Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Sunday commended the Nigeria Army particularly, the fallen heroes for putting up a huge sacrifice for the nation. The VP gave the commendation at an interdenominational church service to mark the 2019 Armed Forces Remembrance Day in Abuja. He said it was a huge thanks to God for giving Nigeria, […]
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The National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency ( NDLEA), Adamawa Command has expressed concern over high influx of energy drinks into the state. Yakubu Kibo, the Commander of the Agency in the state raised the alarm at a one-day lecture on Leadership Qualities, Good Governance and Effects of Drugs on Society, on Sunday in Yola. The […]
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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Lagos State, on Sunday, said it would on Wednesday, move about one million unclaimed Permanent Voter’s Cards (PVCs) to 245 wards in the state. The INEC’s Public Relations Officer, Mr Femi Akinbiyi, made this known to newsmen in Lagos. He said the PVCs would be available for collection from […]
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The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), has appealed to the Federal Government to fulfill agreements reached with the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), to ensure resumption of academic activities in public universities. NANS National Public Relations Officer, Mr Bestman Okereafor, made the appeal in a statement issued on Sunday in Enugu. “The attention […]
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The fate of undergraduates and admission seekers into public universities may continue to hang as the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, yesterday, vowed to continue the nine-week-old strike. Speaking with VANGUARD, ASUU National President, Professor Biodun Ogunyemi, said universities lecturers had rejected the Federal Government offer of money to end the strike because it […]
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The Nigeria Police Force has said that the statement by the Senate President is incorrect, misleading and false just as it assured all Nigerians that the Nigeria Police Force ‘has no any undisguised hostility to the Senate President or his supporters in Kwara State or to jeopardize or undermine his personal security and that of […]
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No fewer than 60 persons were feared dead yesterday when a tanker loaded with Petroleum product fell and exploded along Odukpani LGA axis of the Ikom-calabar Highway near the Federal Housing estate, Calabar, Cross River. The victims were scooping fuel from the tanker when it went up in flames. An eyewitness, Mr Slyvester Ilem who […]
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The Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) on Friday confirmed Mr Afolabi Olufemi as its Acting General Secretary. Prince William Akporeha, NUPENG’s President, confirmed the appointment in a statement signed and made available to newsmen in Lagos. According to Akporeha, Olufemi was until now NUPENG’s Deputy General Secretary in charge of Operations. […]
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The Buhari Media Organisation (BMO) has advised the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, to consider throwing in the towel to avoid defeat in the Feb. 16 polls. The group gave the advice in a statement signed by its Chairman, Mr Niyi Akinsiju and Secretary, Mr Cassidy Madueke, on Friday in Abuja. […]
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The police have said Senator Dino Melaye would remain in its custody till January 23, based on a 14-day remand warrant it obtained from an FCT High Court on Wednesday, January 9, to that effect. This came as it confirmed that the Senator was yesterday, moved to a medical facility belonging to the Directorate of […]
Read More EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — Police say there has been a shooting inside an Oregon middle school and all students and teachers are safe. Eugene Police Department Lt. Jennifer Bills said Friday that all students are locked in their classrooms and no one is being allowed into the building. Bills says the incident at Cascade Middle […]
Read More PEORIA, Ill. (AP) – The trial again has been postponed for a South Peoria teenager charged in the shooting deaths of two people at an off-campus party near Bradley University last year. The (Peoria) Journal Star reported Thursday that prosecutors and public defenders agreed to postpone 17-year-old Jermontay Brock’s trial from Jan. 22 until March […]
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