The interrogation of socialite and businessman, Obinna Iyiegbu aka Obi Cabana, entered the third day, on Wednesday, without any hint of when he would perfect his bail and leave the anti-graft agency in Abuja. An Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, confirmed to Vanguard that the businessman was still being grilled and that his release […]
Elders from the Northern region have accused the Federal Government of neglecting Borno State capital, Maiduguri, which has been without power from the national grid for 10 months. Daily Trust had reported how suspected members of the Islamic State in West Africa Province (ISWAP) fighters destroyed several electricity power lines, thereby cutting off Maiduguri metropolis. […]
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has named the members of a panel of inquiry set up by the government to probe the building collapse in Ikoyi, Lagos. Addressing reporters, family members, and sympathisers when he visited the site on Wednesday, he stated that the panel comprised five members and a secretary. “I have set up […]
No fewer than seven persons have been confirmed killed and many injured by suspected herders, who sacked Nega Village in Lau local Council of Taraba State. The herders, according to a witness, stormed the community on Tuesday night shooting sporadically. Residents told The Guardian that several persons, who narrowly escaped death, left with gunshot wounds, […]
A 24-year-old man, Majiyagbe Olamilekan, has been arrested by men of the Ogun State Police Command for allegedly stabbing his wife to death with a pair of scissors. The Police Public Relations Officer, Abimbola Oyeyemi, in a statement on Wednesday said that the suspect was arrested following a distress call received by the police in […]
No fewer than 67 commercial and residential buildings, as well as structures in Alimosho Local Government Area of Lagos State, have been sealed by officials of the Lagos State Physical Planning Permit Authority (LASPPPA) for contravening the State Physical Planning regulations during a recent enforcement exercise carried out by the Authority. According to the General […]
The Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Mr Usman Alkali said on Wednesday that security arrangements for the conduct of the Saturday governorship election in Anambra covered land, sea and air. Alkali spoke during the stakeholders meeting organised by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) at the Prof. Dora Akunyili Women Development Centre, Awka. He said that […]
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission and the Department of State Services have arrested 48 individuals for alleged irregularities in the conduct of the Joint Universities Preliminary Examinations Board. JUPEB is an advanced level educational examination that qualifies a candidate for admission into 200 level in any Nigerian and foreign university through […]
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), says it will deploy the Biometric Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) device in the November 6, 2021, Anambra State Governorship election. Nigerian Tribune gathered that the BVAS, deployed in its pilot phase for the Isoko South I State Constituency Bye-election in Delta State on September 11, 2021, is a new […]
A Kano State Magistrate’s Court sitting in Nomansland has ordered the remand of one Mu’azu Magaji Danbala in the custodial centre for allegedly defaming the character of Kano State Governor, Dr Abdullahi Umar Ganduje. The suspect was accused of making the defamatory statement against the governor and two of his children; Abdul’aziz and Balaraba, on […]
