A 46-year-old man, Gerardo Cabanillas was exonerated of the rape, robbery, and kidnapping convictions he spent 28 years in an American prison for, after a new DNA test showed he was innocent of those crimes. Cabanillas was 18 years old when he was jailed for robbing, kidnapping and sexually assaulting a woman in Los
Suspected gunmen in Kwara State have killed one AbdulRasheed Alafara and shot two of his siblings before abducting their mother. The incident, our correspondent learnt, occurred around 10:00 pm on Tuesday in Alalubosa community, Okoolowo, Asa Local government area of Kwara State. The kidnappers, who were about six in number wielded AK-47s, and were
The Federal Government has said dignitaries must now pay toll fare before accessing the nation’s airports. Before now, those categorised as Very Important Personalities (VIPs) are exempted from paying toll fares. But speaking on the plan to shore up revenue at tollgates, Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, said henceforth VIPs, dignitaries,
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) says it supported 150 farmers in Bauchi State and the federal capital territory (FCT) with $78 million as training grants to boost food security in Nigeria. Massandje Toure-Litse, commissioner for economic affairs and agriculture, ECOWAS, made this known at the opening of a poultry training workshop
A 12-year-old boy, Ibukun Solomon, has narrated how his mother, Tayelolu, killed his father, Felix, with a pestle while he ewas sleeping, after a minor argument in Ondo town, Ondo State. Vanguard gathered that the mother of three, reportedly killed her 65-year-old husband, a farmer, by hitting him thrice with a pestle while sleeping
The Ebonyi State Election Petition tribunal sitting in Abuja, Wednesday delivered its judgement on Petition No. EPT/EB/GOV/01/2023 [BENARD ODO & APGA Vs INEC, FRANCIS OGBONNA NWIFURU & APC) in favour of Governor Francis Ogbonna Nwifuru of Ebonyi State. The Tribunal held that the petition bordered on a pre-election matter over which it lacked jurisdiction
The election petition tribunal sitting in Akure has nullified the election of a member of the Ondo State House of Assembly representing Ileoluji/Okeigbo constituency, Hon. Nelson Akinsuroju of the All Progressives Congress, APC. While ruling on a petition filed by the candidate of People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Babatunde Fadare against the election of Akinsuroju,
BIAFRA Independence Movement, BIM, and Movement for Actualization of Sovereign State of Biafra, BIM-MASSOB, yesterday, confirmed the arrest of three of its male members, by Police in Anambra State. According to a statement issued by the Senior Special Assistant to BIM-MASSOB on Media and Publicity, Mazi Chris Anierobi Mocha, the three members arrested were,
No fewer than six people have been killed and four others injured after bandits attacked Takanai community in Zangon Kataf Local Government Area of Kaduna State. The police authorities in Kaduna State are yet to confirm the incident, but the president of Atyap Community Development Association, Sam Achi told Channels Television that the attack
France’s ambassador to Niger left the capital Niamey early Wednesday, after weeks of tensions between Paris and the post-coup regime in the West African country that demanded his expulsion. “The ambassador and six colleagues left Niamey around 4:00 am (0300 GMT),” a diplomatic source from the French embassy said.A source in the Niger interior
