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A 19-YEAR-OLD boy has been arrested by the police in Adamawa State for organising his own abduction and collecting N1 million from his father as ransom. The suspect, Israel Emmanuel, allegedly got three of his friends together to perfect his ...

More than 150 people were killed in a stampede at a Halloween event in central Seoul, officials said on Sunday, with South Korea’s president vowing a full investigation into one of the country’s worst-ever disasters. The crowd surge and crush ...

The palpable tension gripping residents of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, over the security threat, took a new turn on Friday and Saturday when Ireland, Canada, Australia, and other countries issued travel advisories to their citizens to depart Nigeria. The ...

Two students of Moshood Abiola Polytechnic (MAPOLY), Abeokuta, were on Friday night kidnapped along a former Deputy Vice-Chancellor of University of Ibadan, Oyo State, Professor Adigun Agbaje. Vanguard reliably gathered that in the incident, which happened near Sat Guru Maharaji ...

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has called on all presidential candidates ahead of the 2023 presidential election to demonstrate leadership by instructing their “campaign councils and political parties to regularly and widely publish the sources of their campaign ...

The Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, has hit back at Iyorchia Ayu, the National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), over his remarks against Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State. Ayu had made it clear he had the ...

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  The 38-year-old village head, who rules in Gidan Abba, in Bodinga Local Government Area of Sokoto State, Abubakar Ibrahim was apprehended for drug trafficking by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA). Femi Babafemi, the spokesman of ...

The Inspector-General of Police, IGP, Alkali Baba Usman, has cautioned foreign countries over terror alert in Nigeria. Usman said foreign countries should stop informing the public about terror alerts. The police boss said the recent terror alert should have been ...

The Senior Pastor of Dunamis International Gospel Center, Paul Enenche, has reacted to the terror alert in Abuja. Pastor Enenche cautioned residents of Abuja against fear because terrorism thrives when there is fear. There has been palpable tension in Abuja, ...

  After three years of investigation involving about five agencies of the American government and the subsequent legal fireworks, the District Court in Atlanta, Georgia has finally exonerated the Chief Executive of Air Peace, Chief Allen Onyema of any business ...

Former Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu May remain in prison till May 2023 as court as adjourned its case till next year. Senator Ekweremadu and his wife were arrested in the United Kingdom for alleged organ harvesting. The couple were ...

  The Joint Drivers Association of Nigeria (JDWAN), Lagos State Chapter, on Friday, said that their proposed seven days warning strike meant to kick off on Monday, October 31, 2022, remains sacrosanct. The joint drivers disclosed this at a press ...

Disaster was on Friday averted as a fully loaded petrol tanker suddenly went up in flames at Ugwuoba, a border town in Enugu State, housing the Hausa community. A source said the incident happened at noon when leakage in the ...

  Minister of Finance, Budget, and National Planning, Zainab Ahmad, has disassociated her ministry from the planned move by the Central Bank of Nigeria ( CBN) to redesign the naira. The minister, who commented on the policy in response to ...

  The Nigeria Police Force has refuted the speculation that bombs have been buried across Abuja. Force Public Relations Officer, Muyiwa Adejobi issued a statement on Saturday. The FPRO noted that it was disheartening that some persons were spreading false ...

  A former presidential aspirant of the African Democratic Congress, Kingsley Moghalu, has criticized the statement by the Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, that she wasn’t aware of the Naira redesign by the Central Bank of ...

A former deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academics) of the University of Ibadan, Professor Adigun Agbaje, has been kidnapped. The kidnappers who have contacted the family are asking for a sum of N50m as ransom. According to a report by the Foundation for ...

  The Katsina State Police Command on Saturday said it repelled a bandits attack and rescued 21 kidnapped victims, and recovered 20 rustled cows. SP Gambo Isah, Police Public Relations Officer of the command, in a statement on Saturday, noted ...

  Construction giants, Julius Berger on Saturday, shut down their operations in Abuja and its environs following a terror alert. Recall that the United States and the United Kingdom had a few days ago, issued travel advisories over possible terror ...

  Islamic cleric, Ahmed Gumi has condemned the move by the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN to re-design some Naira notes, saying anything that can cause more cash crunch will be a disaster for the nation. Recall the Central Bank ...

  The Abia State Government said 21 people have died from flooding in communities across the state. Executive Secretary, State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA), Sunday Jackson, confirmed the figure on Friday. Jackson spoke during the distribution of relief materials to ...

  Commissioner of Police in Kebbi State, Ahmed Magaji-Kontagora, has ordered an investigation into the demise of ASP Shu’aibu Sani-Malunfashi. DSP Nafi’u Abubakar, Police Public Relations Officer announced his directive in a statement on Thursday in Birnin Kebbi. He said ...

President Muhammadu Buhari advises the nation’s security establishment and entire citizens to continue being vigilant and careful with security, saying it is important to avoid panic. He urges citizens to remain calm. The recent changes in travel advice from the US ...

  The chairman of the Independent National Election Commission, Professor Mahmood Yakubu, has said that the commission lacked the power to force any electoral candidate to attend a debate. Yakubu made this known on Thursday during the quarterly consultative meeting with ...