Palpable fear has again crept into Eku community, Ethiope East local government area, Delta state following the act of unknown gunmen who opened fire on a youth and his girlfriend on Sunday. Community folks told the Vanguard that the injured were immediately rushed to the Eku hospital by sympathisers after the gunmen had disappeared […]
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has debunked a news publication in an online media alleging non-establishment of testing laboratory for food fortification. A statement by NAFDAC Resident Media Consultant, Mr Olusayo Akintola, in Abuja on Monday stated that the attention of the agency was drawn to the Sept. […]
Troops of the Joint Task Force, South-East, code-named Operation UDO KA II, has cleared four camps of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and its armed affiliates, Eastern Security Network (ESN), in Imo State. The troops, in the course of the clearance, killed two IPOB/ESN members and four other members were arrested. This […]
Lawyers for Niger’s ousted president say they are filing a legal case in the West African country against those behind the coup that deposed the democratically elected leader. The lawyers for Mohamed Bazoum, who was overthrown on July 26 and has since been detained, also said in a statement they were appealing to the […]
The UK minimum wage will go up next year, finance minister Jeremy Hunt will announce at the Conservative party’s annual conference Monday, as the country gears up for a general election. The rise from April next year comes amid the worst cost of living crisis in a generation, with the government battling stubbornly high […]
Presidential Candidate of Labour Party in this year’s elections, Peter Obi, has said while it is not necessary to have the best educational qualification, a person must be honest and honourable about his or her past to be a great leader. Obi, who filed an appeal at the Supreme Court to challenge the tribunal’s […]
The Ondo State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps has arrested two persons, Babatunde Oluwasola and Dada Fowowe for allegedly involving in human trafficking. The suspects were said to be allegedly involved in recruiting three young girls to travel to Libya in April this year. The spokesman for the command, Daniel […]
Afamily consisting of a father, mother, and their two children were on Monday, October 2, electrocuted and burnt to death after a power surge in the Dinyavoh area of Jalingo, the Taraba state capital. However, the last child of the family survived the incident. The power surge that occurred in the morning started from […]
Airstrikes by Nigerian Air Force (NAF) fighter jets have killed several terrorists hibernating in the Lake Chad fringes of Borno state. The air strikes also destroyed the terrorists’ hideouts, structures, and “strategic logistics base.” NAF’s spokesperson, Air Commodore Edward Gabkwet, disclosed this in a statement on Monday, October 2. He said the terrorists were […]
Diezani Alison-Madueke, Nigeria’s former minister of petroleum resources, has appeared at the Westminster Magistrates Court in the UK over an alleged £100,000 bribe. Michael Snow, the district judge, granted Alison-Madueke bail in the sum of £70,000. Snow however imposed other conditions on Alison-Madueke after considering her “a flight risk”. The conditions include an 11 […]
