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  Some of the gunmen who carried out attack on St Francis Catholic Church, Owo in Ondo State have been reportedly arrested. The Olowo of Owo, Oba Ajibade Ogunoye, said this while addressing youths of the town who had staged ...

A mob has set over 20 okadas ablaze in Isolo, Lagos. The commercial motorcyclists were attacked at Jakande Estate in Isolo following an accident. The clampdown on motorcyclists in the area, it was gathered, followed the death of a pedestrian ...

  Founder of the Living Faith Church Worldwide, Bishop David Oyedepo has boasted that the headquarter of his church in Ota, Ogun State has not experienced black out in the past 23 years. Presiding Bishop of Winners’ Chapel International, said ...

  An uncompleted 5-storey building located at Ngbabor, Presco campus of Ebonyi State University, Abakaliki has collapsed to the amazement of residents of the area. So far, no casualty has been recorded. When Vanguard visited the scene of the incident ...

  Federal prosecutors in the United States want singer R. Kelly locked up for more than 25 years following his conviction. The New York Eastern District prosecutors, who won a conviction against the singer in September 2021 on all nine ...

Security chiefs who attended Thursday’s Security Council Meeting at the Presidential Villa, Abuja have narrowed down the perpetrators of Sunday’s church killings in Owo, Ondo State to the Islamic State of West Africa(ISWAP). Although no arrest has been made as ...

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) on Thursday said it only recognises the Labour Party faction that produced the former Anambra State Governor, Peter Obi as its presidential candidate. Recall that Jude Ezenwafor, a former chairman of LP in Anambra State, ...

  Former Minister of Transportation, Chibuike Amaechi, has spoken for the first time since his defeat at the Presidential primaries of the All Progressives Congress, APC. Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the national leader of the APC and former Lagos State Governor, ...

Meningitis outbreak in Jigawa state has killed 65 children with hunreds hospitalised. Jigawa State Ministry of Health announced this saying no fewer than 65 children have died as a result of the outbreak of Cerebrospinal Meningitis (CSM) in the state. ...

  The Federal Government has declared Monday, 13th June, 2022, as public holiday, to mark this year’s Democracy Day celebration. Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Interior, Dr Shuaib Belgore who made this known in a statement issued Thursday in ...

Human rights activist and Publisher of Sahara Reporters, Omoyele Sowore has been declared the presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC) for the 2023 general elections. Sowore was declared the winner unopposed at the party’s national convention held at ...

Mr. Jude Ezenwafor, the factional presidential candidate of the Labour Party has reportedly withdrawn from the contest. Ezenwafor had received ultimatum from the Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council Worldwide led by Mazi Okwu Nnabuike to withdraw from the contest. It was ...

Former President Goodluck Jonathan was on Thursday at the headquarters of the Federal Road Safety Corps in Abuja to renew his driving licence. In a statement by the Corps Public Education Officer, Bisi Kazeem, the former President was impressed with ...

The Police Special Fraud Unit (PSFU) Ikoyi, Lagos State, has arrested Ibadan-based businessman, Bukola Odeleye for alleged N816 million fraud. The spokesperson, SP Eyitayo Johnson said the suspect is the MD/CEO of BEEDEL Strategic Investment Company. Johnson, in a statement ...

CharlyBoy has said he will leave Nigeria if the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar or the All Progressives Congress, APC, candidate, Bola Tinubu emerges winner of the 2023 general election. Tinubu secured more than half of the ...

Gunmen suspected to be bandits attacked have reportedly atatcked five communities in Kajuru LGA of Kaduna State on Sunday, and killed 25 persons. They also razed several houses, livestock and valuables Spokesman of the Southern Kaduna Peoples Union, SOKAPU, Luka ...

APC Primary: Another Death Recorded As Ex-LG Boss, Samuel Alumka Dies In Road Accident Former Administrator of Bassa Local Government Area of Kogi State Samuel Alumka is dead. Alumka died on his way to attend the All Progressives Congress (APC) ...

The National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu, has emerged as the winner of the party’s presidential primary. He obtained over 1,000 votes to defeat his closest rivals, ex-minister Rotimi Amaechi and Vice President Yemi Osinbajo. While Amaechi ...

Singer Timi Dakolo has called out the All Progressives Congress, APC, over the use of his song at their ongoing presidential primary without his permission. Calling the party out, Timi says this isn’t their first time and in truth a ...

A fake Naval officer has been arrested in Lagos. He was arrested by police officers from Orile Division. According to imvestigations, Ekeh Ifeanyi was recruited into the Nigeria Navy in 2010 but was dismissed in 2011 from the Naval Ordance ...

  Former Lagos State Governor, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has jumped into an early lead in the race for the All Progressives Congress, APC, 2023 presidential ticket as sorting of ballots got underway, this morning. Tinubu’s name was mentioned more ...

  A Federal High Court in Lagos yesterday sentenced a Nigerian-Canadian, Christian Godspower Anigo, to three years imprisonment for importing 2.10kg of cocaine. Justice Chukwujekwu Aneke passed the verdict following Anigo’s plea of “guilty” to a one-count charge of unlawful ...

The All Progressives Congress, APC, has been urged to place one of its presidential aspirants, Yahaya Bello on suicide watch. Reno Omokri, a socio-political commentator, alleged that Bello may be suffering from severe depression. In a tweet, the former aide ...

Voting has ended at the APC Presidential primaries which took place at the Eagles Square in Abuja. The National delegates of the All Progressives Congress, APC, have finished casting their votes at the ongoing special convention in Abuja where the ...

The Vice President of Nigeria, Prof Yemi Osinbajo, has assured delegates of the All Progressives Congress of solving Nigeria’s challenges. He gave the assurance at the national convention of APC in Abuja. The presidential aspirant urged the delegates to vote ...