Vanguard Latest News Thursday 27th August 2020
Vanguard Latest News Today and headlines on some of the happenings and news trend in the Country, today 27/08/20
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Kano Elders petition Buhari over move by Ganduje to borrow money for light rail from China
By Abdulmumin Murtala, Kano A group of Kano elders called Kano Unity Forum has Petitioned President Muhammadu Buhari, National Assembly, Federal Ministry of Finance, against moves by Governor Ganduje to takes over N300 Billion Loan from China. The group headed by a former presidential candidate of the defunct National Republican Convention (NRC), Alhaji Bashir TofaRead More
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Nigerian-born, Kaycee Madu, appointed Canada’s Minister of Justice
By Rasheed Sobowale Nigerian-born, Kaycee Madu, has been appointed as Canada’s new minister of justice. Madu is also the first Black Man to occupy either Provincial or Federal Justice positions of the Justice Minister, Attorney General or Solicitor General in the country. According to report, Madu was born and raised in southeastern Nigeria. He graduatedRead More
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INEC gears up for Imo North bye-election
By Chidi Nkwopara – Owerri Imo State office of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, on Thursday, issued guidelines to political parties wishing to take part in the forthcoming Imo North senatorial zone bye-election, scheduled to hold October 31, 2020. According to a press statement signed by the Resident Electoral Commissioner, REC, Professor Francis Ezeonu,Read More
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IPOB: We can’t back out now, we must get ‘Biafra’ – Nnamdi Kanu
By Nwafor Sunday Following the killings of some members of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, by security agencies in Enugu, the leader of the group, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, Thursday, urged his members to continue the struggle for the actualization of Biafra. He said they cannot back out now, following the blood sacrifice paid byRead More
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Makinde tasks indigenes in Diaspora to invest in Oyo
By Adeola Badru GOVERNOR Seyi Makinde, Wednesday, urged well-meaning sons and daughters of the state in the Diaspora to return home and invest in the state. The Chief of Staff to the Governor, Chief Bisi Ilaka, made the call in Ibadan while receiving the leader of the Yoruba community in Kano State, Alhaji Muritala Alimi,Read More
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Messi has shown he is ready to put the boot in at Barca
Lionel Messi has provoked a football frenzy by announcing he wants to leave Barcelona, the club he joined as a 13-year-old in 2000 and has led to four Champions League titles. This has been a season of problems, on and off the field for Barcelona, but Tuesday’s declaration of divorce, though more extreme than anythingRead More
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Ogun promises to deliver 2,500 housing units in four years
James Ogunnaike As part of efforts to reduce the housing deficit in Ogun state, the state government has declared its determination to construct and deliver no fewer than 2,500 housing units across the state. The State Commissioner for Housing, Jagunmolu Jamiu Omoniyi, who made this known on Thursday, while briefing newsmen in his office atRead More
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UNN manufactures anti-COVID-19 digital machine
By Ikechukwu Odu – Nsukka The University of Nigeria, Nsukka, UNN, has launched a contactless digital hand-cleaning machine that uses sensor to monitor body temperature, dispenses hand sanitizer, detergent and water. Inspecting the equipment produced by the institution’s faculty of Engineering, the Vice-Chancellor of the institution, Prof Charles Igwe, said that the machine was anRead More
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PHOTOS: Buhari presides over Council of State Meeting in State House
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Eight Chelsea players forced into quarantine over COVID-19
Six players have tested positive while two more are also in quarantine as Chelsea becomes the latest football club to suffer the coronavirus outbreak. Although the identities of the players infected were not disclosed, those who went on vacation are prime suspects. The development has now put the club’s pre-season plans in disarray. Daily MailRead More
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