Police in Rivers State have freed the three lawyers, who were preparing to file petitions for All Progressives Congress, APC, in the state. Eight persons, including three lawyers, were arrested by the police at a hotel in Port Harcourt on Friday, while preparing petitions for the APC to challenge the election and results of […]
Family members of a 22-year-old former student of Moshood Abiola Polytechnic, Abeokuta, Kabirat Sobola, who was allegedly stabbed to death in the Ogun State capital are currently demanding justice. The deceased, a National Diploma holder, was reportedly murdered in her room in Abeokuta on Friday, February 4, 2023. PUNCH Metro gathered that the incident […]
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has declared a popular Port Harcourt- based prophetess and founder of Christ Power Adoration Ministries, Faith Ugochi as well as a celebrity couple Igho Ubiribo and Danielle Simba Allen, wanted for allegedly recruiting teenage girls into drug trafficking. The Spokesperson for the anti-drug agency, Femi Babafemi, who disclosed […]
The Labour Party on Sunday accused All Progressives Congress of plotting for the arrest of its presidential candidate, Peter Obi and his running mate, Baba Datti. At a Press conference in Owerri, Imo State, the LP national Youth leader, Kennedy Ahanotu, said that the plot to arrest Obi and Datti would fail. Ahanotu, said […]
Abia State Police Command has said that its operatives killed some protesting members of Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) because they attacked its men in Aba first, on Friday with dangerous weapons. The Command said the attack took place while policemen were on a show of force patrol in the commercial city. In a […]
A widow in Uga community in Aguata local government area of Anambra State, Mrs Ozoemena, was on Saturday meted with barbaric treatments and untold humiliation by villagers over their suspicion that she was responsible for death of her daughter. According Community reporters, the incident, which happened at Umueze Uga, in Aguata Local Government Area […]
Pope Francis presided over mass in St Peter’s Square Sunday, as he kicked off events leading to Easter, just a day after leaving hospital following a bout of bronchitis. The 86-year-old’s admittance to hospital on Wednesday with breathing difficulties sparked concerns he may not be well enough to attend a series of rites in […]
THE National Chairman of the New Nigeria Peoples Party, NNPP, Professor Rufai Ahmed Alkali has resigned as the head of the party. In a letter to the National Secretary of the party and made available to Vanguard, Alkali said he was stepping aside as the National Chairman of the party in order to give […]
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to use his “good offices and leadership position to immediately enforce the judgment by the ECOWAS Court of Justice prohibiting prosecutions of anyone on the grounds of ‘insulting’ or ‘stalking’ public officials online.” SERAP also urged him to “enforce and implement the ECOWAS […]
The Department of State Services has said the embattled self-acclaimed Eze Igbo of Ajao Estate, Lagos State, Chief Fredrick Nwajagu, will be transferred to Abuja from the Lagos holding facility. A security source at the DSS Headquarters, Abuja, who craved anonymity because he was not authorised to speak on the matter, disclosed this to […]
