…Total compliance in Onitisha, Nnewi The sit-at-home order given by the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Wednesday was ignored by the residents of Imo state. Vanguard monitored the development in and outside the Owerri metropolis and observed that the people went about their normal daily activities. Residents of the state came out as early as […]
Men of the Lagos State Police Command on Thursday attacked a photojournalist with The PUNCH , Olukayode Jaiyeola. Jaiyeola, who was part of journalists covering an October 1 protest in the state, was brutalised at the Maryland area of Lagos . The incident happened around 12 noon when a policeman , Innocent Adadu, hit Jaiyeola’ […]
An Army Court Martial has sentenced to jail one tank Corporal Aliyu Yakubu of the Nigerian Army for five years for raping a 13-year-old girl in Bama, Borno State. The judge advocate captain Aminu Mairua in summarising the details of the case told the court sitting in the 7 division senior officers mess at Marmalari […]
A High Court in Abuja on Wednesday struck out the fraud allegation case against Deputy Chief of Staff to Osun State Governor, Prince Adeyanju Binuyo. The Inspector General of Police had in a charge marked CR/975/2020 sued Binuyo before the court. At the trial, none of the parties were present. One Rimamsote Ezekiel had appeared […]
President Muhammadu Buhari has defended the current price of fuel in the country, stating that a responsible government must face realities. In his Independence Day Speech, President Buhari stated that while petroleum prices are to be adjusted, the government must take tough decisions. The president compared the oil price in Nigeria to those of neighbouring […]
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has called for the adoption of the University Transparency and Accountability Solution (UTAS) in the country. Mahmud Lawan, Coordinator, Kano Zonal Coordinator of the association, made the call in a statement issued in Kano on Thursday, at the end of its meeting held at the Federal University, Dutse. […]
Imo state executive council on Wednesday approved a total reopening of schools with safe Covid19 protocols . This was made known by the state’s commissioner for Information and culture, Hon Dr Declan Emelumba. The resumption is however subject to the adherence to the recommendations by the Committee responsible for ensuring that Covid-19 safety protocols headed […]
….Nigeria at 60: US lauds Nigeria’s commitments to tackling corruption INDEPENDENCE DAY ADDRESS BY HIS EXCELLENCY, MUHAMMADU BUHARI, PRESIDENT OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA ON THE OCCASION OF NIGERIA’S SIXTIETH INDEPENDENCE ANNIVERSARY, THURSDAY 1ST OCTOBER 2020 Fellow Nigerians Today, it is my unique privilege to re-commit myself to the service of this great country […]
