Governor, Nyesom Wike, on Saturday read the Riot Act to those operating illegal refineries in Rivers State. He believes they are responsible for the black soot menace in the state. In his New Year message, he directed council chairmen to go after all the illegal crude oil refining sites and shut them down with immediate […]
A notorious bandit operating in Birnin Magaji area of Zamfara State, Alhaji Auta, has been killed in an air strike by the Nigerian Air Force (NAF). Many of his gang members were also eliminated during the operation around his camp located at Jama’are Bayan Dutchi, in Nasarawa Mailayi District of Zamfara, on Saturday. Multiple sources […]
The Imo state governor, Hope Uzodimma, has continued to blame the opposition for being behind the insecurity experienced in the state. He stated this in his New year message to the people of the state, on Saturday in Owerri. But the governor said he was happy that the plotters of insecurity were overwhelmed by God. […]
Babagana Zulum, Borno governor, says one of the reasons for shutting down camps for internally displaced persons (IDP) in Maiduguri is because they were being used for criminal activities. Zulum said this on Saturday in his new year message. The governor had announced in October that all IDP camps located within Maiduguri, the Borno capital, […]
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has said that God won’t forgive his party, the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) if they don’t listen to Nigerians. Governor Wike who paid a courtesy visit to his Bauchi counterpart, Governor Bala Mohammed lamented the insecurity in the country in Bauchi on Saturday. “I have not even gone to see […]
Kayode Fayemi, governor of Ekiti, says the Buhari administration can still fix the nation’s security challenges in 17 months. The Nigeria’s general election will be held on February 18, 2023. Speaking in an interview on Arise News on Saturday, Fayemi said tackling insecurity will change the popular opinion about the Buhari administration within the time […]
Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, has insisted that workers and masses will not accept any further increase in the pump price of fuel in the name of subsidy removal, urging workers and the citizens to prepare for total war against fuel price hike. President of Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, Ayuba Wabba, in a New Year message […]
A 15-year-old girl allegedly raped by a 49-year-old native doctor, Nwaduche Ekeneotutu, is said to be three months pregnant in Enugu-Ukwu, Njikoka Local Government of Anambra. The Executive Director of Davina Care Foundation, Mrs Rachel Yohanna told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday, in Awka that the case was brought to the foundation […]
The Ondo State Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu, has granted amnesty to 10 inmates of the Nigeria Correction Service centres in the state. Four of those pardoned were freed totally while the remaining six, who had earlier been sentenced to death, had their sentence commuted to life imprisonment. It was gathered that the governor’s action was to […]
Many persons were Saturday morning feared dead along Abakaliki-Enugu expressway, following a devastating accident that occurred around Nkalagu in Ishielu Local Government Area of the State. The accident, which caused heavy traffic jam along the federal highway, was reported to have led to the death of over 8 persons in the area. ADVERTISING Vanguard gathered […]
