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President Muhammadu Buhari was visibly angry when he revealed that the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, has too many bank accounts. Making the revelation today in Johannesburg, Buhari said either the Ministry of Finance or […]

The Nigerian National Petroleum Cor porat i o n (NNPC) has terminated the N9.3 billion surveillance contracts offered to some former Niger Delta militants and self-determination groups. New Telegraph learnt that President Muhammadu Buhari embargoed […]

Osun Governor, Rauf Aregbesola, said on Friday that the salary imbroglio in his state which led to workers strike, was beyond his control. He said this while fieding questions from State House Correspondents in Abuja. […]

•Obasanjo, Danjuma, Tinubu, Atiku, Saraki nominate candidates •President may submit list to NASS next week Immediate past governors of Lagos and Rivers states, Mr. Babatunde Fashola and Mr. Rotimi Amaechi respectively; a former governor of […]

The federal government has banned the use of camouflage uniforms by various security agencies  other than the Army, Navy and the Air Force. The Director of Defence Information (DDI), Maj-Gen. Chris Olukolade, announced this in […]

The Accountant General of the Federation Mr. Jonah Otunla was yesterday removed from office. The source, according to an online publication, The Will said Otunla was removed from office because he allegedly misappropriated N2.5 billion […]

Let’s say it the way it is: no matter how the Osun State governor and his supporters spin it, the state is in a mess. A big mess for that matter, with something close to […]

The Muhammadu Buhari administration finally met fuel marketers Friday to resolve a lingering fuel crisis that continued a week after the new president was sworn into office. At the end of the meeting with the […]

It has been one week the acclaimed change agent President Muhammadu Buhari assumed office as the president of most populous black nation in the world, Nigeria. Before his takeover, Buhari, who was one time Head […]

Three years ago in far-away America, a General like our General Buhari who found himself in politics at the highest level, wrote an interesting book on leadership. His name is Colin Powel, a four-star general […]

President Muham-madu Buhari’s anti-corruption crusade appears to have taken off in earnest barely a week after assuming office with a stern warning to ministers not to dabble into approving payments for contractors. The government came […]

LAGOS—Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State has called out his supporters to rejoice with him on the streets today over the expiration of the term of the 19 All Progressives Congress, APC, who had been […]

Global human rights group Amnesty International (AI) is calling for the investigation and trial of top retired and serving military chiefs for war crimes and crimes against humanity. In its latest report released yesterday and […]

Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State, yesterday warned officials of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority, LASTMA and Vehicle Inspection Officers, VIOs to desist from forcing themselves into vehicles of suspected traffic offenders. Ambode gave […]

From March 26, a Thursday, and some 48 hours before the 2015 presidential election, Sunday Vanguard, working in close collaboration with the Publicity Directorate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Presidential Campaign Organisation, and specifically the […]

The newly elected governor of Kaduna State, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, and his deputy, Arch. Barnabas Yusuf Bala, took their oaths of office yesterday announcing that they would sacrifice 50 per cent of their salaries for […]

Violence erupted yesterday at the Murtala Mohammed Square venue of the inauguration of Malam Nasir El-Rufa’i as the Kaduna state Governor. Scores of injured persons were rushed to the nearby Barau Dikko Hospital for medical […]