Eric Ugbor – Aba The Abia State Commissioner of Police, Ene Okon, on Monday, confirmed the arrest of five suspects in connection with the abduction of a young boy in Umuoba, Isiala Ngwa South local government area of the state. Okon, who spoke to journalists in Aba, said the suspects have also confessed to the […]

Dr Audu Mohammed, the Coordinator, National Malaria Elimination Programme (NMEP), on Monday, said Federal Government would empower local manufacturers to produce malaria drugs locally.

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) in Ekiti State on Monday urged Ekiti State Government to complete negotiation for the payment of consequential adjustment in the new minimum wage to workers in the state.

Social Media sensation Bobrisky has given conditions for her to date a married man and loves him.

Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah said on Sunday he had warned Iranian Major General Qassem Soleimani of the risk of assassination and met him in the Lebanese capital Beirut on New Year’s Day before he was killed in a U.S. attack in Baghdad. Nasrallah, in a speech commemorating Soleimani, said he had told Iran’s pre-eminent […]

…insist party national chair’s suspension stands The leaders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Comrade Adams Oshiomhole’s Ward 10, Etsako West Local Government Area (LGA) of Edo State, have endorsed Governor Godwin Obaseki’s re-election bid. The leaders gave their endorsement during a visit to the governor at Government House, in Benin City, on Monday. […]

Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal of Sokoto state has called on his colleagues in the northern part of Nigeria to give premium to organising and hosting of cultural festivals in order to sustain the cultural heritage of the region. Tambuwal who was a guest at the 41st edition of the annual ‘Sabre National De Lutte Traditionnalle’ […]

The governor, Prof Babagana Umara Zulum of Borno state when he heard that soldiers have a checkpoint on Maiduguri-Damaturu highway and were collecting N1,000 each from drivers raced to the scene, tongue-lashed the soldiers and ordered that the drivers who were on the endless queues be released to go on their journey. Vanguard News Nigeria.

Luminous Jannamike – Abuja Members of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN) on Monday burnt the United States’ flags over the killing of the Iranian army chief, Qasem Soleimani. Soleimani was killed in a drone strike by the US troops in Baghdad last Friday. The Iranian military commander was killed over alleged plots to attack […]

By Bashir Bello – Kano A housewife identified as Hauwa Lawal has allegedly pushed her rival, Zuwaira Sani and her 18-month-old son into a well in Rurum village, Rano Local Government Area of Kano State. Zuwaira was said to have died following the encounter while her baby, Mustafa Gambo survived the attack. Our correspondent gathered […]

By Maureen DanielsFrom inflatable latex creations to wallpaper-inspired prints, the future of fashion looks bright and blinding. Nigeria’s fashion industry continues to produce remarkable talents, with a wave of upcoming designers offering fresh perspectives on fashion. These designers are pushing creative boundaries by blending cultural elements with contemporary trends, and this year has proven to […]

  1649: The English Rump Parliament votes to put Charles I on trial for treason and other “high crimes” 1912: Alfred Wegener, geophysicist and meteorologist, presents his controversial theory of continental drift in a lecture at a the Geological Association (Geologischen Vereinigung) at the Senckenberg-Museum, Frankfurt. 1941: US President Franklin Roosevelt makes his “Four Freedoms” […]

Shina Abubakar – Osogbo A soldier at the Army Engineering Company, Ede, Osun State, identified as Olodi Blessed has killed a soldier after stabbing his wife and son. He was also said to have allegedly killed a neighbour, identified as Iya Ijesa, who sells vegetable. The soldier, according to resident close to the Barrack, recently […]

Luminous Jannamike – Abuja The World Health Organisation (WHO) warned on Monday that Nigeria risked falling short of achieving the goal of universal health coverage by 2030 due to the shortage of health workers. WHO said capacity building, safety concerns and poor welfare for health workers are key challenges in the nation’s health sector. Nigeria, […]

By Evelyn Usman A two-week-old ailing baby has been rescued from her patents who refused doctors from carrying out blood transfusion on her, on religious ground. The baby girl (names withheld) who was delivered prematurely on December 18, 2019, in a private hospital in Surulere area of Lagos, to Mr and Mrs Emmanuel Onokpise of […]