President Donald Trump said Tuesday that âweâ have control of the skies over Iran as questions grew over whether the United States will join Israelâs strikes against the Islamic republic. âWe now have complete and total control of the skies over Iran,â Trump said on Truth Social, hailing the use of US-made weaponry although without…
The Chairman of Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC), Mohammed Shehu, has called for the review of the salaries of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, ministers, and other political office holders. According to Shehu, Tinubu earns N1.5 million monthly while ministers earn less than N1 million. He added that these salaries have remained unchanged since…
The Department of State Services (DSS) has clarified why its officers visited the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Projectâs Abuja office on Monday. The secret police, in a statement on its website on Tuesday, explained that contrary to reports that its officers raided SERAPâs office, the agents were detailed for routine investigation. The DSS insisted that…
The office of the deputy governor of Edo State, on Osadebe Avenue, Benin, the state capital, has been sealed off by stern-looking policemen who were spotted there on Sunday. The sealed office was the one Philip Shaibu was relocated outside the Government House in the height off his face off with Governor Godwin Obaseki. As…
Pastor Funke Awolowo, late Obafemi Awolowoâs grand-daughter, has resigned her membership of the Labour Party Executive Committee in Lagos State. Until her resignation, Awolowo was the partyâs Head of Mobilisation and Integration Team in Lagos. In a statement shared with Vanguard, the grandchild of the late sage said recent developments within the party made it…
Oyo State is strategically positioned as a frontline state when it comes to livestock and agricultural production in Nigeria, and this puts the state under the spotlight of antimicrobial abuse in Nigeria. The state has one of the largest livestock industries (especially poultry), and this makes her one of the highest users of antimicrobials across…
Foreign ministers from countries of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) on Sunday urged Israel to end its âaggressionâ towards Iran, without mentioning the US strikes on the Islamic republicâs nuclear sites. Arch-rivals Israel and Iran have been at war since June 13 when Israel, claiming Tehran was on the verge of acquiring a nuclear…
Nathalie Rose Jones, a 50-year-old woman from Lafayette, Indiana, was arrested on August 16, 2025, after travelling to Washington, D.C., allegedly planning to âkidnap and assassinateâ President Donald Trump. According to a press release from the U.S. Attorneyâs Office for the District of Columbia published on August 18, 2025, Jones posted graphic threats on Facebook…
The lawmaker representing Ibadan North Constituency I, Hon. Olufunke Comforter Adeniyi Olajide, has commended Governor Seyi Makinde for his visionary leadership and transformational projects, describing Governor Makinde as the builder of a modern Oyo State. The lawmaker said this after the commissioning of the Ibadan Central Bus Terminal at Iwo Road, a project by Governor…
Gombe State Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Colonel Abdullahi Bello (rtd), is dead. The Gombe State government announced this in a statement issued by Director-General, Press Affairs, Ismaila Uba Misilli, on Friday. Misilli said the late Bello died in an accident along Malam Sidi-Gombe road. âThe Gombe State Government wishes to announce, with…