Police uncover eight-bedroom kidnappers’ den in Imo
The Imo State Police Command, assisted by some vigilante members, have undiscovered a kidnapper’s underground eight-bedroom den in a deserted building. Channels Television reported on Saturday that the...
View ArticleShehu of Borno shocked by increasing terror attacks
The Shehu of Borno, Alhaji Abubakar Ibn Garbai, yesterday expressed shock at the increasing attacks by suspected Boko Haram sect members in communities in the state. Garbai made his feeling known while...
View ArticleEzekwesili denies hiring PR firm for #BringBackOurGirls campaign
A former Vice-President of the World Bank, Dr. Oby Ezekwesili, has denied hiring an American public relations and communications firm, Burson Marsteller , for the #BringBackOurGirls campaign. A top...
View ArticleCholera: Kano Govt. sends medical team to affected community
The Kano Government said on Sunday that it had sent a medical team to Kafin Dalawa village in Tudun Wada Local Government Area of the state to assess the outbreak of cholera in the area. The...
View ArticleWhy Nyako fled Nigeria — Aide
There was a clear indication last night that former Adamawa State Governor, Admiral Murtala Nyako, who was sacked last week, had fled the country. A competent source confirmed to Vanguard exclusively...
View ArticleCONFAB: North moves to ‘kill’ report
Strong indications emerged, yesterday, that northern delegates are moving to kill the yet-to-be adopted final report of the Justice Idris Kutigi-led National Conference. The new move is part of a wider...
View Article32 films qualify for FG’s Nollywood grants
No fewer than 32 Nigerian movies have won the federal government grants from the Film Production Fund, one of the three components of the N3 billion Presidential Intervention Fund for the Nigerian...
View ArticleMassive corruption behind FG’s request for US$1b loan to fight B’Haram — APC
The All Progressives Congress, APC, has said that President Goodluck Jonathan administration has no business borrowing money if it had accounted for US$20 billion in oil funds or plugged the official...
View ArticleMH17 plane crash: Ukraine rebels hand over black boxes
Rebels in eastern Ukraine have handed over two flight-data recorders from the downed MH17 plane to Malaysian experts. A senior rebel leader signed them over to the Malaysian officials at a meeting in...
View ArticleUNN lecturer commits suicide
Tragedy struck at the Enugu Campus of the University of Nigeria, (UNEC) last weekend as a lecturer at the institution’s Law Faculty, Dr Bede Opata committed suicide over yet-to-be ascertained reasons....
View ArticleRobbers invade hospital, rape patients
Pandemonium rocked the General Hospital, Agbarho in Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta State at the weekend when armed robbers unleashed hell on patients and workers. It was gathered that the...
View ArticleInnoson to launch N1.5m cars
Innoson Group of Companies, manufacturers of cars, buses, tankers and other products, would as from 8, August introduce brand new cars into the Nigerian automobile market at the cost of N1.5million...
View ArticleFashola sets up panel to probe soldier’s death, burning of BRT buses
Lagos State Governor Babatunde Fashola has constituted a three-man Tribunal of Inquiry to unravel the July 4 incident between men of the Armed Forces and a BRT driver following an accident along...
View ArticleB’Haram: 15,204 persons displaced in Borno —NEMA
About 15,204 persons have been displaced by the attack on Damboa town, Borno State, at the weekend, the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), has said. Speaking to journalists in Maiduguri on...
View ArticleEbonyi Speaker impeached at 6.30a.m , elects first female Speaker
The Ebonyi State Speaker, Honourable Chukwuma Nwazunku, was on Monday, impeached by 18 out of the 24 lawmakers at 6.30 a.m. A new Speaker, Honourable Helen Nwaobasi, emerged as the new female speaker...
View ArticleStop harassing my wife, Ezekwesili’s husband warns FG
Chinedu, the 60-year-old husband of a former Vice-President of the World Bank, Dr. Oby Ezekwesili, has decried the harassment of her wife by the Federal Government. Operatives of the State Security...
View ArticleObiano commends Chidoka, out-going FRSC boss
Governor Willie Obiano of Anambra State, has commended the outgoing Corps Marshal of the Federal Road Safety Corps, Mr. Osita Chidoka,FRSC and other security operatives in the state for the good work...
View ArticleDelegates warn against scuttling confab resolutions
Against the backdrop of reported scheming by the north to use the National Assembly to void the recommendations of the National Conference, the South-South delegates to the conference have warned that...
View ArticleAviation workers urge FG to set up national carrier
The Air Transport Services Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (ATSSSAN) has urged the Federal Government to put things in place to ensure a functional national carrier. The ATSSSAN’s President, Mr....
View ArticleOverland Airways begins flight services to Dutse
Overland Airways, on Tuesday, announced the commencement of scheduled flight operations from Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja to the new Dutse International Airport, Jigawa State capital. In...
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