some of which are still being paid or serviced by the affected states. Below is a list of the states and some of the abandoned projects: Rivers State – Monorail project: The Monorail project in Rivers state, which was conceived by the former governor of the state, now the minister…