By Ifeanyi OKOLIE
On Saturday, February 16, 2013, Henry Chibueze, a notorious kidnapper terrorizing South East and South South parts of the country, stormed the home of his girlfriend, Sandra Ijedinma, at Igando area of Lagos State, with an AK47 assault rifle and opened fire on everyone present…Henry Chibueze, a man who killed 7 including girlfriend in one day
By Henry Umoru
APC has Infiltrated our Staff — Metuh
PLANS by the leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP to reduce their staff strength, slash their salaries and allowances by 50%, yesterday took another dimension as the workers have vowed to fight members of the National Working C…PDP members drag party NWC to EFCC for fraudulent practices
By Soni Daniel, Regional Editor, North
TWO months after leaving power, no fewer than 12 close aides of former President Goodluck Jonathan have been stripped of their official passports.
Dr Reuben Abati
A competent source told Saturday Vanguard that the decision to withdraw the official …FG stripped Abati, 11 other Jonathan’s aides of official passports
The Kaduna State Police Command says it has discovered illegal arms factory in the state.
The state Commissioner of Police, Mr. Umar Shehu, who disclosed this to journalists on Friday in Kaduna, said his men also arrested the arms’ manufacturers in their residence at Kogun village, after a t…Police discover illegal arms factory in Kaduna
The Imo State Governor, Chief Rochas Okorocha, has explained why the United States Government was not keen on supporting the administration of former President Goodluck Jonathan, especially in the fight against the Boko Haram sect.
Okorocha
Okorocha said the US government shunned Jonathan…Why U.S shunned Jonathan’s administration – Okorocha
There were strong indications that the All Progressives Congress governors on Friday failed to take a decision on the crisis rocking the party’s caucus in the Senate.
Bukola Saraki
Saturday PUNCH reliably learnt that the governors, who met in Abuja late Thursday evening, were divided over how t…Senate crisis: APC govs divided over Saraki
He was drenched with sweat by the time he wriggled himself through the narrow entrance of his room into the passageway. Looking very depressed and drowsy that Thursday afternoon, he dragged himself along the hole-ridden passage and collapsed into the rickety sofa beside the staircase that leads…We live like rats, yet Nigerians want us to be their friends – Policemen
The crisis rocking the opposition party Peoples Democratic Party took a new turn on Friday as its workers further accused the members of the party’s National Working Committee of being “too corrupt.”
PDP and APC
The angry workers also accused the NWC members of demanding N1bn bribe from the Gover…PDP crisis: Party workers open fresh can of worms
ABUJA – SENATOR Dino Melaye,Friday, explained that he followed Toyin, wife of the Senate President, Bukola Saraki, to the headquarters of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, last Tuesday because he wanted to know the level of culpability in the allegation against her by her p…I’ve no regret for following Saraki’s wife to EFCC – Dino Melaye
By Nwaorgu Faustinus
The leadership of the All Progressives Congress, APC, says it has uncovered an insidious plan by Governor Nyesom Ezenwo Wike and elements of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to blackmail Rt. Hon. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, former governor of Rivers State and portray him as a…We’ve uncovered plans by Wike, PDP to blackmail Amaechi
By Emem Idio
YENAGOA—A 32-year-old man, Tuesday in Yenagoa, committed suicide after drinking an insecticide, known as Sniper, after he learned that his wife was having an extra-marital affair at Ikolo in Yenagoa Local Government Area of Bayelsa State.
The deceased, identified as Amatari C…Man commits suicide over wife’s infidelity in Yenagoa, Bayelsa
…Education Ministry tops with N1.2 trillion
The All Progressives Congress, APC, Rivers State Chapter has congratulated the President and Commander-in-Chief of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, President Muhammadu Buhari [GCON] for ordering the comprehensive probe of the N4trillion debt by…Gov. Wike in hot soup, as FG probes 28 Ministries’ N4trn debts under GEJ
Kaduna – The Nigerian Army has re-engaged a number of its retired officers to serve as consultants and instructors at the Nigerian Army School of Artillery (NASA), Kachia, Kaduna state.
