Nigerian Newspapers

By James Ogunnaike ABEOKUTA — A female broadcast journalist, working at Ogun State Television, OGTV, in Abeokuta, Mrs Bukola Agbakaizu, on Monday slumped and died while preparing for afternoon shift duty at the state-owned television station. Agbakaizu’s death was confirmed by the Secretary of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, Ogun State Council, Mr Bunmi Adigun.Agbakaizu, […]

By Ochuko Akuopha ASABA —DELTA State Commissioner of Police, Mr Olufemi Abaniwonda, has ordered the refund of N500,000 collected at the Oghara Division for the bail of a professional builder, Mr Henry Umukoro and his colleague, Mr Godfrey Jonah. He also ordered the immediate release of the two citizens who were arrested and detained at

By Davies Iheamnachor PORT HARCOURT— No fewer than six people have lost their lives at Eliozu area of Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of Rivers State, when a car skidded off the road and crashed into passersby on the walkway. The tragic incident happened Monday. It was gathered that the car was on high-speed when the

…Tension as herdsman dies in clash with vigilance group By Dayo Johnson Akure —THE abductors of the chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Ondo State, Nelson Adepoyigi, have reportedly demanded a N100 million ransom for his release. Family source said the victim, who is a ward chairman in Ose Local Government Area of

ASABA—Niger Delta and Ijaw nation leader, Pa Edwin Clark was buried yesterday at his home town of Kiagbado in Burutu Local Government Area of Delta State, South-South Nigeria. In his farewell message to the departed elder statesman, the Director General of Delta State Orientation and Communications Bureau, Dr Fred Oghenesivbe, described him as a man

Subject matter experts in the various fields of endeavour have enlisted in the forth-coming Vanguard Newspaper’s conference hall to brain-storm on the mid-term scorecard of the Bola Ahmed Tinubu administration. The issues on the table for discussion will cut across the economy, politics, law and order, security, wellbeing of the citizenry, healthcare, education, infrastructure, amongst

Nigeria’s foreign exchange earnings have come under fresh threat following plans by the United States’ Congress to impose a five percent tax on all diaspora remittances.

Tony Nyiam, a retired Colonel of the Nigerian Army, came into limelight on April 22, 1990, when he and some other army officers attempted to overthrow the military administration of Gen. Ibrahim Babangida in a coup.