A win for Nigeria’s and a draw for Zanaco of Zambia ensured the two clubs clinched the last places in the quarter-finals of the Confederation Cup. They join Guinea’s Horoya, Libya’s Al Nasr along with two teams from Egypt, Pyramids and Al Masry as well as Moroccan duo Renaissance Berkane and Hassania Agadir. The draw […]
Kidnappers killed one of the four seminarians abducted in Kaduna, the Registrar of Good Shepherd Major Seminary, Rev. Father Joel Usman, has said. The four students were abducted by gunmen that invaded the school at Kaukau along the Abuja-Kaduna Expressway in the Chikun Local Government Area of the state. The bandits attacked the school on […]
Umuahia Residents of Afaraukwu Ibeku community, in Umuahia North Council of Abia State, the home town of the Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu, scampered to safety as over 100 fierce-looking soldiers invaded the community. The IPOB leader’s parents, Eze Okwu and Ugoeze Kanu will be laid to rest on February […]
A suicide-bomber whose name is yet-to-be-identified has been arrested on Sunday in Living Faith Church also known as Winners’ Chapel in Kaduna State. A source, who worshipped at the church today, said the suicide bomber was found in the church’s toilet while trying to detonate the bomb and was quickly apprehended by the security agents […]
As the claim by the presidency that President Muhammadu Buhari is fighting insecurity better than previous governments continues to generate controversy among Nigerians, two persons were on Saturday killed in Kaduna State by their abductors. The two victims are 18-year-old seminarian Michael Nnadi and the wife of a Kaduna-based medical doctor, Philip Ataga. Their bodies […]
Nigeria will work to fix security lapses that led to a US curb on immigration from the country, President Muhammadu Buhari has said. Mr Buhari said he wants Nigeria, Africa’s most populous nation, to have “productive relations” with the US. He has appointed a minister to lead a committee to “study and address” the new […]
The Federal Government will this week sign a tripartite pact with the United States of America and the Island of New Jersey for the repatriation of $321m looted by the late former Head of State, Gen. Sani Abacha. The spokesperson for the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami (SAN), Dr. Umar […]
A woman lost her life inbounds Ojota area of Lagos State when a Mack container-laden truck crashed under the bridge. The container on the truck was said to have fallen off and trapped three victims, including the woman who reportedly died on the spot. Vanguard Pix: struggle to bring out trapped people from the fallen […]
Emotions ran high on Saturday when the remains of an official of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority, Tope Akinde, were seen dangling on the pole of a billboard around Salvation bus stop, in the Opebi area of Ikeja Local Government, Lagos State. At the scene of the incident around 9 a.m., some residents, traders […]
Members of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) are embarking on prayer walk across the country tomorrow to express displeasure at the “gruesome killings of innocent people in the country.” The action is also to pray for “the government to develop capacity to overcome the criminals troubling the nation.” Consequently, all parishes of the […]