A volley of rockets slammed into an Iraqi airbase north of Baghdad where US forces have been based, wounding four local troops, the Iraqi military said on Sunday. Its statement said eight Katyusha-type rockets landed on Al-Balad airbase, wounding two Iraqi officers and two airmen. Al-Balad is the main airbase for Iraq’s F-16s, which it bought […]

Olasunkanmi Akoni Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, said on Sunday construction work on the 13.68-kilometer Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) corridor from Oshodi to Abule Egba would be completed in May. The governor disclosed when he led a delegation of his cabinet members and contractor on an inspection tour of the project. Construction work has resumed […]

The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has predicted improved visibility over the north down to the central states with slight moisture build-up across the southern region. NiMet’s weather outlook released on Sunday in Abuja predicted dust haze condition with visibility range of 2 to 5 KM over the north western states and sunny and hazy conditions […]

Some community leaders in Lagos on Sunday lauded the South-West governors’ initiative of launching the “Operation Amotekun” to curb security challenges in the region. They told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos that the new security outfit would help to strengthen the operations of regular security outfits. NAN reports that governors in the […]

Olasunkanmi Akoni The Lagos State Government said on Sunday it would embark on full enforcement of the 2012 Lagos Traffic Law which restricted the activities of motorcycle and tricycle operators in order to restore sanity in the state. The government said the measure has become necessary following flagrant abuse of the laws by motorcycle and […]

* As Police rescue another mentally deranged lady who strayed from Ondo to Ogun Doctors at Island Hospital in Lagos are battling to save the life of a man who was set ablaze by a mentally deranged man in Surulere area of Lagos. The exact cause of the suspect’s action could not be immediately ascertained, […]

Portuguese motorbike rider Paulo Goncalves has died after a crash in the Dakar Rally on Sunday, the 40-year-old becoming the gruelling motorsport marathon’s 25th fatality. Goncalves suffered the fatal accident after 276 kilometres of the seventh stage from Riyadh to Wadi ad-Dawasir. “The organisers received an alert at 10:08 (0708 GMT) and dispatched a medical […]

GUNMEN, weekend, attacked a team of police officers attached to ‘C’ Division, Asaba, Delta State, leaving three of them with varying degrees of injuries and dispossessing them of their riffles.

Both sides in Libya’s conflict agreed to a ceasefire from Sunday to end nine months of fighting, following weeks of international diplomacy and calls for a truce by power-brokers Russia and Turkey. The oil-rich North African country has been wracked by bloody turmoil since a 2011 NATO-backed uprising killed long-time dictator Moamer Kadhafi, with multiple […]

By Charly Agwam – Gombe Philanthropist and Managing Director of Kano Electricity Distribution Company (KEDCO) Dr Jamilu Isyaku Gwamna has sponsored 10 students drawn from different parts of Gombe state to study various courses in some universities of choice in Morocco. Speaking with Vanguard during the weekend in Gombe, Gwamna said he selected the students […]

An unemployed man, Ajibola, 27, who allegedly stole two bottles of Holy Communion wine, soaps, and a sachet of salt worth N46,000 from a Church in Mushin, Lagos, on Friday appeared in an Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court.

Mr Suru Avoseh, a member, Lagos State Civil Service Commission, says no fewer than 50, 000 applicants had applied for one thousand vacant teaching jobs announced by the state government in 2019.

Joseph Erunke – Abuja THE ongoing bilateral relations between China and Nigeria is aimed at fostering economic development for both countries, the Vice President of China General Chamber of Commerce in Nigeria, CGCCN,  Teng Li, said on Sunday. Li stated this at the Chinese spring festival in Abuja, adding that the bilateral relationship between Nigeria […]

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says it will field young governorship candidate in the forthcoming election in Edo in line with the democratic trend.

 The market capitalisation of the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) rose N2.22 trillion or 17.10 per cent in seven trading sessions with the market maintaining an upward trend since the beginning of 2020.