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A helicopter suspected to be loaded with arms and ammunition was reported to have landed in a village called Jibu, in Wukari local government area of Taraba State on Saturday. Governor Darius Ishaku’s media aide, Bala Dan Abu told newsmen that the arms and ammunition are allegedly meant for a...

American sentenced to one year in Cambodian prison for raping boy A 79-year-old American man was sentenced to one year in prison for raping a 10-year-old boy in Siem Reap in 2017, local media reported on Monday. via Vanguard News – http://ift.tt/2G4kr99 Get more World News

ONE of the 23 indigenes of Ondo State brought back from Libya, weekend, said she left the country last year after robbers killed her Mobile Police husband. The returnee, who identified herself as simply Mrs Jimoh, told newsmen at the Ondo State Correctional Home, Akure, where they are being...

Ndigbo Youth Council, OYC, has rejected the ruling of the Abuja High Court, affirming the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, as a terrorist group, insisting that IPOB is not and has never been a terrorist group. IPOB members on solidarity march OYC President General, Mazi Okechukwu via...

By Soni Daniel, Northern Region Editor Barely a day after the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar 111, had tried to distance Fulani herdsmen from Benue massacre, which claimed 73 lives, Tiv youths have slammed the revered spiritual leader, asking him to retrace his steps and allow...

Following the massacre of scores of residents of Benue state by herdsmen which attracted nationwide outrage, Nigerian clerics have argued that the need to save Nigeria and put her back on the path of recovery, rehabilitation and regeneration has assumed a very grave and grievous dimension that...

says Four years not enough By Chinonso Alozie Owerri – The Chairman of the Governors of the All Progressive Congress, APC, and Imo state governor, Rochas Okorocha, said Friday, that they have adopted President Mohammadu Buhari, as a soul candidate for 2019 presidential election for the party...

Proponents for a second term for President Muhammadu Buhari in All Progressives Congress, APC, are warning that re-electing the President for a second term remained the surest way of ensuring geopolitical stability in the polity. President Buhari The proponents, Vanguard learned, are also...

Former Interim National Chairman of All Progressives Congress, APC, Chief Bisi Akande has that President Muhammadu Buhari should not be blamed for the killings in Benue and Taraba States by Fulani herdsmen but the system of government being operated in the country. APC NEC Meeting : Interim …...

Gov. Darius Ishaku of Taraba, on Tuesday, warned residents of Takum against blaming any ethnic group for the death of Mr. Hosea Ibi, a member of the Taraba House of Assembly. Ibi, who was abducted by kidnappers on Dec 30, 2017, was found dead in his home town, Takum, on … via Vanguard News –...

Sunday Weighing the gravity and international shame caused by the killings of over 72 innocent persons cum criticisms and condemnations of such act by Nigerians, stakeholders and some international persons, the senate on Tuesday ordered the Inspector General of Police, Mr. Ibrahim Idris to fish...

Jesus says: “Is it not written: ‘My house will be called a house of prayer for all nations’? But you have made it ‘a den of robbers.’” (Mark 11:17) This statement was true in the time of Jeremiah, who wrote it initially. It was true in the days of Jesus, who quoted Jeremiah. It remains true...

Mr. Kehinde Enabulele, father of Eki, one of the 846 Edo indigenes repatriated from Libya yesterday, said he visited an Ifa priest, native doctors and pastors to ensure that Eki cannot enter Europe, but return home safely. Enabulele disclosed that he was not aware that his daughter travelled to...

Nigerians have commended Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, for his selfless leadership during the fuel crisis at Christmas period. Vice President Yemi Osinbajo engaged with citizens in queues and staff at the stations during the visit. On different social medial platforms and online blogs, some...

Just as everyone was counting their blessings for seeing a new year, prominent media mogul, Mo Abudu, was given reasons to be more thankful, as she was honoured at the Alibaba’s January 1st concert held at Eko Hotels and suites, Victoria Island, Lagos. The CEO of EbonyLife TV … via Vanguard...

Eleven people were injured Friday when a barrier collapsed at the Gulf Cup final in Kuwait, shortly after Oman beat the United Arab Emirates on penalties to claim the title. Sattam al-Sahli, head of communications for the 23rd Gulf Cup, told AFP they had been hospitalised for “minor injuries”...

– THE Nigerian Military claimed yesterday that its troops engaged in the ongoing war against Boko Haram in the North East fatally wounded Boko Haram factional leader, Mamman Nur. This screen grab image taken on January 2, 2018 from a video released on January 2, 2018 … via Vanguard News –...

A bus plunged over a seaside cliff in Peru on Tuesday, killing at least 48 people after a collision with a truck on a precarious stretch known as the “devil’s curve,” officials said. Handout picture released by Peruvian agency Andina showing rescuers, police and firefighters working at the scene...

Prof. Oluwatoyin Ogundipe, the Vice Chancellor, University of Lagos (Unilag), says his projection for the institution in 2018 is to reposition and rebrand it. Ogundipe gave the position in an interview with newsmen on Tuesday in Lagos. According to him, the move is to further sustain and improve...

COMMISSIONER of Police, Delta State, Mr. Zanna Ibrahim, weekend, said the police have arrested a 57- year-old suspected kidnapper, armed robber and mercenary in Delta State, Anthony Obolor, aka Dracular, more deadly than notorious kidnap kingpin, Chukwudumeje Onwuamadike, aka Evans and over 30...