The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Dr Betta Edu, on Tuesday, revealed that the Federal Government will advance a non-interest loan of N50,000 each to 1.5 million market women under the Government Enterprise and Empowerment Programme to improve their capital base and expand their businesses. According to her, the N75bn market women fund,…

The Senate, on Tuesday, amended its rule to restrict first-time senators from vying for the position of the Senate President and Deputy Senate President. The amendment to Section 2(1)(2) and (3) followed a motion by the Senate Leader, Opeyemi Bamidele, titled, “Amendment to the Standing Orders of the Senate Pursuant to Order 109 of the…

The Lagos State Police Command on Tuesday night announced that singer Azeez Fashola aka Naira Marley is in its custody to assist in the ongoing investigation into the death of late Singer, Ilerioluwa Aloba aka Mohbad. Making the development known in a statement on Tuesday, the Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, Benjamin Hundeyin said,…

The Commissioner of Police, Federal Capital Territory Police Command, Haruna Garba, has revealed that hospitals in the nation’s capital city and across the 36 states of the federation do not need police reports before attending to patients in emergency situations. The CP made the development known on Tuesday while fielding questions from journalists over a…

The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt.-Gen. Taoreed Lagbaja has ordered an investigation into an allegation of poor feeding of frontline troops in the North East Theatre of Operations. The Director, Army Public Relations, Brig.-Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu, made this known in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja. Nwachukwu said that the welfare of troops has…

President Bola Tinubu has sent names of three additional ministerial nominees to the Senate, on Tuesday, for approval. The nominees are Dr Jamila Bio, Balarebe Abbas, and Ayodele Olawale Olawande. Vanguard reported in September that Tinubu had nominated Ibrahim to serve as the Minister of Youth, pending her confirmation by the Senate. He also appointed…

Students of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun state on Tuesday shut the school over the refusal of the management to reduce the recent hike in tuition. Led by the leadership of the Great Ife Students’ Union, Abbas Akinremi, the students shut the entrance gates in and out of the school preventing workers from accessing the…

Chicago State University, United States of America has released to former Vice President Atiku Abubakar the academic records of President Bola Tinubu. The CSU released the documents to Atiku on Monday in compliance with the order of a United States District Court in Northern District of Illinois. In ordering the CSU to release Tinubu’s academic…

Organised Labour last night suspended its planned nationwide strike for one month following an agreement with the Federal Government. Though details of the Memorandum of Understanding suspending the strike, were sketchy at the time of this report, the agreement, Vanguard gathered, was reached very late at night. The meeting was reconvened yesterday for both government…

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has secured an arrest warrant for former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke. The EFCC Acting spokesman, Dele Oyewale, confirmed the development to newsmen on Monday. Meanwhile, the anti-graft agency has also initiated extradition proceedings to bring the former minister back to Nigeria. Recall that Alison-Madueke was arraigned…