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Gunmen suspected to be bandits attacked St. Vincent Ferrer Catholic Church, Malunfashi, Katsina State, Nigeria and killed a priest, Rev. Fr. Alphonsus Yashim Bello. It was gathered that the bandits invaded the church parish around 11.00pm on Thursday, May 20, and started shooting in the air, leaving some people injured. The late priest was said […]
Continue ReadingFederal lawmakers (Senate and Reps members) elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Cross River State and stakeholders from the state on Friday disowned Governor Ben Ayade, who defected to All Progressives Congress (APC) on Thursday. The federal lawmakers vowed never to leave PDP and join the governor in APC, adding […]
Continue ReadingUnited States has made it clear that the $7million bounty placed on Abubakar Shekau, the leader of the Boko Haram sect, will not be given to the Islamic State in West Africa Province (ISWAP). The US made this known via a tweet by its State Department Rewards for Justice Program. The department wrote: “News reports […]
Continue ReadingMixed reactions by lawyers have greeted the proposed bill by the Senate that anyone who pays for ransom is guilty of a felony and liable to 15 years in jail. Some lawyers in Lagos on Friday kicked against the proposed bill while others commended the lawmakers for thinking outside the box to curb the menace. […]
Continue ReadingSuspected members of Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP) have reportedly caused the death of Abubakar Shekau, the leader of the dreaded Boko Haram, officially known as Jama’at Ahl as-Sunnah Lid Da’wah Wa’l- Jihad (JAS) during a fierce battle between the rival groups in their Sambisa Forest hideouts on Wednesday, May 19, Vanguard Nigeria […]
Continue ReadingThe United States Track and Field confirmed Lee Evans death on Wednesday, May, 19. This platform reported last week that Lee Evans, 74, was on life support in Ilishan-Remo, Ogun State, after suffering “an unusual kind of stroke,” Evans was an assistant track coach at Odegbami’s International College and Sports Academy and had coached on […]
Continue ReadingThe Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library (OOPL) in Abeokuta, Ogun State, Nigeria, witnessed an explosion on Thursday, leaving two persons feared dead. The explosion occurred around 11.00 am at the Marcque event centre within the Presidential Library. As a routine cleaning was being done, one of the gas cylinders in the event centre exploded. The occurrence […]
Continue Reading47-year-old-woman, Olanshile Nasirudeen, pictured above, has been apprehended by men of Ogun state police command, Nigeria, for allegedly stabbing her 51-yr-old husband to death. A statement by DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi, spokesperson of the state police command, says the suspect was arrested, following a distress call received by the DPO Obalende divisional headquarters, ijebu ode, that […]
Continue ReadingA bill seeking to prohibit the payment and receipt of ransom for the release of any person kidnapped, imprisoned or wrongfully confined in the country was on Wednesday May 19 considered by the Nigerian senate. The bill titled Terrorism Prevention (Amendment) Bill, 2021 which stipulates a 15-year jail sentence for anyone found guilty of such action is […]
Continue ReadingProfessor Felicia Adebola Adedoyin, a renowned Professor of Education and composer of Nigeria’s National Pledge, is dead. Professor Adedoyin died on May 1 after a brief illness and Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari has paid a heartfelt tribute to her. In a statement released by his media aide, Femi Adesina on Wednesday May 19, President Buhari […]
Continue ReadingNigerian Minister of aviation, Mr. Hadi Sirika has said that the new national carrier which he unveiled at the Farnborough International Airshow in London in 2018, will now take off in the first quarter of 2022. The Minister made the announcement while addressing state house correspondents after the weekly federal executive council meeting in Abuja on […]
Continue ReadingFormer Chief Judge of Jigawa State, Justice Aminu Sabo Ringim, has died. He died in a lone accident at about 1.00pm on Tuesday, May 18 in Shafar village, Ringim Local Government Area of the state. Confirming the incident to newsmen, the Public Relations Officer, Jigawa Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), […]
Continue ReadingComptroller-General of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), Muhammed Babandede, on Tuesday said the turnaround time for issuance of passports is now six weeks. NIS’ Public Relations Officer (PRO), Sunday James, disclosed this in a statement titled: ‘NIS promotes senior officers’ made available to journalists. James quoted Babandede as saying this at the NIS headquarters in […]
Continue ReadingNigerian Senate on Wednesday suspended plenary for one week to enable its members to participate in the zonal public hearing on constitution review across the country. The President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, who stated this at plenary said the exercise will hold in 12 centres across the country on 26 and 27th May, 2021. […]
Continue ReadingDestruction of government buildings in Nigeria continues as two offices of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Ebonyi State have been set ablaze by unidentified persons. The offices are located in Ebonyi and Ezza North Local Government Areas of the state. Although no casualties were recorded but there were extensive damages to the building […]
Continue ReadingTwo people have died and more are injured after a gas explosion rocked Conference Hotel on Presidential Boulevard, Abeokuta, Ogun State. The explosion occurred around noon on Tuesday, May 18, 2021, resulting in the death of a technician and another yet-to-be-identified person. Three others were left with varying degrees of injuries. They are receiving treatment in a hospital. The […]
Continue ReadingTwo half brothers wrongfully sent to death row have been awarded $75 million in damages after spending decades behind bars for the 1983 rape and murder of an 11-year-old girl. 1976 school photo of Henry McCollum. Attorneys for the men have said they were scared teenagers who had low IQs when they were questioned by […]
Continue ReadingGunmen have abducted a judge identified as Alhaji Husaini Sama’ila at a Sharia Court in Bauren Zakat village in Safana Local Government Area of Katsina State. It was gathered that the attackers broke into the court around 3.00pm on Tuesday and abducted the judge. Katsina is one of the states most affected by terrorism and […]
Continue ReadingA six-year-old girl (name withheld) was raped to death by unknown men in Mararaban Jos, Igabi Local Government Area of Kaduna state, Nigeria. It was gathered that the girl went missing around 4.30 pm on Sunday, May 16, while playing with other children at a neighbour’s compound. Her parents, relatives and neighbours started searching for her […]
Continue ReadingThe Ijaw Youth Council has given the international oil companies (IOCs) operating in the Niger Delta an ultimatum to vacate the region. The council said the notice is in line with the 30 days ultimatum handed to the Federal Government to inaugurate a substantive board of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). The commission had been […]
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