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Oyo recovers 13 vandalised vehicles from Ajimobi’s aides

Ademola Babalola, Ibadan The Oyo State Government on Thursday confirmed the recovery of 14 vehicles taken away by the officials of the last administration. The recovery followed the expiration of an ultimatum given to the officials of the last administration by Governor Seyi Makinde. Former governor Abiola Ajimobi and his aides were recently accused of […]

Nigerian lawmakers, police, judges most corrupt, says TI, National Assembly kicks

Sunday Aborisade, Leke Baiyewu, Oladimeji Ramon and Tobi Aworinde Transparency International has released a survey showing that the police, legislature and the judiciary are among the most corrupt institutions in Nigeria. The TI, in the publication of the 10th edition of the Global Corruption Barometer (GCB) – Africa, on Thursday, said corruption in African countries […]

Poor Nigerians rose from 86 to 98 million in 10 years –UNDP

Nigerians rose from 86 to 98 million in 10 years –UNDP   Adelani Adepegba, Abuja The 2019 Global Multidimensional Poverty Index has indicated that “multi dimensionally poor”  Nigerians increased from 86 million to 98 million between 2007 and 2017. The report released in New York on Thursday by the United Nations Development Programme and the […]

Adelani Adepegba, Abuja The 2019 Global Multidimensional Poverty Index has indicated that “multi dimensionally poor”  Nigerians increased from 86 million to 98 million between 2007 and 2017. The report released in New York on Thursday by the United Nations Development Programme and the Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative, noted that the proportion of people […]

We’ll have a ranch in Ogun soon, says Abiodun

  By Ola Ajayi & Daud Olatunji ABEOKUTA- GOVERNOR Dapo Abiodun of Ogun State, yesterday, disclosed that his administration would soon have a world-class ranch in the state, to be created through a Public-Private Partnership. This came as some prominent Yoruba leaders called on President Muhammadu Buhari to outrightly cancel the RUGA project as a […]

Lagos declares free tolls at Lekki-Ikoyi tollgates

Lagos State Governor Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu has declared toll free for motorists going and coming out of Lekki axis during rush hours on Thursday.  The Governor declared a toll-free passage at the toll plaza on Lekki-Epe Expressway and the Lekki-Ikoyi Link Bridge between 6:30am and 9:30am in the morning, and also at the peak period […]

RUGA : DSS invites Ralph Uwazuruike

  By Chidi Nkwopara, OWERRI. The Department of State Security, DSS, has invited the protagonist of the Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra, MASSOB, Chief Ralph Uwazuruike, to it’s Owerri office, for “a meeting with the State Director”. Confirming the development to Vanguard on Wednesday night, Chief Uwazuruike forwarded the text […]

Breaking: New Nigeria passport has herdsmen inscribed on it – Apostle Suleiman alert

The General Overseer of the Omega Fire Ministries, Apostle Johnson Suleiman, has alerted that the new Nigerian passport has herdsmen inscribed in it. The fiery pastor made the statement on Thursday while condemning the Ruga programme by the federal government. That’s the new nigeria passport..it now has herdsmen inscribed in it…it’s shameful that a certain extraction […]

Health worker sleeps with man who killed husband in Rivers State

Eric Dumo An employee of the Rivers State Primary Healthcare Board in Asari-Toru Local Government Area of the state, Douglas Ajemine, has been arrested by operatives of the Inspector General of Police Special Intelligence Response Team for paying two men to kill her husband. The 41-year-old mother of four, who was apprehended in the Abalama […]

Fulani herdsmen block Asaba-Benin expressway in Delta

Ochei Matthew, Asaba The Issele-Asaba junction on the Asaba-Benin Expressway was on Friday blocked by Fulani herdsmen who were protesting the killing of the driver of a truck conveying cattle on Thursday night. A truck driver, Adamu Adamu, was allegedly killed at Issele-Azagba junction by revenue collectors who immediately disappeared from the area after the […]