By Aliyu Dangida Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Attahiru Mohammed Jega, reportedly escaped death, yesterday, when some youths attacked him at the palace of the Emir of Kazaure, Alhaji Najib Hussaini Adamu, in Jigawa State. Jega was said to be in the town to attend the wedding of the daughter of […]
The Borno State Government said on Saturday that it had released N100 million for the purchase of surplus onions produced by farmers in the state. Alhaji Zanna Mustapha, the Deputy Governor of the state dropped the hint in Maiduguri, while inspecting some bags of onions, which had been purchased and kept at the government’s central […]
THE Catholic Bishop of Oyo Diocese, Most Reverend Emmanuel Badejo, on Friday, expressed the hope that Nigeria could still be pulled back from the brinks, if the people were willing to put the fear God in their dealings. Bishop Badejo made the remarks in his homily at the funeral mass for Mrs. Dorcas Aina Fayemi, […]
There was palpable tension on Friday in the commercial city of Onitsha over the disappearance of the corpse of a 42-year old woman, Eunice Azala, from a mortuary, one month after it was deposited. Two Liberian morticians attached to the Bex hospital Awada, where the incident took place have been arrested by policemen attached to […]
FORMER governor of Ekiti State, Chief Segun Oni, has dared the incumbent governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi, to make good his threat of arresting and prosecuting him for parading himself as former governor, saying “if he (Fayemi) has no enough policemen to effect the arrest in Ekiti, he can call for reinforcement from his godfather in […]
By SOLA OGUNDIPE & CHIOMA OBINNA IKEJA – The face–off between the Lagos State Government and sacked 788 doctors, yesterday, took a dramatic turn, as doctors in federal hospitals in Lagos, said they will today embark on an indefinite solidarity strike. The federal hospital doctors called on the National Assembly to urgently wade into the […]
Abuja – President Goodluck Jonathan now eats locally produced rice and bread made from cassava as part of efforts to encourage indigenous production and stop capital flight, says Minister of Information Labaran Maku. Maku disclosed this in Abuja on Thursday at the Ministerial Platform where the Ministries of Science and Technology, Defense, Niger Delta Affairs […]
By AbdulSalam Muhammad, Kano KANO – Multiple explosions Wednesday night, hit two primary schools in Jayin and Hotoro Arewa in Kumbotso and Nasarawa local government areas respectively in Kano municipal. An eyewitness told Vanguard that the attackers who came on a motorbike ordered watchmen at both schools out of the premises before attacking the schools. The source […]
BY JIMITOTA ONOYUME PORT HARCOURT: A commercial bus exploded Thursday at Rumukoro road about in Port Harcourt, killing a young man and injuring about three others. The incident which occurred about 10.30 -11pm caused tension in Rivers state as people speculated it was Boko Haram that had invaded the state. The state Commissioner of Police, […]
It was a night of terror at Ikare-Akoko in Ondo State as seven people were killed while scores of others sustained gun wounds when a gang of bandits struck late in the night at three commercial banks in the town The robbery incident which took place recently during one of the international foot ball […]
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