Heavy gunfire broke out in Sudan’s capital Tuesday as several agents of the long-feared security agency launched a “rebellion” against a restructuring plan, prompting a closure of the international airport. The shots were fired at some bases of the Directorate of General Intelligence Service, formerly known as the National Intelligence and Security Service (NISS), the […]

The Federal Government has reaffirmed its commitment to strengthening economic relations with the Turkish government to boost trade and investment. The Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Mr. Adeniyi Adebayo made this known on Tuesday in Abuja at the Nigeria-Turkey Business Forum organised by Foreign Economic Relations Board (DEIK), a leading business organisation in Turkey. […]

Nigerians have taken to the microblogging platform ‘twitter’ to pour out their emotions over the declaration of Hope Uzodinma of the All Progressives Congress, APC, winner of the March 9, 2019 Imo state governorship election and the immediate sack of Emeka Ihedioha of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, as the governor of Imo state.

…adds S/W govs didn’t consult FG on outfit takeoff By Soni Daniel The Federal Government, Tuesday, adduced reasons, why the new paramilitary outfit ‘Amotekun’ bankrolled by the governors of the South-West to reduce security challenges in the region, could not be validly allowed to operate, describing it as illegal and a nullity. The government in […]

By Chinonso Alozie Jubilation has taken over the political atmosphere of Imo state, after the supreme court declared Senator Hope Uzodinma, of the All Progressives Congress, APC, authentic winner of the 2019 governorship election. Vanguard observed on Tuesday, in Owerri, the celebration mood was high as some people were seen discussing it happily. Uzodinma won […]

By Dapo Akinrefon & Shina Abubakar While reacting to the Federal Government’s decision not to recognise Amotekun, Governor Gboyega Oyetola of Osun State said the decision to inaugurate the security outfit was a collective one among the South-West Governors, adding that any decision with regards to the position of Federal Government would also be collective. […]

…adds South West govs didn’t consult FG on outfit takeoff By Soni Daniel, Northern Region Editor The Federal Government, Tuesday, adduced reasons, why the new paramilitary outfit ‘Amotekun’ bankrolled by the governors of the South-West to reduce security challenges in the region, could not be validly allowed to operate, describing it as illegal and a […]

By Bashir Bello – Kano Ahead of the January 25th, rerun election in some parts of Kano State, the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC says no member of the National Youth Service Corps, NYSC would be deployed as ad-hoc staff to Bebeji LGA for the conduct of the election. The Commission says the decision not […]

Manchester United defender, Eric Bailly is expected to return in time for the trip to champions-in-waiting, Liverpool, club coach Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has said. Bailly, 25, has had two knee injuries that have kept him out of competitive action since April. The Ivory Coast defender suffered knee ligament damage in the pre-season friendly against Tottenham […]

The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), has warned applicants against patronising fake recruitment sites as the Service was not recruiting. A statement by its spokesman, Mr Sunday James, said on Tuesday in Abuja that Mr Muhammad Babandede, NIS Comptroller-General, issued the warning while reacting to the reported existence of fake NIS websites across the country. It […]

THE history of music in Nigeria would be utterly incomplete without the inclusion of Commander Ebenezer Obey-Fabiyi, a Juju maestro that has bestrode the landscape for more than 40 years. He is one of Nigeria’s oldest living and active Juju musicians and is reputed to have churned out a musical repertoire of 660 songs, a feat yet to be equaled by any African musician in history.

IN an attempt to give insight into what royalty really means, an unknown author once wrote: “A crown! What is it? It is to bear the miseries of a people. To hear their murmurs, feel their discontents, and sink beneath a load of splendid care.” That insight perhaps is the closest description of the man, Prince Bola Ajibola. Though born into royalty, the Olori Omo Oba of Owu Kingdom has spent virtually all his royal life serving humanity and dispensing justice.  

  The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) on Tuesday confirmed the death of one person, while three others sustained various degrees of burns in a petrol tanker explosion at a welder’s workshop in Amawbia area of Awka in Anambra. The FRSC Sector Commander, Mr. Andrew Kumapayi, who confirmed the incident to the News Agency of […]

By David O Royal The Supreme Court, on Tuesday, sacked governor Emeka Ihedioha of Imo State. The apex court, in a unanimous judgement by a seven-man panel of justices that was led by the Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Justice Tanko Muhammad, held that Ihedioha who contested on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, […]

ABUJA-ACADEMIC Staff Union of Universities, yesterday,insisted that it was pressing ahead with its University Transparency and Accountability Solution, UTAS, as a substitute to the federal government’s preferred Integrated Payroll and Personnel System,IPPS.