“This will no doubt greatly ensure the sharing of knowledge and expertise between serving and retired officers …Nigerian Army re-engages retired soldiers
A female suicide bomber blew herself up Friday at a big market in the northeast Nigerian city of Maiduguri, a vigilante and a witness said.
“There had been a suicide attack on Gamboru market this morning. It was a female suicide bomber. The attack happened around 6:30 am (0530 GMT) as the g…Female suicide bomber targets Maiduguri market
At least 100 militants have been killed in an operation launched a fortnight ago against Boko Haram jihadists holed up in the islands of Lake Chad, the Chadian army said in a statement Friday.
“117 terrorists have been killed, two Chadian soldiers died and two others were wounded” in the ope…Chadian soldiers kill 100 boko haram militants
By Ehi Ekhator, Naija Center News
Election in Sri Lanka took a different dimension on Friday as gunmen opened fire at an election campaign rally in Colombo.
The shooting led to the killing of a woman and at least 12 others.
The Finance Minister Ravi Karunanayake missed the sporadic gun shot by a …Sri Lanka Election Violence: A woman killed, 12 others injured in Colombo
Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, has appealed to members of the Road Transport Employers Association of Nigeria against allowing themselves to be used by kidnappers to perpetrate evil.
Speaking on Thursday during the swearing-in of the new State Executive of the union in Ado Ekiti, the…don’t allow kidnappers use you for evil – Fayose tells drivers
Microsoft on Thursday sacked 34 (85 per cent) of the 40 employees in the Nigerian office of its phone division.
The sacking came 24 hours after the company’s latest Windows 10 was made available in Nigeria and 189 other countries.
Although, Windows 10 is now available as a free upgrade for W…Microsoft unit fires 85% of Nigerian workers
The Senate Leader, Ali Ndume, on Thursday, caused a stir in the upper chamber when he revealed how he collected signatures of other senators to impeach the Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, in the 7th Senate.
Ekweremadu
Ndume stated this while raising a point of order to draw the…I was the one who collected senators signature to impeach Ekweremadu – Ndume
The General Overseer of the Latter Rain Assembly, Pastor Tunde Bakare, has said that he is not expecting a ministerial appointment from President Muhammadu Buhari.
Tunde Bakare
Bakare, who spoke in an interview with Sahara TV monitored by our correspondent on Thursday, however, parried a…I don’t expect Buhari to appoint me as a minister – Tunde Bakare
…….Congratulates Peterside on Election Tribunal victory
The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers State has made a passionate appeal to President Muhammadu Buhari to hasten to fulfil his pledge that those who perpetrated various acts of violence during the last general elections would be dul…APC calls for trial of Wike, others for murder
Ex Chief of Defence Staff, Air Chief Marshal Alex Badeh has identified the military’s lack of equipment and motivation for the inability to defeat the Boko Haram insurgency ravaging the Northeast.
Alex Badeh Ibrahim Seid Mahamat
Badeh also blamed those he referred to as fifth columnist among the …Why we could not defeat Boko Haram, by ex Defence chief
Pan-Igbo cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, has accused President Muhammadu Buhari of having deep hatred for the Igbo nation.
Speaking on ‘Face the Press’, a programme an Anambra Broadcasting Service (ABS), the President of Anambra State chapter of Ohaneze Ndigbo, Dr. Chris Eluemuno said all…Buhari Has Deep Hatred For Igbo – Ohanaeze
The Edo State Internal Revenue Service (EIRS) has sealed over 20 companies in the Hospitality sector for alleged non-remittances of the consumption taxes collected on behalf of the state government.
oshiomhole
Addressing reporters in Benin, the Director of Tax Intelligence and Enforcement…Edo IRS seals 20 firms for unremitted taxes
The Egyptian court for the ninth times, has adjourned the retrial of three Al Jazeera journalists to August 2.
Al Jazeera journalist in Prison
The journalists are: Peter Greste-an Australian, Baher Mohamed-Egyptian, and Mohamed Fahmy-Canadian.
The three journalists were found guilty in June 2014…Egyptian court adjourned Al Jazeera’s retrial for the ninth times to Aug. 2.
