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Anambra State government has declared Thursday work-free day to enable Anambra people to participate effectively in the programme planned in honour of the late vice president, Dr. Alex Ekwueme. A statement by Professor Solo Chukwudebelu, the Secretary to the State Government, SSG, directed closure of markets and businesses in the state on that day to enable Ndi Anambra, friends, associates and well wishers to pay their last respects to the late Ekwueme. He said those expected to attend the commendation ceremony include various social, cultural, religious, political, professional, educational, market men and women and other groups, adding that the ceremony…

Some Senators and the Comptroller General of Nigeria Customs Service (NCS),Col Hammed Ali (rtd) Monday disagreed on the breach of protocol, and such altercation resulted in verbal attacks between both sides and seeming humiliation of the visiting Senators. The discord was renewed when Senator Dino Melaye, APC, Kogi West Senate Ad- hoc committee on Economic Waste in the Nigeria Customs Service visited the Comptroller-General of Customs at Wuse Zone 3, Customs Headquarters in Abuja to clear some glare areas.   . The feud between the Senate and the Customs boss was triggered by remarks by Senator Melaye that the Customs CG by…

The Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, was again grilled for one hour on issues relating to the appointment of the Managing Director of Transmission Company of Nigeria, TCN, and the Manitoba contract deal. Fashola had arrived at the venue at precisely 10 a.m. as stated in his letter of invitation but the investigative hearing did not commence until 11a.m. The minister, who had in the last one week appeared before four different committees, had to urge the House leadership to help streamline ‎the number of hearings involving the Transmission Company of Nigeria, TCN, due to the similarity of subject matters…

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has stated its resolve to obey any amendment to the Electoral Act or time table as long as it was timely and legitimate. Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, INEC Chairman, stated this at the Prof. Abubakar Momoh Memorial Lecture organized by The Electoral Institute TEI, the training and research arm of the commission in Abuja Sunday. Represented by a National Commissioner, Prof. Okechukwu Ibeanu, the INEC boss was reacting to the reported amendment of the 2019 election time table by the House of Representatives. “It is still a proposal by the House of Representatives. I think…

A 34-year-old single mother has been arrested by Anti-narcotic agents at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, while she was on the point of smuggling illicit substances out of the country. Harriet Bolatito Solabi, who holds a Higher National Diploma from the Moshood Abiola Polytechnic, Abeokuta, Ogun state, had successfully checked in two bags, said to have contained personal effects on Ethiopian Airline flight No.910 to Addis Ababa. Solabi had boarded when the operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, an action that resulted in the flight being delayed. NDLEA Principal Staff Officer, Public Affairs, Jonah Achema, who…

A murder suspect, allegedly involved in the killing of Chief Eyo Eyo Bassey, has reportedly escaped from police custody in Bakassi Police Divisional headquarters. Recall that 52-year-old Chief Bassey, Village Head of Ikot Obot and a staff of Audit Department, Cross River state Ministry of Finance, was murdered by his assailants in his farm near a Primary school at Ikot –Obot late last year over an alleged land tussle between him and some people in the community. A source, who preferred anonymity, told Vanguard that when Essien was granted bail late last year, he went back to the brother of…

Ikot Ebon village in Itu local government area in Akwa Ibom State has rejected the establishment of a proposed nuclear plant in their community. Mr. Okon Akpan, the village Council secretary in the coummunity, in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Itu on Monday, said the community was not aware of the proposed project by the Federal Government. Akpan stated that when the government eventually reveals to them the proposed nuclear plant in their community, they would reject the offer. “We will come together as a community and decide on what to do when we are…

Tragedy struck at Gariki, Ugwuoba in Oji River local government area of Enugu State Saturday when the soil two persons were excavating collapsed and killed them at the site. It was gathered that they were three persons in the site excavating sand, but the third person was said to have left to ease himself before the incident. It was also gathered that the police operatives of Oji River district uncovered the dead body and their identity is yet to be identified. Meanwhile, the Nigeria Police in Enugu said it is investigating the death of the two persons. The Command’s spokesman,…

A birthday party in Ondo town turned bloody weekend as an alleged lover of the celebrator was reportedly stabbed by another lover over argument on who was to dance first with her. The victim and financier of the party identified as Solomon Endurance was said to have sustained serious injuries at the birthday bash. Two suspects including the celebrator, Vanguard gathered, have been apprehended by the police. Eyewitness account said the celebrator, Bunmi Akinlotan, was invited to the dancing floor by the musician at the ceremony which was held at a popular hotel located at Erinketa Street in the town.…

The rampaging poverty in Nigeria appears to be eroding the plan by the authorities to end hunger in the next eight years. Disturbingly, ambitious target of the African Union (AU) to end hunger in the continent by 2025 is currently not on track. Food and Agriculture Organisation’s (FAO) 2017 State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World report found that despite a prolonged decline, world hunger is on the rise again. The increase is linked to conflicts and drought that affected many countries and hit rural areas particularly hard. But in the case of Nigeria, poverty has been busy…