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No fewer than 50 police officers were gruesomely murdered by bandits and other criminal elements in the last 38 days while about 211 other Nigerians were killed during the same period. Sunday Vanguard review of security situation in Nigeria during the period showed that about N1.415billion was demanded as ransom for 321 kidnapped victims across […]

The Federal Government on Saturday said it will begin to administer the second batch of COVID-19 vaccines it received this month on Tuesday. The latest tranche, over four million doses of the Moderna vaccine, was donated by the US government. According to a statement signed by spokesperson to the Presidential Steering Committee (PSC) on COVID-19, […]

The Borno State Governor, Prof. Babagana Zulum, on Saturday in Maiduguri, received Ruth Pogu, one of the over 200 schoolgirls abducted by Boko Haram insurgents seven years ago at the Government Secondary School Chibok. The Chibok girl returned with two children, which she gave birth to while in the captivity of the insurgents. Ruth, alongside […]

Those accusing the President of handling bandits and terrorists with a softer hand than the way secessionists are being treated have full of hatred, Mr Femi Adesina has said. Adesina, who is President Muhammadu Buhari’s media adviser, made the statement while defending his principal in a piece titled ‘See How They’re Being Sent To God […]

Former Military President Ibrahim Babaginda says he fought corruption better than President Muhammadu Buhari and other democratic leaders. The former president said this in an interview granted to ARISE TV on Friday. He said people who worked under him are saints compared to those currently in power. The military leader said while he moved against […]

The Federal Government has ruled out any further discussion with the National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) over the ongoing doctors’ strike. The government said it has invoked the “No work no pay” rule as contained in Section 43 of the Labour Act. It added the doctors will not receive payment as long as the […]

Former Military President Ibrahim Babangida (IBB) has again reminisced on the annulment of the June 12 1993 Presidential Election, saying there would have been a bloody coup if that election had not been annulled. The election was between Bashir Tofa of the National Republican Convention (NRC) and MKO Abiola of the Social Democratic Party (SDP). […]

Nigeria on Thursday recorded 11 additional deaths from COVID-19, raising the total death toll in four days to 29. The country also recorded 566 new cases in the last 24 hours, the Nigerian Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) said in an update on its Facebook page Thursday night. According to the update, the new infection figure has […]

A Magistrate’s Court in Yola on Thursday remanded Aminu Yar’Adua, the son of late former President Umaru Yar’Adua, in prison for allegedly killing four people in an auto crash in Yola. Yar’Adua, a 36 year-old student of the American University of Nigeria (AUN) Yola, was charged to court for allegedly causing death by dangerous driving […]

Some fans of Arsenal Football Club are desirous to have Lionel Messi join their club after Barcelona announced that the Argentine will leave the club. Shortly after Messi’s departure was announced, Arsenal began to trend on Twitter. This was further fuelled by a tweet by an Italian journalist who specializes in football, Fabrizio Romano, who […]

German sportswear manufacturing giants PUMA has terminated its four-year contract with the Athletics Federation of Nigeria. In the letter of termination of Sponsoring and Licensing Agreement, issued on Wednesday PUMA said, “we are referring to the licensing and sponsoring agreement signed between our company and your federation”. “As a direct consequence of the recent developments, […]

Emirates’ flights to and from Nigeria will remain suspended until 15 August 2021, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) carrier, has said. This negates the earlier announcement by the UAE authorities, which announced a lift of the ban on Nigerian effect with effect from Thursday. In a travel update posted on its website, Emirates said the […]

The family of late Nollywood Actress, Racheal Oniga has fixed August 26th and 27th, 2021 for her burial, the deceased son, Tunji Oniga said. Oniga made this known in a telephone interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in Lagos. The wake keep would hold 26 August at her residence in Magodo, Lagos […]

The Minister of State for Education, Chief Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba, has opened up on the reasons why the Federal Government abandoned the option of negotiations with kidnappers of students. Nwajiuba spoke Wednesday while responding to questions from State House reporters after the Federal Executive Council (FEC) at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. He said the bandits used […]