The Management of the Abia State University Uturu, ABSU, has cleared the air over the reported death of its three lecturers in one day, saying they did not die in one day contrary to media publication (not Vanguard). Public Relations Officer, PRO, of the institution, Mr Chijioke Nwogu, in a press statement, also denied that […]
Gunmen suspected to be bandits have attacked a border community between Taraba and Benue states, killing one person and abducting many. The gunmen who stormed a border community in Benue State forced residents to flee to Koffai Ahmadu in Takum Local Government Area for safety on Saturday. Confirming the incident to Channels Television via a […]
Simon Ekpa, an athlete who represented Nigeria at the 2003 African Junior Athletics Championships, has denounced Nigeria and vowed to return the medal he won for the country. He said this in a Facebook post on Sunday, adding that leaders have failed the country. Ekpa said his action is in with his allegiance to the […]
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has accused the ruling All Progressives Grand Alliance APGA in Anambra state of sponsoring the insecurity in the state. The opposition party alleged that the ruling party has been intimidating and frustrating them ahead of the November 6, governorship elections. But APGA has denied the allegation, saying it would not […]
Some soldiers have allegedly beaten one Abdullahi Karafa, a Jos taxi driver, to death for violating a curfew put in place by the Plateau state government. The late Karafa, is a resident of Angwan Rimi community of Jos north LGA of Plateau. The curfew was imposed in the state following an outbreak of violence. Lives […]
The Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has said he will not withdraw the lawsuits against the National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Uche Secondus, because he does not trust the chairman to honour agreements. Sunday PUNCH gathered that Wike said this in a meeting with the Senator David Mark-led committee set up by the […]
A Beninese immigrant, Adamu Sime, has been arrested by the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Kwara State Command, for allegedly having canal knowledge of his biological mother. The command’s spokesman, Mr Babawale Afolabi, confirmed this in a statement he signed and made available to the News Agency of Nigeria on Sunday, in Ilorin. Afolabi […]
Afghan women will be allowed to attend university as long as they study separately from men, the Taliban’s new higher education minister said Sunday. Women’s rights in Afghanistan were sharply curtailed under the Taliban’s 1996-2001 rule, though since returning to power last month the hardline Islamists have claimed they will implement a less extreme rule. […]
The police in Imo State said they have raided another camp operated by the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB) and its militant wing, Eastern Security Network (ESN). The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, CSP Michael Abattam, said in Owerri that the success was part of the ongoing clearance Operation embarked by the Imo […]
Bandits trying to escape the ongoing military operation in Zamfara and Katsina states met their waterloo in the hands of soldiers at Maganda village near Allawa in Shiroro Local Government Area of Niger State. The bandits, who were said to be escaping through the notorious Allawa Forest in their hundreds, ran into the military camp […]
