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Niger State Governor, Abubakar Bello, has said that the bandits troubling the north have aligned with terrorist organisations to wreak large-scale havoc in the region. Governor Bello stated this weekend at the Ibrahim Badamosi Babangida Specialist Hospital, when he visited some soldiers injured recently following attacks by bandits in Shiroro within the Kagara Rafi Local Government Area of Niger State. …

The Archbishop of Sokoto Catholic Diocese, Bishop Matthew Kukah, yesterday, declared that the President Muhammadu Buhari administration is not sincere in dealing with terrorists killing Nigerians. Wondering why it is difficult for the government to release names of sponsors of Boko Haram terrorists, the cleric declared that “Nigeria is decomposing from within.” Kukah spoke in a sermon at the Priestly …

To resume work Wednesday After long hours of deliberation with its National Executive Council, NEC, members, National Association of Resident Doctors, NARD, on Monday suspended its 63 days old industrial action. Disclosing this in a chat with Vanguard the National President of NARD, Dr Godiya Ishaya said the suspension will take effect on Wednesday, the 6th of October, 2021. He …

…North Central tipped for national chairmanship Ahead of the October 31 national elective convention of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, leaders and stakeholders of the party are set to square up against 13 governors of the party particularly for the position of the PDP national chairman. This is even as Vanguard gathered that key offices in the National Working Committee, …

Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has said the state government has concluded discussion with the Chief of Army Staff over the possession of a parcel of land situated near Oregbeni Market, along Ikpoba Hill, in Benin City belonging to the Nigerian Army. The governor disclosed this while receiving the new Comptroller, Nigeria Immigration Service, Edo State Command, Rabi Garba, …

By lgbotako Nowinta, Alltimepost Nigeria Bureau Chief Recent resolution passed by the Nigeria’s Senate and House of Representatives, calling on President Muhammadu Buhari, to brand ‘bandits’, as “terrorists’, because of the unimaginable atrocities being perpetrated by them in the country, has been described as belated and screwed. Dr. Bode Ekundayo, a senior lecturer, at the Department of English & Literature, …

Rome – Cardinal Angelo Bagnasco has been hospitalized with COVID-19 after traveling to the International Eucharistic Congress in Budapest The cardinal, 78, had been fully vaccinated with an mRNA vaccine last May. He tested positive for COVID-19 upon his return to Italy from Hungary and was hospitalized on Sept. 28. Bagnasco is currently being treated in the infectious diseases ward …

Edo State Chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), today held an enlarged stakeholders meeting for harmonization ahead of the party’s National Convention slated to hold at the end of October 2021. The meeting, which was held at New Festival Hall in Government House, Benin City, was attended by the Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, his deputy, Rt. Hon. …

Nigeria and Sao Tome & Principe are now “looking at strengthening bilateral relations because of the strategic partnership between the two countries,” Nigeria’s Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, has said. Osinbajo (SAN), made the assertion at the Presidential Inauguration of the new President of Sao Tome and Principe, Mr Carlos Manuel Vila Nova, today in Sao Tome city.   According to …

Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki has charged Nigerians to be united, resourceful and reignite the indomitable Nigerian spirit so as to triumph over the myriad of socio-economic challenges the nation is faced with. Obaseki, in his message to commemorate the country’s 61st Independence anniversary, urged citizens to be hopeful, prayerful and continue to work towards sustained peace, unity and …