Pope Francis says Pope Benedict XVI, his predecessor, is “very sick”. The pope made the announcement on Wednesday during his weekly general audience. He asked for prayers on behalf of the ailing former pontiff, adding that the 95-year-old supports the church “in silence”. “I want to ask you all for a special prayer for […]
A 34-year-old Nigerian Army deserter, Lance Corporal Nwangwu Chiwendu has been arrested at Amahohuru Nguru in Aboh Mbaise Local government Area of Imo State for alleged terrorism. According to CSP Michael Abattam, the Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Chiwendu popularly known as Onye-army, was nabbed by operatives of the Imo State Police […]
The Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai says the 2023 elections present Nigerians with the opportunity to take religion out of politics and punish politicians who use it as a tool. The governor on Tuesday asked royal fathers and scholars to pray for credible elections and improved security. He spoke at the commissioning ceremony […]
The House of Representatives has finally passed the 2023 Appropriation Bill, raising the total estimates from the proposed N20.51tn to N21,827,188,747,391. Passage of the Federal Government budget followed the consideration and adoption of the report by the House Committee on Appropriations on the bill at the plenary on Wednesday. The report came on a […]
The suspended Publicity Secretary of the Labour Party, Abayomi Arabambi, has faulted Tuesday’s appointment of Akin Osuntokun as the Director General of the Obi-Datti Presidential Campaign Council. Arabambi, who disclosed that Obi’s new campaign DG is the senatorial candidate for Zenith Labour Party representing Ekiti Central district, accused him of being fraudulent and deceitful. […]
The House of Representatives has knocked the Chairman, Academic Staff Union of Universities, Prof Emmanuel Osodeke, for accusing the Speaker, Femi Gbajabiamila, of deceiving the university lecturers into calling off their eight-month strike. Chairman of the House Committee on Media and Public Affairs, Benjamin Kalu, in a statement issued on Wednesday, also stated that […]
The peace accord brokered between the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, and the federal government by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila, involves the payment of a part of the eight months’ salaries withheld by the government to the lecturers, investigation by Vanguard has shown. A copy of […]
THE Divisional Police station in Ihiala has been set ablaze by hoodlums, creating fear in the villages and other communities in the area. Some buildings in the station were completely burnt down and the motive has not been established. An eye witness said that following the attack on the police station, which is located […]
A Russian sausage tycoon Pavel Antov has been found dead on Sunday in an hotel located at Odisha, Indian. Antov died two days after a friend lost his life during the same journey, according to BBC on Wednesday. They were visiting the eastern state of Odisha and the millionaire, who was also a grassroot […]
Peter Okoye of the PSquare said that some ‘cabals’ want the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi to quit from the 2023 general elections. Okoye stated this in a tweet via his verified Twitter handle on Tuesday. Read also: Don’t come to my office without your PVC, Peter Okoye warns According to […]
