By Chinedu Adonu – Enugu Detained 344 Enugu students and staff of Providence High School on Tuesday regained freedom after six days of being held hostage by Assets Management Corporation of Nigeria, AMCON, who sealed the entrance gate to their school. The padlock with which the school was locked had been removed when visited by […]

By Luminous Jannamike— Abuja One person was feared dead on Tuesday, following a clash between security agents and protesters, mostly members of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria, IMN, (Shi’ites), demanding the release of their detained leader, Sheikh Ibraheem El-Zakzaky, from government custody. Witnesses said the death was caused by security agents sent to quell the […]

An Abeokuta High Court, on Tuesday, sentenced two ex-convicts to death by hanging for conspiracy and armed robbery. At their trial, Lekan Akinola, 40, and Dare Sowunmi, 27, had pleaded not guilty to the two-count charge of conspiracy and armed robbery levelled against them. However, delivering her judgment, Justice Ayokunle Rotimi-Balogun, said that the court […]

By Femi Bolaji – Jalingo Two policemen in Taraba state have been ambushed and killed by gunmen. The deceased officers who are attached to Karim Lamido local government division of the police force were killed along Jen road. One of the police officers is a sergeant while the other is a constable. Spokesman of the […]

By Dayo Johnson – Akure Traditional Religion Worshippers have boasted that they have all it requires to chase out “criminal herdsmen” terrorising the people in the south-west. Addressing newsmen in Akure, they called on the chairman of the south-west governors forum and Ondo state governor, Rotimi Akeredolu to involve them in the move to curb […]

By Ola Ajayi – Ibadan THE house belonging to the Yoruba freedom fighter, Chief Sunday Adeyemo aka Igboho has been set ablaze by unknown arsonists. Vanguard gathered that the arsonists, on arrival at Igboho’s residence at Soka fired gunshots sporadically before setting it ablaze. This happened just five days after Igboho made good his promise […]

*Pregnant woman, ex-SUG president die *University postpones examinations indefinitely over truck accident in Ondo By Dayo Johnson— Akure The mother of three siblings, all undergraduates of the Adekunle Ajasin University, who are among those crushed to death by a truck in Akungba Akoko, Ondo State, on Saturday, died immediately she learned of her children’s death. […]

By Chimaobi Nwaiwu – Nnewi Nnewi the industrial town of Anambra State was Friday morning thrown into pandemonium with residents running helter skelter when a truck loaded with diesel went up in flames at a filling station along Nnewi-Nnobi Road, Nnewi. The fire raged through gutters to spread to shops along the road as fears […]

***As VP, others disown president of ex-servicemen welfare association By Kingsley Omonobi A few days ago, the President of military veterans of the Association of Ex-Service Men and Family Welfare, MWO, Anthony Agbas, led some aggrieved members to the Federal Ministry of Finance, Abuja, to protest non-payment of their 20-month pension arrears. The protesters who […]

By Bashir Bello – Kano Residents of Kano State on Tuesday woke up to sad news of the demise of a Chairman-elect, Alhaji Ali Namadi, Bebeji Local government area, days after he won the election. Recall that the state had on Saturday conducted it Local Government election which saw late Namadi emerging as one of […]