The Police in Ebonyi has given a 14-day ultimatum to persons in possession of illegal firearms in the state to surrender them to the command. Commissioner of Police in the state Philip Maku stated this while inaugurating a Taskforce Enforcement Team to mop up illegal firearms in the State. The taskforce is headed by a […]

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it may respond to some of the issues raised by the Bayelsa State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal when it is availed of the full judgment of the case. The INEC National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Mr Festus Okoye, stated this in an interview with […]

Nigeria’s effort to contain the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic may have been slowed by fatigue, helplessness and mistrust among citizens and governments. Medical experts, who spoke with The Guardian on the matter, reacted to the submission of the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Geoffrey Onyeama, who lamented how challenging it is to contain the […]

The 2020 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE), yesterday, began nationwide amid complaints. In Bauchi State, it was one disappointment too many at the centres covered. Students that spoke with newsmen complained of their names not being found on the master lists. When The Guardian visited the Gen. Hassan Katsina Secondary School in the […]

Malam Wada Maida, the chairman, Board of Directors of the News Agency of Nigeria, is dead. Malam Lawal Sale Maida, a member of his family, who confirmed this to the NAN, said that Maida died in Abuja on Monday. He was aged 70. Maida, former Editor-in-Chief and later Managing Director of NAN, was one of […]

DIRECTOR-GENERAL of the Progressives Governors Forum Salihu Lukman has come under fire for his constant attack on the All Progressives Congress (APC) and its former chairman Comrade Adams Oshiomhole. Lukmon has been issuing statements in his “personal capacity”, attacking the APC and Oshiomhole without being called to order by the Forum of APC governors. Oshiomhole […]