A member of the Peoples Democratic Party in Oyo State, Mudashiru Baraka, has been killed. He was said to have been killed by rival political thugs on Wednesday morning in Oyo town. PUNCH Metro gathered that Baraka, a PDP grassroots mobiliser in the town, was macheted to death by his assailants at his father’s […]
TikTok has been formally banned on all devices owned and operated by the U.S. House of Representatives. A law specifying the ban on the app is reportedly about to take effect, according to the administration branch of the House. According to Reuters, the House’s Chief Administrative Officer stated that TikTok posed a “high danger […]
The killing of three persons on Monday at Ekoli-Edda community of Afikpo South Local Government Area of Ebonyi State, yesterday infuriated Governor David Umahi who threatened to smoke out another criminal element behind the dastardly act. Recall that the youths of the community clashed with the members of Ebubeagu Security operatives led by the […]
The Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party, Mr. Peter Obi, has described Chief Arthur Eze as a respected Nigerian who is entitled to his own opinions and beliefs. Obi said this on Wednesday while reacting to the statement of Chief Arthur Eze urging him to step down from the presidential contest. Speaking to journalist […]
There was pandemonium at Oruku community in Nkanu East Local Government Area of Enugu State on Wednesday as a group of militants reportedly burnt 10 houses belonging to another group in the community. A source who claimed anonimous told Vanguard that among the houses burnt was that of the murdered traditional ruler, Igwe Emmanuel […]
The Peoples Democratic Party will be constrained to invoke articles of its constitution to contend with threats to its electoral fortunes by the Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike and his four aggrieved colleagues a senior party leader who pleaded anonymity has revealed. Vanguard gathered in Abuja, on Wednesday, that the new thinking within the […]
Nigerian singer and one of the music duo, P Square, Paul Okoye has revealed he had been unmarried for four years and was divorced before meeting Ifeoma, his partner. The singer made this known on during an Instagram live session with his fans on Tuesday. Okoye made the decision to respond to some inquiries […]
The Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige, has said the Federal Government will soon make a pronouncement on salary increase for civil and public servants to cushion the effect of rising inflation. He stated this while speaking with State House reporters after a closed-door meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential […]
The National Assembly has passed the 2023 appropriation bill at N21.83 trillion. This shows an increase of N1.32 trillion from the N20.51 trillion budget proposal of President Muhammadu Buhari. A breakdown of the budget indicates an allocation of N967.5 billion for statutory transfers, N6.6 trillion for debt servicing, N8.3 trillion for recurrent expenditure, and […]
Akin Osuntokun, the newly-appointed director-general of the Labour Party (LP) presidential campaign council, is listed as the Zenith Labour Party (ZLP) senatorial candidate for Ekiti central. Osuntokun, a former managing director of NAN, was named the director-general of the campaign council on Tuesday. Doyin Okupe, the former director-general of the campaign organisation, resigned after […]
