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The organised labour in Ekiti state, on Friday, said that there was no going back on its planned commencement of a three-day warning strike from Aug. 3. The strike, according to the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC), Trade Union Congress (TUC), and the Joint Negotiating Council (JNC), is to compel the state government to pay the outstanding salaries, allowances and pension arrears of their members. They, therefore, directed workers across the state to proceed on the warning strike, after which, they said, a full-blown strike would follow if the government failed to accede to their demands. The directive was made known via a statement jointly signed by the Chairmen of NLC, TUC and JNC, Kolapo Olatunde, Sola Adigun, and Kayode Fatomiluyi respectively, and made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Ado Ekiti. NAN reports that their demands also included unresolved issues surrounding unpaid benefits and non-implementation of the N30,000 minimum wage across the board. READ ALS

Two physicians, on Friday, called for increased awareness of hepatitis in order to stem its tide among Nigerians. The physicians said in Lagos that hepatitis, which is an inflammatory condition of the liver, was a killer disease. One of the physicians, Dr. Eke Onwuka, said that a recent Nigeria’s HIV/AIDS Indicator and Impact Survey (NAIIS) report estimated that Nigeria, with an estimated population of 190 million people, had a Hepatitis B prevalence rate of 8.1 percent. He said that the report showed that Hepatitis C had a 1.1 percent prevalence rate. According to the physician, hepatitis is commonly caused by a viral infection and other factors, including autoimmune hepatitis and hepatitis that occurs as a secondary effect of medications, drugs, toxins, and alcohol. READ ALSO:  How we’re working to reduce hepatitis B in children — FG “Autoimmune hepatitis is a disease that occurs when one’s body makes antibodies against the liver tissue. “There are about five strains of the

By Gabriel Ewepu – Abuja Niger Delta-based Nongovernmental Organisations, NGOs, Friday, challenged the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Sen God’swill Akpabio, to publish names of NGOs are contract beneficiaries of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, as claimed at the ongoing probe by the National Assembly Probe Committee. The demand was made by the Executive Director, Africa Network for Environmental and Economic Justice, ANEEJ, Rev David Ugolor, on behalf of the NGOs while speaking on the claim made by the Minister at the hearing of the Committee. It will be recalled that 37 CSOs in the region recently demanded that there should be a thorough investigation into factors that led to the level of reckless looting that has been associated with the Commission since its inception, and anybody found culpable should be prosecuted. They also accused the Commission of bulk withdrawal allegedly made from the Commission’s account while its probe was ongoing at the National Assembl

Boko Haram terrorists •Say it’s cruel, insensitive reintegrating our killers, abandoning us •Giving terrorists money, vocational training, gross injustice to us •Govt should rethink, Buhari should rehabilitate us •Some of rehabilitated terrorists have rejoined Boko Haram •How can they change when you pamper them, give them money? •Saturday Vanguard visits IDP camps in Maiduguri, Kaduna, Abuja By Joseph Erunke, Abuja; Ndahi Marama, Maiduguri & Ibrahim HassanWuyo, Kaduna   VICTIMS of Boko Haram attacks in the Northeast now in various Internally Displaced Persons, IDPs’ camps in the north have expressed outrage and blasted the Federal Government for rehabilitating and reintegrating members of the terror group while they (victims) were left to rot away in the camps. Describing government action as cruel and the height of insensitivity, the traumatized victims said the government has not been fair to them, many of whom were killed, inflicted with life threatening injuries and

Godswill Akpabio at a House of Reps public hearing on NDDC •Lawan, Gbajabiamila must not shield lawmakers •What President Buhari should do – Nkanga, Mitee, Ambakaderimo •Our patience running out – Ukene, Mene, Morris, Jackson By Emma Amaize, Regional Editor, South-South, Sam Oyadongha, nJimitota Onoyume, Festus Ahon, Egufe Yafugborhi, Emma Una, Ike Uchechukwu, Chioma Onuegbu, Davies Iheamnachor, Emem Idio, Ochuko Akuopha, Francis Sadhere   L EADERS,  activists and other stakeholders in the Niger-Delta appraised the dirty war between the National Assembly on one side, Minister of Niger Delta, Senator Godswill Akpabio and Interim Management Committee, IMC, Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, on the other hand, during the week,  and concluded that the parties were concealing the actual details of their deals from Nigerians. National Chairman of Pan Niger Delta Forum, PANDEF and ex-Military Administrator of Akwa Ibom state, Nkanga, Air Commodore Idongesit Nkanga (retd.), fo

By Dr. Ugoji Egbujo   Oga Salami, may your days be long. Your lordship, you are highly revered, home and abroad. Oga, let me tell you what some people are saying now. They say this thing has become another  Arugungu fishing festival. I don’t know why they are saying it  but the come-today come-tomorrow has become, like they say,  too much. Sir, you have confirmed integrity, unlike these politicians.  So its not good hone I hear people saying all manner of things. Can you imagine, one Uber driver shook his head and  said you should not allow them rubbish your name. He even said something about Jesus and Pilate. Let me explain. You remember  when the Jews brought Jesus before  Pontius Pilate. Pilate gave them time to talk. But when he noticed they were beating about the bush , left the big issues and started talking about small things, he stopped them. He didn’t not allow them to waste his time   or rubbish his name. He brought out a basin of water and washed off his hand. I mean pr

Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu •How I ‘ll restore Edo’s lost glory •Oshiomhole abused me in 2016 because he had bad product By Mike Ebonugwo & Clifford Ndujihe Edo State Governorship Candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu, took his quest for the Edo top job to Lagos, last week, and told reporters that he would not allow political opponents distract him as they did in 2016. Ize-Iyamu, who had earlier granted an interview to Vanguard, said with his SIMPLE Agenda, he will transform Edo, if elected On the belief that some loyalists of Governor Godwin Obaseki, who did not defect to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) with him, might play the role of moles in APC during the election Yes, we know that there are moles within the party but I want to assure you that we will deal with that. I will not elaborate on our plan to deal with that, but we will deal with it. READ ALSO: Mamman Daura’s Monkey-post Meritocracy On rising tension in Edo and how violen

Major General Sam Momah By Dirisu Yakubu At the presentation of what turned out to be his last book on July 6, 2020, former Minister of Science and Technology, Major General Sam Momah (retd) left some food for thought in the consciousness of journalists, guests and dignitaries at the event. The book (his twelfth) “Why We Must Restructure Now,” is arguably the most authoritative piece of literature on the subject matter till date. Away from the mere verbal tribute to restructuring, General Momah in the book he sub-titled “Nigerian Green Book,” dealt extensively with the mileage of the subject and allayed fears of those who see it as synonymous with resource control. Momah died in Abuja on Wednesday afternoon after long battle with diabetes. Here are some of the things he said at historic event.   “ Restructuring is not resource control. It is instead a globally agreed win-win strategy of replacing fossil energy with renewable energy in order to check effectively the worsening me

By Ayo Onikoyi As Salah celebration rents the air in various homes across the nation, StarTimes has partnered with Indomie, Power Oil, Dano Milk and Kellogg’s Cornflakes to share the joyous moment with her loyal subscribers. Select subscribers would be paid a surprise visit during Salah holidays with hampers containing Indomie Noodles, Power Oil’s vegetable oil, Kellogg’s corn flakes, Dano Milk and other family essentials. Speaking on the initiative, Ali Auta, Content Marketing Manager, StarTimes Nigeria, said that the essence of the feast, which is selfless sacrifice, needs to be observed even though this year’s Eid-el-Kabir comes at a time that an unprecedented COVID-19 pandemic engulfs the world. READ ALSO:  StarTimes sees huge future in Nigerian entertainment sector “Despite the effect of COVID-19 on family spending, many of our subscribers have kept on sacrificing other costs to keep enjoying the exciting entertainment that StarTimes brings to their homes. As a business, we

Aida Benjamin By Ayo Onikoyi Aida Benjamin ( real name Adaku Uwaoma Oseiza), the current Marketing Director for Enyimba Automated Shoe Company, Abia State is a woman of many parts. She could have been whatever she desires given her rich resume but has elected to do music albeit not quite in the common version we have come to know. Hear her: “I decided to use my talent under the platform of my NGO to give hope as we usually do. And also to continue to encourage other Nigerians to support the less privileged, whatever we raise from our songs will continue to go to charity. “I believe that God has given us talents and we must use them in one way or the other. Politics or business or career or family should not stop us. There’s not a better time than now that the world needs healing right from the soul to have such an amazing single.” READ ALSO:  Marriages should have expiration dates – Toke Makinwa Aida is all fired up to release her first professional single titled “Obi Uto ( Dan

By Dr Ugoji Egbujo Mamman Daura is powerful. His uncle is the president. So when he talks we must listen.  And we must listen because the wife of the president once told us, in many words and rumpled face, that Mamman Daura had an enviable influence on the president. That was why when Mamman came out from backstage to say that we should discard power rotation and chose the next president on merit many were agitated. If Mamman Daura were another Buba Galadimma or one other old man from the Northern Elders Forum,  his musings would have caused no consternation. But was Mamman speaking for his taciturn nephew? Only time will tell. But before it does, it’s important to remind Mamman that the only reason power rotation was adopted was to guarantee the participation of all sections of the country at the highest level of government. Before power rotation became a convention, only northern Muslims and a strange man-like Abiola could look at the demographics and feel confident of winning

By Fr George Adimike Essaying on thanksgiving wrestles with the dynamic of receiving and giving, which forms the fulcrum of being human. This dynamic affects the whole aspect of our lives, including natural and supernatural dimensions. It makes our urge to give to God and fellow humans a constant. It is not surprising since we live our lives as active participants in a circle of relationship with God and others. This dynamic of receiving and giving expresses our divine sonship and daughtership as active participants and never as spectators in the divine-family relationship. The reality of giving to God from the gifts he has given us accentuates our unique status as privileged sons and daughters. In consequence, the privilege of administering his gifts serves as a means of worshipping him and serving the needs of our neighbours. In giving thanks, humans acknowledge that every good thing comes from God, and generally, they come through the instrumentality of others. God, the eternal