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GOVERNOR Samuel Ortom of Rivers State has written President Muhammadu Buhari for firearm licensing for the newly established Benue State Community Volunteer Guards inaugurated last week to provide surveillance and intelligence gathering in the wake of persistent herdsmen attacks. Ortom who disclosed this on Monday while playing host to a delegation from the Northern Christian … [Read more…]
Another case of the dreaded Monkey-pox disease has been recorded in Abia State, thus, bringing to four, the total number of cases so far recorded in the state according to Ministry source. Commissioner for Health, Dr Joe Osuji, who confirmed this in an interview with Vanguard on Tuesday, said the patient had been treated and … [Read more…]
An international, non-partisan, non-profitable, advocacy and campaigning organisation that fights extreme poverty and preventable disease particularly in Africa through public awareness, among others, ONE Campaign, has recognised Enugu as the second highest performing state in Primary Healthcare Service Delivery in Nigeria for 2019-2021. Presenting the award of recognition to the Executive Secretary, Enugu State Primary … [Read more…]
The Indigenous People of Biafra has said that it has not replaced the currently detained Nnamdi Kanu as its leader. The Biafra group asked its followers to ignore the reports making the rounds that IPOB has replaced Kanu, describing it as “fabricated media propaganda”. These were made known in a statement by the group’s Media … [Read more…]
The Chief of Defence Staff, General Lucky Irabor, has said those behind the Owo attacks have been arrested. Some gunmen had stormed St. Francis Catholic Church, Owo, Ondo State, killing no fewer than 40 worshippers. The Federal Government, however, said the Islamic States of West Africa Province terrorists were behind the attack. During a meeting … [Read more…]
The activities of terrorists in Niger State took a different dimension on Sunday, when they set two tankers loaded with diesel ablaze in Saminaka, Lapai Local Government Area of the state. The gunmen, who invaded the community at about 8pm, last Sunday, also abducted three women in the process. The three women, including an owner … [Read more…]
Biyi Bandele, a Nigerian novelist, playwright, director of Half of a Yellow Sun and co-director of Blood Sisters, a Nigerian series, is dead. The Novelist, playwright, and filmmaker died on Sunday in Lagos aged 54 This was made known in a statement released via his Facebook page by his daughter, Temi Bandele late Monday. The … [Read more…]
Breaking News: Dariye, Nyame released from Kuje prison after Presidential Pardon Former Governors of Plateau and Taraba states, Senator Joshua Dariye, and Jolly Nyame, have been released from Kuje correctional facility in Abuja. This is coming three months after their pardon by the Council of State led by the President, Muhammadu Buhari, on April 14, … [Read more…]
Nigerian Ambassador to Mexico, his excellency, Rt Honourable Adejare Bello, has ordered the closure of the Nigerian mission in the Mexican city due to fresh outbreak of Covid-19 within the mission. The closure will last seven days beginning from tomorrow, Monday, August 8, 2022 in the first instance. As at the time of this report, … [Read more…]
Call and data tariffs may increase by as much as 100 per cent if plan by the federal government to hike consumption tax on telecom services scales through. The federal government had recently disclosed plan to implement a 5 percent excise duty tax on telecoms services, increasing the total consumption tax on telecom services to … [Read more…]
A Coalition of diverse youths in Enugu state, made up of different political party affiliations have resolved to work, campaign, and vote for the Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party, Mr. Peter Obi, to actualize his presidential bid in the 2023 elections. The youths under the aegis of Enugu Youths Ambassadors of Peace and Development … [Read more…]
Troops of the Nigerian Air Force on Sunday killed nine suspected bandits including their leader, Abdulkarim Faca-faca, in Safana local government area of Katsina State. The spokesman for the state police command, Gambo Isah, who confirmed the development in a statement on Sunday in Katsina, said the terrorists were killed during a raid on their … [Read more…]