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Court to rule Wednesday on Peter Obi, INEC’s case on BVAS

Court to rule Wednesday on Peter Obi, INEC’s case on BVAS

The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja has slated Wednesday to consider the merit of the application the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, filed to be allowed to reconfigure the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System, BVAS, it used for the just concluded presidential election.

Soldier kills three colleagues, commits suicide in Sokoto

Soldier kills three colleagues, commits suicide in Sokoto

By Musa Ubandawaki Sokoto An officer of the Nigeria Army Lieutenant Sam Oladapo has been shot dead allegedly by Lance corporal Nwanbodo Chinoso who also shot two other colleagues including Regimental Sergeant Major of the Nigeria Army Forward Operation Base Units in Rabah local government area of Sokoto state A Nigerian Army Source who confided […]

Osimhen wins Best Foreign Athlete in Italy

Osimhen wins Best Foreign Athlete in Italy

By Efosa Taiwo Napoli striker Victor Osimhen has bagged the 2022 prize for foreign athlete of the year in Italy. The winner of the award was announced in a statement by the Foreign Press Association in Italy, the organisers of the prize, on Monday. According to the statement, the 24-year-old Nigerian was awarded the prize […]

7.3m Nigerian women, girls undernourished  – UNICEF

7.3m Nigerian women, girls undernourished  – UNICEF

By Chioma Obinna A new global report has raised the alarm on the need to invest in essential nutrition programmes for adolescent girls and women as the number of Nigerian undernourished teenage girls and women of reproductive age soar to 7.3 million in three years. The report released by the United Nations Children’s Fund, UNICEF, […]

63 Obidient groups in Delta endorse Omo-Agege for governor

63 Obidient groups in Delta endorse Omo-Agege for governor

By Jimitota Onoyume Warri: 63 support groups behind the Delta state chapter of the Obidients movement have  pledged to work for the victory of the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege in Saturday’s governorship election. A press statement made available to the Vanguard in Warri by the groups under a […]

UEFA to refund Liverpool fans after UCL final chaos

UEFA to refund Liverpool fans after UCL final chaos

UEFA said Tuesday it will reimburse all Liverpool supporters who attended last year’s chaos-hit Champions League final between the English club and Real Madrid at the Stade de France in Paris. Heavily criticised in an independent report published last month for organisational failures which “almost led to disaster”, European football’s governing body said its refund […]

Abia widows pray for Nnamdi Kanu’s unconditional release

Abia widows pray for Nnamdi Kanu’s unconditional release

By Steve Oko Widows in Abia State under the aegis of ‘The Widows’ Cry’ converged at the Isiama Afaraukwu ancestral home of the detained Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, to pray for his urgent and unconditional release. The widows who were decked in black attires were hitting the ground […]

Shehu Sani mocks G-5 influence, govs who now beg voters

Shehu Sani mocks G-5 influence, govs who now beg voters

Former lawmaker, Shehu Sani, has mocked Governor Nyesom Wike-led G-5, saying they could not help themselves in elections, not to talk of their party’s presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar. Sani also said that those governors were helpless themselves, insisting they could not have made any difference. His statement was contained in a post via his verified Twitter […]