There was pandemonium on Wednesday when some state chairmen of the Labour Party (LP) chased the Lamidi Apapa-led faction of the National Working Committee (NWC) away from the national headquarters of the party in Abuja. The leadership crisis rocking the LP took a turn for the worse last week when a faction stormed the […]
A seven-storey building under construction caved in yesterday, at First Avenue, Banana Island, Ikoyi, Lagos. Seven persons, all construction workers, were rescued while an undisclosed number of persons were still trapped at about 8.30pm. But emergency responders at the scene said only one person was still under the debris. Vanguard gathered that the Lagos […]
Chimamanda Adichie, a Nigerian novelist, says many Nigerians feel cheated by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) over the 2023 presidential election. Speaking on Tuesday on Arise Television, Adichie said as far as Nigerians are concerned, INEC lost its credibility for failing to upload results immediately as promised. “I had been assured that technology […]
Two persons said to be members of the Awo Hall Executives have been arrested by the police, following the death of a 500 Level student of the Civil Engineering Department at the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State, Ahize Okoli. Okoli was reportedly beaten to death by a mob on suspicion that he stole […]
The national secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party, Samuel Anyanwu, has emerged the governorship candidate of the party in Imo State. Anyanwu emerged the candidate of the party in a primary election conducted at the state secretariat of the party in Owerri, the state capital, on Wednesday. Anyanwu polled a total of 802 votes […]
Thursday 13 April 2023 CBN forex ban: Nigerians imported N18tn cooking oil, meat, others in seven years – Report Doctors in diaspora petition National Assembly over anti-migration bill Yes Daddy: Obi fights back as criticism mounts over leaked audio Police arrest two over OAU student’s death Ex-Lagos deputy gov vows to renounce citizenship before […]
Douye Diri, the Governor of Bayelsa State, has been declared as the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) flag bearer for the upcoming governorship election scheduled for November 11, 2023. The announcement was made by Governor Ademola Adeleke of Osun State, who served as the chief returning officer for the party’s governorship primaries. According to Adeleke, […]
Amiddle-aged man has been allegedly kidnapped by yet-to-be-identified assailants in Umuchu community in Ekwulobia, Aguata Local Government Area of Anambra State. The victim, Alexander Nwosu, is owner of a petrol station and hotel in the community and was reportedly kidnapped while at home with his wife and children. It was gathered that the whereabouts […]
Twelve persons lost their lives in a motor accident at Ezillo in Ishielu Local Government Area of Ebonyi State along the even busy Enugu-Abakaliki Highway. Daily Trust gaathered that the accident that happened at about 10am on Tuesday involved an unmarked truck and a white shuttle bus with registration number EBJ 350 XA. The […]
A former governor of Anambra State, Chinwoke Mbadinuju is dead. He passed away at the age of 78 on Tuesday morning at the National Hospital Abuja after a brief illness. The ex-governor’s death was announced in a statement by Cheta Mbadinuju, for the family. Mbadinuju was Anambra governor between May 1999 and May 2003. […]
