“The Trump administration has no higher priority than the safety and security of Americans, and the State Department will continue to provide Americans with appropriate consular services and assistance at diplomatic posts around the world,” the statement read.

“The newly established Divisions will immediately commence operations, in the respective locations, on attainment of Initial Operational Capability (IOC) while deliberate measures are being implemented to progressively attain Full Operational Capability (FOC).

By Udeme Akpan Petrol depot prices declined across major supply centres  yesterday  as marketers implemented fresh price cuts, signalling increased competition in the downstream petroleum market. An analysis of the mid-day depot price report showed that most major depots in Lagos, Warri, Calabar and Port Harcourt either reduced their prices or maintained existing rates, with no […]

…as mob kills Unijos graduate over alleged phone theft By Kingsley Omonobi & Golok Nanmwa Gunmen have killed a serving Nigerian military officer of the Nigerian Army Intelligence Corp, Colonel Abdussalam Ude at his residence in the Kurudu area of Abuja. This came as the Plateau State Police Command has arrested three suspects over the alleged […]

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar on Tuesday declared that Nigeria’s 2027 general election must be decided at the ballot box, not in the courtroom, following the Court of Appeal’s decision overturning a Federal High Court judgment that sought to remove the African Democratic Congress, ADC, and other political parties from Nigeria’s democratic space.

Minister of the Federal Capital Territory FCT, Nyesom Wike, has declared that Rivers State Governor Siminalayi Fubara committed no wrongdoing by reconciling with his political camp, insisting the governor had no other option than to return to the political family that produced him.

Despite repeated claims by some leading political parties in the country that they beat the July 11 deadline for uploading their National Assembly candidates into a dedicated portal of the Independent National Electoral Commission INEC, Vanguard checks have revealed the contrary

President Bola Tinubu has declined to receive a special envoy dispatched by South African President, Cyril Ramaphosa, Vanguard can authoritatively report.

“The seventh week was the hardest for us all. That was when the troops increased their air raids. It was so intense that, at a point, the fear of the bandits became secondary,” she said.

“People’s names are involved. People’s integrity is involved. Institutional names are involved. Institutional integrity is involved.”