VANGUARD NEWS The United Nations on Friday in Benin City revealed that 70 percent of trafficked persons globally are women and children just as it rated Edo state high on its fight against human trafficking and illegal migration in the…
VANGUARD NEWS IJAW Youth Council, IYC, has urged the Bayelsa Governor-elect, David Lyon, to form a unity government and immediately begin the process of reconciliation. President of the council, Pereotubo Oweilaemi, in a statement, Sunday, said, “With Bayelsa gubernatorial election…
RIPPLES NEWS There is obvious division in the Edo State caucus in the National Assembly over the rift between the national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Adams Oshiomhole and Governor Godwin Obaseki. This followed the position of some…
VANGUARD NEWS Mr Chuks Ofulue, analysis and Advocacy Manager, Foundation for Partnership initiatives in Niger Delta , PIND, has asserted that unemployment was a trigger to conflict and youth restiveness in the Niger Delta region He also added that most…
VANGUARD By Owei Lakemfa IT was a Nigerian event. The crème of our medical profession gathered in their hundreds at the International Conference Centre, Abuja. It was simultaneously an international event as they were joined by leaders of National Medical…
VANGUARD By Owei Lakemfa THE political events and turmoil in Bolivia were expected. I was convinced about this far back in 2012. That year, I was in Washington and a childhood friend introduced me to one of his neigbours, a…
VANGUARD Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has announced that the State Government will soon commence the operation of Treasury Single Account to boost its revenue base. Governor Wike also charged the Rivers Internal Revenue Service (RIRS) to grow the…
VANGUARD The Senate on Thursday passed the Finance Bill presented to it by President Muhammadu Buhari to raise the country’s Value Added Tax(VAT) from 5 to 7.5 percent. The bill has five strategic objectives of promoting fiscal equity, reforming domestic…
GBARAMATU VOICE A native of Dukegbene in Opuama Kingdom, Southern Ijaw Local Government Area, Bayelsa state, Duke Surveyor Timipa has paddled a canoe for about 20 hours covering a distance of about 100km to celebrate the victory of the state’s…
THE NATION The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has presented a Certificates of Return to the Bayelsa State Governor-Elect, Chief David Lyon. Lyon of the All Progressives Congress (APC) defeated 44 candidates including the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party…
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