The Anambra State Police Command has confirmed the abduction of two Catholic nuns by unidentified gunmen along Ufuma Road in Orumba North Local Government Area of the state. In a statement issued in Onitsha on Wednesday, the command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Tochukwu Ikenga, disclosed that the incident occurred on Tuesday evening. The nuns were…
Hakeem Baba-Ahmed, a former spokesperson of the Northern Elders Forum (NEF), says the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is “gone and beyond repair”. The PDP has struggled with internal crises since the 2023 elections and has lost several members, including serving governors, to the All Progressives Congress (APC). Speaking on Thursday during a programme on Arise…
There is a plot to compromise the 2027 general election through the instrumentality of appointing a yes-man as a replacement for Professor Mahmood Yakubu, the National Chairman of Nigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Vanguard says it can authoritatively confirm. Yakubu’s tenure ends in November of this year when he will have served two terms….
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has said that 20 chairmanship aspirants in Kano State have tested positive for multiple drugs during screening for the upcoming local government elections. NDLEA’s Commander in the state, Abubakar Idris Ahmad, said the aspirants presented by the ruling NNPP in the state tested positive for substances including opioids,…
Convicted billionaire kidnapper Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike, popularly known as Evans, has applied for a plea bargain and clemency before the Lagos High Court, Ikeja. His new lawyer, Chief Emefo Etudo, informed the court of the application shortly after Evans was re-arraigned on a five-count charge of kidnapping and murder, brought by the Lagos State Government. Appearing…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has expelled Nyesom Wike, minister of the federal capital territory (FCT); Samuel Anyanwu, its suspended national secretary; and Ayo Fayose, former governor of Ekiti. Their expulsion was announced on Saturday at the party’s national convention in Ibadan, the Oyo state capital. Others expelled include Umar Bature, Ajibade Kamarudeen, Mao Ohabunwa,…
The Edo state police command has arrested a suspect, Joshua Osaigbovo, over the death of Osato Festus Edogiaweria, his girlfriend. In a statement on Monday, Moses Yamu, police spokesperson in Edo, said the investigation began when the deceased’s mother filed a missing person report at Aduwawa police division on April 25. According to Yamu, the…
A military grenade has killed a scavenger and injured three other persons at the Idi-Araba, Mushin area of Lagos State, The Nation has learnt. The explosion occurred on Thursday afternoon at Taiwo Street in Idi-Araba while the scavenger was trying to split one of the two grenades they allegedly bought as condemned irons. According to…
Niger Republic’s Military Leader’s Allegations Against Nigeria Are Baseless – FG The Federal Government of Nigeria strongly rejects allegations made in a viral video by the military leader of Niger Republic, General Abdourahamane Tchiani, claiming non-existent collusion between Nigeria and France to destabilize his country. These claims exist solely in the realm of imagination, as…
An urologist, Chidiebere Ogo, has advised men above 40 years against excessive consumption of alcohol and sexual activities to reduce the growing cases of prostate cancer in the country. Ms Ogo, a chief consultant at the Federal Medical Centre, Abeokuta in Ogun, gave the advice in an interview on Wednesday. Ms Ogo identified excessive consumption…
