About 15 thugs attacked The Guardian reporter on Saturday while discharging his duty at a collation centre situated at the Community Primary School in Idimu area of Lagos. When the reporter visited the centre to check the movement of election materials at about 8:15 am, some of the INEC ad-hoc staff were seen barricading the…

A reverend Father’s house at St. Peter and Paul Catholic Church, Tedi axis of old Ojo Road, Lagos State was yesterday gutted by fire. The Guardian gathered that the battery of an inverter in the building caused the fire, which started at about 1:00p.m.   According to an eyewitness, the inverter was in use in…

It was a unique and exciting experience for the students of Mountain Top University (MTU), Ogun State, who paid a visit to Rutam House, the corporate headquarters...

Chairman, Editorial Board of The Guardian newspapers, Professor Wale Omole, has stressed the need for the establishment of agro-industrial cities and parks to achieve sustainability in the country. He said this yesterday at the Joseph Ayo Babalola University (JABU), Ikeji Arakeji, while delivering the ninth convocation lecture titled: Education and Agricultural Value Chains for Industrialisation…

Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State has again failed to present the 2019 budget at the House of Assembly. The governor had wanted to present the budget on December 28, 2018, but the assembly was on recess. It was gathered from reliable sources that the governor was supposed to present the budget yesterday, but at…

A website owned by the All Progressive Congress (APC) that published a plagiarized manifesto has been relaunched after it was put under maintenance by the party. A section of the website on Saturday contained obviously plagiarized content that included the statement, “Our first priority is keeping America safe and secure,” But party spokesman Lanre Issa-Onilu…

The power sector was deprived of 2,791.5 megawatts (mw) national grid supply owing to unavailability of gas on December 14, 2018. This was contained in data sheet from the Ministry of Power, obtained by The Guardian yesterday. The document read in part: “The dominant constraint on December 14, 2018 was due to unavailability of gas…

Former member of the House of Representatives, Prince Ned Nwoko, has begun the rehabilitation of the failed portion of Onicha Ugbo-Idumuje Ugboko road as part of his community service initiative. In an interview with The Guardian, Nwoko disclosed that an indigenous engineering firm, ULO Limited, has been mobilized to undertake the repairs of the road.…

It was a scary experience for Abuja Bureau Chief of The Guardian, Mr Niyi Bello, as unknown persons suspected to be kidnappers trailed him from his office located at Plot 415, Olu Awotesu Street, Jabi to his residence on CITEC Estate on Friday. Two persons on a motorcycle, who were suspected to have been loitering…

The Guardian and a member of staff, Dr. Monday Evawomaha, have been recognised by the Nigerian-British Chamber of Commerce (NBCC) at its presidential dinner and awards. Positioned to promote trade and investment between Nigeria and United Kingdom since its establishment in 1977, the chamber is also affiliated with the British Chambers of Commerce (BCC), thus…

Irate passengers have urged the minister of aviation to probe the near air mishap involving Aero Contractors on Thursday night at the Port Harcourt international airport. Some of the passengers on board flight NIG 317 told The Guardian that the plane tyres at the point of landing failed to eject, thus, making it impossible for…

Media executives in Nigeria have warned members of the public against the spread of fake news on social and traditional media platforms as the 2019 elections approach. The executives spoke at the launch of CrossCheck Nigeria, a verification project for Nigerian journalists to tackle false news at Ikeja, Lagos. A member of the Editorial Board,…