Biafra: ‘Its a plot by Igbo to colonise South South’
Leader of the defunct Arewa Peoples Congress (APC), Alhaji Sagir Ringim has said that the current agitation by the Indigenous People of Biafra as a ploy to colonise the South South.
Four tips to help you survive January blues
Christmas is over and reality sets in as the toughest month of the year arrives. If you are saddled with worry over how to scale through this period, here are tips to help you overcome January challenges.
Iran accuses Saudi Arabia of stoking regional tension
Iran’s foreign ministry accused Saudi Arabia of stoking regional tension Monday after the kingdom broke off diplomatic relations and said Iranian embassy staff must leave.
Charlie Hebdo marks year since attack
French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo will mark a year since the jihadist attack on its offices with a cover featuring a bloodied, gun-toting, bearded God figure, under the headline: “One year on: The assassin still at large”.
Judgments against PDP expected —Edebiri
AHEAD of the 2016 governorship election in Edo State, a governorship aspirant on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Chief Solomon Edebiri, has described recent court judgments against candidates of the party as expected in a developing nation like Nigeria.
Photo: ‘Africa’s biggest Jesus statue’
More than 100 priests and hundreds of Catholic worshippers attended the nine-metre (30-foot) statue’s official unveiling in the village of Abajah in southeastern Nigeria. It was commissioned by Obinna Onuoha, a local businessman who hired a Chinese company to carve it and placed it in the grounds of a 2000-capacity church that he built in 2012.
Water shortage bites harder in Lokoja, as Water Board continues strike
Residents of the Confluence City of Lokoja has continued to groan under dearth of water as the Kogi State Water Corporation continue their strike over unpaid salaries, Vanguard has learnt.
Yahaya Bello gets stakeholders’ backings
Key leaders and stakeholders of the All Progressives Congress in Lokoja Local Government Area of Kogi State numbering about 103 have thrown their weight behind the Governor-Elect of the state, Alh. Yahaya Bello.
Group hails Wada over Ganaja flyover project
A political group, Project Win With Wada has hailed the governor of Kogi State, Capt. Idris Ichala Wada over the award of the Ganaja Junction Flyover contract, saying the flyover will ease traffic in the confluence City.
Early morning inferno razes Yola main market
An early morning inferno, on Monday, razed Yola South Main Market, in Adamawa State, eye witnesses say.
Eight dead as strong quake hits northeast India
At least eight people were killed and scores injured Monday when a strong 6.7 magnitude earthquake struck northeast India, sending panicked residents fleeing into the streets even hundreds of kilometres away in Bangladesh.
