THE Officer Commanding 242 Recce Battalion, Ibereko Barracks, Badagry, Colonel Nabasa, has been arrested in connection with Tuesday’s bloody clash between his soldiers and policemen attached to Badagry Division. The clash led to the death of the DPO, DCO, and eight other policemen. Vanguard gathered from impeccable sources that the OC was arrested, Tuesday night, […]
IT all started like the usual joke between motorists and police officers at Police checkpoints. A vehicle that was on its way from Nigeria-Seme border was flagged down by some policemen attached to the Rapid Response Squad, RRS, who were on routine patrol of the area for a search. Suddenly, a man in mufti whose […]
The Minister of Information and Communications, Mr Labaran Maku, says the Federal Government is working to ensure that power supply stabilises across the country within two years. Maku said this in Abuja,Sunday while speaking at the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) People’s Forum which has the theme “Making accountability the watchword.’’ He said government had […]
SURVIVORS of the post-election violence in some northern states yesterday in Abuja narrated their plight and attributed their escape to divine providence. Some of the survivors, mostly National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members posted to Bauchi State for the mandatory national assignment, called on the Federal Government to prosecute the perpetrators of the mayhem to […]
THE Secretary-General of the United Nations (UN), Mr. Ban Ki-moon, who is now on a duty tour of Nigeria, yesterday praised the efforts of the Federal Government specifically on the passage of the National Health Bill which, he said was capable of enhancing the country’s capacity to meet the Milliennium Development Goals (MGDs), one of […]
The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has said that President Goodluck Jonathan’s inability to act urgently to stop the serial killings of members of its party in Benue State may be taken as a green light by the killers to continue such dastardly act. The party, in a statement issued in Lagos on Sunday by […]
President Goodluck Jonathan is expected to launch a new transport scheme for Abuja tomorrow in a renewed bid by the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Administration to revamp the comatose sector. The new scheme, which comes under Greater FCT Operators’ License Scheme, is a new plan to inject over 100 high capacity mini bus and taxi […]
THE Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Alhaji Yayale Ahmed, has said the Federal Government is spending over N1 trillion on personnel cost annually. The SGF made the disclosure on Sunday, in a paper he presented at the official inauguration of the Manpower Development Institute, established by the Jigawa State government. Alhaji Ahmed […]
Acting on the reports on the last general elections, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), is to embark on total restructuring and overhaul of its over 12, 000 personnel in preparation for the next polls. This is even as the commission disclosed that it spent over N10 billion to conduct the April elections. The INEC […]
United Nations Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon arrived Abuja yesterday on a two-day visit. Ban arrived Abuja from, his first trip to Nigeria since he took office in 2007, from Ivory Coast where he attended the inauguration of President Alassane Ouattara last Saturday. He will leave Abuja for Addis Ababa, Ethiopia tommorow. The UN chief was […]
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