June 2015

Tuesday, 30 June 2015

Why Reps had to fight — Saraki

Saraki House Of Reps After The Fracas The president of the Senate, Senator Abubakar Bukola Saraki in this interview with Senate correspondents at the weekend spoke on intrigues around his emergence as the presiding officer of the National Assembly among other topical issues. Excerpts: By Henry...

The National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, Tuesday, reiterated that the steps taken so far by President Muhammadu Buhari, within 30 days of the life of his administration, especially in tackling corruption and insecurity‎ has outpaced the six years...

Customers besiege banks as BVN registration deadlines expires.. FILE PHOTO: The Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, has extended the registration for the Bank Verification Number (BVN) till 31st October, 2015. Recalled that chaotic situations were recorded in most banks’ premises in Nigeria, Monday,...

Lai Mohammed, national publicity secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), believes that the performance of President Muhammadu Buhari(one month in office) in tackling insecurity outweighs that of former President Goodluck Jonathan throughout his five years in office. Appealing to Nigerians...

Around the Muson Centre/TBS area of Lagos today, the man in the picture above was stopped by the police and told to pull over for traffic offences. After pulling over, the police tried to seize the man's bus but the man was not ready to let go of that bus at all instead, imagine what this man...

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has executed the chief architect of the new international Pyongyang airport...This news comes after he was pictured touring the building with his wife last week(above)..According to reports, the architect was executed because Kim didn’t like the desig...

Financial experts on Tuesday predicted that a further devaluation of the Naira would slowdown economic activities and deepen a current lull in the nation’s capital market. The experts who kicked against further devaluation of the currency called for urgent diversification of the economy to increase...

The Ivorian Football Federation (FIF) has shortlisted five persons for the post of head coach of the national team, the Elephants, PANA reported from Abidjan on Tuesday and the name of Nigeria’s Super Eagles’s coach Stephen Keshi was not among the shortlisted candidate...

Unbelievable!!! Police uncover baby factory in Abia....

Imo State police command has uncovered a baby factory at Mbutu, Isiala Ngwa South local government area of Abia State, and arrested the proprietor, Chief Emmanuel Eke. The police similarly picked up some young pregnant ladies, including a deaf and dumb, from the filthy Isiala Ngwa South baby factory. Briefing...

When Afro-pop singer, Adokiye declared she was avirgin in a chat with Vanguard’s Potpourrirecently, many thought she couldpossibly be the last of the virgins in the Nigerian entertainment industry. But it seems there are others, at least one other, as another entertainer, Seyi Hunter has come out...

National Leader of All Progressives Chief Dokpesi Congress, APC, Asiwaju Ahmed Bola Tinubu An...

Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Prof. Attahiru Jega The chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof. Atthairu Jega has handed over the reins of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC to Ambassador Ahmed Wali as the Acting Chairman...

Oil prices rebounded on Tuesday after starting the week with sizeable losses caused by Greece’s debt saga. US benchmark West Texas Intermediate (WTI) for delivery in August rose 29 cents to $58.62 a barrel compared with Monday’s close. Brent North Sea crude for August gained 77 cents...

Unidentified gunmen have kidnapped Madam Martha Binabo, the wife of former Speaker of Bayelsa State House of Assembly and the state former Acting Governor, Rt. Hon Nestor Binabo. The incident, the latest in the series of high profile kidnaping in the state occurred at Agbura community in the outskirts...

William Carvalho might be the ideal man for Arsenal's midfield, but will the two sides make a deal? Life is good at the Emirates these days. Back-to-back FA Cup trophies, two straight summers of big-money signings in Mesut Ozil and Alexis Sanchez, and finally, an end to the Petr Cech...

No fewer than 100 people were killed after an Indonesian military plane, C-130 Hercules carrying 113 passengers crashed into Medan, the third largest residential area in Indonesi...

Ben Ayade CALABAR- SENATOR Ben Ayade, the Cross River State governor has ordered for an on the spot cash payment of primary school teachers and local government workers to checkmate the high incidence of ghost workers and fraudulent deductions by paying authorities. Senator Ayade who stated this...

SAD!!!! 15-yr-old SSS student commits suicide in Imo

A 15-year-old senior secondary school student, identified as Paschal Egbosimba, last weekend committed suicide at Uratta in Owerri North local council area of Imo State. Vanguard gathered that the deceased, who hailed from Ntueke, Ideato South local government area of the state, was living with...

Both legal and oil experts have advised that the Nigerian independent oil operators should be considered first in the award of Oil and Gas contracts. Nigerian service companies should also be considered for contracts and services in line with the local content law just as they called for subsidy...

John Legend's wife, Chrissy Teigen has been named one of the 10 sexiest supermodels on social media. Chrissy, who went topless for the magazine, revealed she prefers posing naked than in clothes. She told the publication:...

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo arrived Abidjan, Cote D'Ivoire for the launch of West Africa Energy Leaders Group today June 30th. Continue to see more photos.. ...

Contrary to the popular belief, men generally fail to express themselves when it comes to dealing with women. Men have the potential to attract women but they are a little inexpressive or shy expressing their emotions. Some believe it is a womanly act to display their emotions, while others just...

A committed, loving relationship is one of life’s greatest joys—and accomplishments. Loving relationships can be the foundation of a meaningful life, and our anchor amid life’s difficulties and uncertainties. Yet about 40 percent of marriages end in divorce, and breakups are even more frequent...

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, generated about N8.1trillion between 2012 and May 2015, but paid only N4.3trillion to the federation account, Edo State governor, Adams Oshiomhole, said Monday, citing new details from the federal economic council meeting. The balance of the oil...

