PDP calls for practical steps to protect citizens after Christmas Eve explosion
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has called on the Federal and State Governments to take immediate and practical steps to protect citizens throughout the yuletide season and beyond. The party made the call in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Ini Ememobong, in Abuja on Thursday, while reacting to the Christmas eve explosion in […]
Christmas celebration marred as teen headbutts sibling during food dispute in Ibadan
An 18-year-old boy, Akeem Lukman, has left his younger brother hospitalised after headbutting him during an argument over food at their family home on Christmas day at Alafaara, Ayedade, Elenushoso in Ibadan.
Northern governors condemn Maiduguri Mosque attack
Northern States Governors’ Forum has condemned the suicide attack at the Gomboru Market Mosque in Maiduguri.
Yuletide gloom in Ibadan as hardship, insecurity dampen Christmas celebration
By Adeola Badru Christmas celebrations in many parts of Ibadan, Oyo State capital, were largely low-key this year as residents lamented economic hardship, rising cost of food items, insecurity and high transportation fares, which combined to dampen the festive mood in the state. Vanguard correspondent who went round the metropolis, observed that churches recorded moderate […]
Christmas tragedy: Two killed in Lagos tanker explosion
By Evelyn Usman Two persons were burnt to death in the early hours of Christmas Day, in a tanker explosion that occurred at Oto-Ijanikin axis of the Badagry Expressway, Lagos. The Lagos State Traffic Management Authority, LASTMA, confirmed that the incident involved a Mack truck loaded with diesel, near the Lagos State University of Education […]
5 killed in helicopter crash on Tanzania’s Mt Kilimanjaro
Five people were killed, including two Czech tourists, after a helicopter crashed on Mount Kilimanjaro, the authorities in Tanzania announced on Thursday.
