A businessman, Ghali Jafaru, on Wednesday prayed a Shari’a court sitting in Magajin Gari, Kaduna to help him recover his grandfather’s house from a tenant, Balarabe Madaki. Jafaru, who resides at No B2 Nupe Road, said that Madaki has been living in the house for free for years before the demise of his grandfather. “My […]
Three Senators, including a principal officer, elected on the platform of Peoples Democratic Party, on Wednesday, notified the Senate of their decision to join the ruling All Progressives Congress. The senators are: the Minority Whip, Sahabi Ya’u (Zamfara North); Peter Nwaoboshi (Delta North); and Lawal Anka (Zamfara West). The lawmakers made their decision to dump […]
The Abia State Government has called for a serious investigation into the attack on Enyimba Football Club players in Jos, Plateau State. Following their goalless draw against home side Plateau United in a Nigeria Professional Football League match on Sunday, the players were attacked. The attack left two Enyimba players – defender Dare Olatunji and […]
Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), was lured to a location in an African country with a promise of cash donation in millions of dollars. The IPOB leader, who was facing charges bordering on treasonable felony following his campaign for the secession of Republic of Biafra, had jumped bail in 2017 […]
Usifo Ataga’s corpse was, Tuesday, moved from where it was to the Ikeja morgue for the final stage of autopsy. Vanguard gathered that it was to enable the pathologist carry out the last stage of screening known as the toxicology test. Recall that Ataga died in a service apartment in Lekki area of Lagos State, […]
Former Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo, on Tuesday, urged the Federal High Court, Abuja, to make an order setting aside the seizure and sealing of some of his property by the state government. Okorocha also asked Justice Ahmed Mohammed to restrain the defendants from investigating him or implement the recommendations of the seven panels set […]
An Ekiti State High Court sitting in Ado Ekiti, on Tuesday, sentenced a 24-year-old man, Sola Jegede, to death by hanging for dispossessing some men of their phones and money. He was found guilty of using weapons, including a gun, knife, digger and club to rob Ibukun Ilesanmi, Seun Ilesanmi and Tope Ilesanmi of their […]
The registrar of the Joint Admissions Matriculation Board, Professor Ishaq Oloyede, says many institutions are still awarding certificates to people who do not attend universities. He warned that awarding of fake university certificates to people is dangerous to the development of the education system in the country. He spoke in Abuja yesterday during the opening […]
The Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, Mallam Mele Kyari, has said the price of petrol should be more than N280/litre at which Automotive Gas Oil, also known as diesel, is being sold. Kyari said smuggling of petrol from Nigeria had impacted negatively on the Nigerian oil sector but added that this […]
The House of Representatives has expressed concerns over non-conduct of population census in the country 15 years after the last exercise, urging the National Population Commission to put machinery in place for the exercise. Chairman, House Committee on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), Rotimi Agunsoye, expressed the concern yesterday at a public hearing on a bill […]
