AFAHA ATAI— RESIDENTS of Afaha Atai village, Eket Local Government Area, Akwa Ibom State, have expressed dissatisfaction at the neglect of 3.7 kilometer Iseyeridua Road being handled by an indigenous company based in Rivers state.

The death toll from last Saturday’s attack on the village of Goska, near Kafanchan, Jema’a Local Government Area, LGA, of Kaduna State has risen from five to 11, village sources told Vanguard.

LAGOS—The police in Lagos have arrested a woman, who allegedly stabbed her husband to death in Ikorodu area of Lagos over his alleged refusal to provide money for Christmas cooking.

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, said, yesterday, that the country’s crude reserve now stood at 37 billion barrels.

Following the Federal Government ban of imported fruit juice into the country, the National Agencyfor Food and Drug Administration, NAFDAC, has begun mop-up of all imported fruit juices nationwide.

FORMER Wham singer and solo artist,George Michael, who sold more than 100 million albums over a pop music career spanning almost four decades, has died at the age of 53.

The Federal Government has congratulated the gallant troops of the Nigerian military for finally seizing the Sambisa Forest from the Boko Haram terrorists and securing the North-East, paving the way for yesterday’s re-opening of two strategic roads in Borno State.

The Chief of Army Staff, Tukur Buratai, yesterday said Sambisa forest would serve as training ground for personnel of the Nigerian Army as from 2017.

By Emma Amaize & Akpokona Omafuaire BOMADI—THE traditional ruler of Akugbene Mein Kingdom, Bomadi Local Government Area, Delta State, Pere S.P Luke Kalanama VIII, has called on the Federal Government to address the anxiety in the Niger Delta region caused by years of neglect with practical development of the area. The monarch, who made the […]

Nigeria Governors Forum, NGF, led by its Chairman and governor of Zamfara State, Alhaji Abdulaziz Yari, yesterday, commiserated with Governor Udom Emmanuel and people of Akwa Ibom State over the tragic incident of a collapsed church building at Reigners Bible Church in Uyo.

Anguish has continued to trail the attack on Goska Village, near Kafachan, Jema’a Local Government Area, of Kaduna State, by suspected Fulani herdsmen.

Defence and Assistance Project, LEDAP, has called on Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State, not to sign the death warrant on three death row inmates in Benin prison, as their appeals are still pending before the Court of Appeal, Lagos.

Coach Stanley Eguma has admitted his Rivers United are in for two tough matches against AS Real Bamako of Mali in a preliminary round of the 2017 CAF Champions League.

The Federal Government said, weekend, that MTN had paid N80 billion of the N330 billion fine imposed on it for failing to deactivate more than five million unregistered SIM cards.

Compared to 2015, the release of funds in 2016 to the Federal Neuro-Psychiatrist Hospital, Yaba, Lagos, reduced by 48 per cent for capital projects and 16 per cent for staff emoluments respectively, even as the health institution witnessed a 111 per cent increase in overall patient attendance and 59 per cent increase in number of new patients within the first 11 months of the outgoing year.