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Idahosa-Linus with the queen Stephanus-Linus-with the Queen A-list Nollywood actress, director and producer, Stephanie Linus and hubby, Idahosa Linus on Monday had the blissful experience of being the Queen of England’s guests at the Buckingham Palace. The couple attended...

FROM LEFT: PERMANENT SECRETARY, STATE HOUSE, MR NEBOLISA EMORDI; CBN GOVERNOR, MR GODWIN EMEFIELE; VICE-PRESIDENT YEMI OSINBAJO AND PRESIDENT MUHAMMADU BUHARI, DURING THE INAUGURATION OF NATIONAL ECONOMIC COUNCIL AT THE PRESIDENTIAL VILLA IN ABUJA ON MONDAY (29/6/15). ADDRESS...

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Three persons were confirmed dead when a small plane crashed into a US home, Sunday luckily the house’s occupants escaped a devastating blaze that erupted immediately, officials said. “The four occupants of the single-family home were able to get out of the building before it became fully engulfed...

About 75% of divorces stem from cheating, either from the woman or the man. Men have been accused more of cheating than women, but you will be surprised to know even women cheat more these days and here are the reasons why. 1. Complacency When you were together before marriage, you were probably...

Oh No!!! At least five dead in military plane crash — police

At least five people were killed Tuesday when an Indonesian military transport plane crashed into a city on Sumatra island and exploded in a ball of flames, police said. Mardiaz Dwihananto, police chief of Medan city where the accident happened, told AFP that five to six bodies had so far been recovered...

Microsoft engages 150 SMEs with end to end business mobility solution

Empowering business organizations on how best to achieve more in the digital economy, Microsoft Mobile Devices and Services ( MMDS) in Nigeria has engaged no fewer than 150 Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) business owners with its end to end business mobility solution at the at an event tagged,...

Dogara and Saraki The Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Yakubu Dogara, yesterday, debunked claims by the former Interim National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Chief Bisi Akande that their election as Senate President...

We’re not ready for digital future, business leaders admits..

Business leaders, according to global new study conducted by the Institute for the Future and Vanson Bourne on behalf of EMC while exploring the impact of a growing global community of digital citizens have admitted that they were not ready for the digital future. EMC Corporation is a global leader...

For Nigeria to development the requisite broadband needed for digital economy, the Chief Executive of Etisalat Nigeria, Matthew Willsher , has said that the Ministry of Communications Technology and the Nigerian telecommunications regulatory agency , the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC)...

PRESIDENT MUHAMMADU BUHARI (R) WITH THE CLERK OF THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY, SALISU MAIKASUWA AND SOME PERMANENT SECRETARIES DURING BREAKING OF RAMADAN FAST AT THE PRESIDENTIAL VILLA ABUJA ON MONDAY A panel of four governors was, yesterday, constituted to probe the affairs of the Nigerian National...

Peggy Onah Fast-rising actress, Peggy Onah celebrated her birthday penultimate Friday, June 19th and like many top actresses do these days the Mass Communications graduate of Enugu State University took to the studio for some sizzling photo session...

The two domestic staff of late former Vice Chancellor of Federal University of Technology, Akure, FUTA, Professor Albert Ilemobade, said yesterday that they strangled him to death because they wanted to make good money by stealing and selling of his RAV 4 sport utility vehicle, SU...

THERE was tension in Anambra State yesterday, following reports that 47 Boko Haram suspects have been relocated to Ekwulobia Prisons in Aguata Local Government Area of the state. boko-haram-custom-dataWhen the rumour of the alleged relocation broke out weekend, hundreds of youths stormed the streets...

Lagos, 29 June 2015: Ghana’s Dancehall star Stonebwoy has triumphed at the 2015 BET Awards, winning the award for Best International Act: Africa at last night’s star-studded ceremony in LA Stonebwoy saw off stiff competition from Aka (South Africa), Fally Ipupa (Dr Congo), Sarkodie (Ghana),...

Kukah’s view on what Buhari was elected to do

In the Monday, June 15, edition of the Vanguard, an interview granted the Vanguard by Bishop Matthew Hassan Kukah, was published in which, unlike the beloved bishop I know him to be, he astonishingly claimed that “we elected a President not to look for scapegoats. We elected the President to get a...

Zimbabwe’s 90-year-old president, Robert Mugabe, has challenged President Barack Obama by asking for his hand in marriage. His comment comes at the back of the legalization of gay marriage in the United States by the Supreme Cour...

House of Reps passed pseudo bill, NNPC blamed for confusions in PIB

The Petroleum Industry Bill, PIB, passed by the 7th House of Representatives at the expiration of its tenure may have been a pseudo bill, as the one approved by the Federal Executive Council under former President Jonathan’s administration was not the one passed over to the National Assembly. Indications...

Ex-FCT minister’s aide remanded in prison for N192m land fraud

For allegedly aiding and abetting land fraud for about two years, a former Chief of Staff to the Federal Territory Minister, Yau Mohammed Gital, has been remanded at the Kuje prisons. Justice Abubakar Talba of the FCT High Court, Gudu issued the order for the remand of the suspect and his accomplices...

Thousands of ex-militants in Phase One, Second Phase and Third Phase of the Presidential Amnesty Programme, yesterday, marched through major roads in Warri, Delta State, to request President Muhammadu Buhari to, as a matter of urgency, fill the vacant position of Special Adviser...

President Muhammadu Buhari’s decision to dissolve the Board of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, has been applauded as a major step towards sanitising the Nigerian oil and gas industry and the NNPC in particular. Many see the Corporation as lacking in transparency, amid allegations...

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