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The race for the replacement of the late Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Ibrahim Attahiru, has started 48 hours after his death. Attahiru and others died in a plane crash involving a Nigerian Air Force aircraft in Kaduna on Friday and were buried on Saturday. Few hours after the burial, there were insinuations that Maj.-Gen. […]

The National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, and other South-West leaders have warned the self-acclaimed Yoruba freedom fighter, Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho and other secessionist to desist from their agitation. They gave the warning at a meeting which held in Lagos House, Marina, on Sunday. At the meeting […]

The Lagos State Environmental and Special Offences Unit (task force) has announced that motorists caught driving against the traffic will now face up to a year in prison if convicted and their vehicles will be forfeited to the government. The task force said this in a statement by the Head of Public Affairs, Femi Moliki, […]

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency have arrested a suspect, Ejiofor Enwereaku, with 36 blocks of cocaine weighing 27.95km with a street value of over N8bn. Enwereaku was said to have been arrested at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos on Friday. The agency’s Director of Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi, disclosed […]

A law to prohibit the importation of rice into the country, is underway in the House of Representatives. A Bill exclusively obtained by Vanguard, is entitled: ”An Act to Provide for the Prohibition of Importation into Nigeria of Rice and the Penalty for the Contravention of the Said Prohibition and other related Matters”. The Bill […]

The North Korean dictator has outlawed mullets and skinny jeans in an attempt to cut off “decadent” western-style fashion trends, according to a report. The tubby tyrant has approved only 15 official “non-socialist” haircuts — and the long-in-the-back look isn’t up to snuff, according to The Daily Express. He also ordered a bizarre crackdown on ripped […]

George Olufade, the father of Flt Lt Alfred Olufade, the pilot of the ill-fated aircraft that killed 11 military officers, including the Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Ibrahim Attahiru, said only prayers could sustain him as George was his only son. He also decried the state of military aircraft in the country and called […]

The Indian Medical Association (IMA) says 50 doctors have died of coronavirus within one day. The association disclosed this its recent update, adding that over 200 doctors in India have died of COVID-19 as the country battles its second wave of infections. IMA said 736 doctors died of the virus during the first wave. The […]

The absence of President Muhammadu Buhari at the funeral of General Ibrahim Attahiru has set social media, especially Twitter, on fire. Attahiru and 10 military men died in an air crash that occurred in Kaduna on Friday evening. The deceased officers were laid to rest at the Military National Cemetery in Abuja on Saturday. But […]

As the burial of General Ibrahim Attahiru, Chief of Army Staff, and 10 others who died in a plane crash got underway in Abuja, many governors converged on Kano for the wedding of one the sons of Abubakar Malami, Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice. This triggered different reactions from Nigerians who felt […]

The Lagos State Ministry of Education has said there are plans to upgrade the Sir Michael Otedola College of Primary Education and Adeniran Ogunsanya College of Education to universities of education. The ministry also said the Lagos State Polytechnic, Ikorodu would be upgraded to Lagos State University of Science and Technology. This was made known […]

Scientists have discovered a new type of coronavirus which originated in dogs and can infect humans. The pathogen, which has been around since 2018, is the eighth coronavirus known to have jumped from animals to humans. According to Daily Mail Uk, it is not yet clear if the bug poses a serious threat like its cousin SARS-CoV-2, […]

Bandits have attacked St. Vincent Ferrer Catholic Church located in Malumfashi Local Government Area of Katsina State, killing a Reverend father Alphonsus Bello. During the attack which occurred on Thursday night another priest, Reverend Father Joe Keke was abducted. The gunmen according to an eyewitness attacked the church compound at about 11: 00 pm and […]

Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo says a new Nigeria is in the making, and that it is covered by a cloud that will eventually pass. He said there is a need for collective prayers, faith, hope and action, adding that Nigeria will prevail over its challenges. The VP spoke at the national prayer breakfast which held in […]

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has described the displacement of the values of honesty and hard work by the love for money and other material things as one of the causes of the problems before Nigeria. Obasanjo said this on Friday in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, at the inauguration of the Prof Abayomi Oluwatosin Jiboku […]

The House of Representatives has called on the Federal Government to stop the proposed increase of electricity tariff for June. This formed part of the resolutions by the lawmakers during Thursday’s plenary in the lower chamber of the National Assembly in Abuja, the nation’s capital. They stressed that it was important to direct the Nigerian […]

Men of the Ogun State Police Command have arrested a 47-year-old woman, Olanshile Nasirudeen, for allegedly stabbing her husband, Jimoh Nasirudeen, to death for impregnating another woman. The incident happened on Wednesday in Ijebu-Ode during an argument between the woman and her late husband. Punch gathered that the suspect was the fourth wife of the deceased […]