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Edo State at the weekend received 50,000 additional doses of the Oxford AstraZeneca vaccines from the federal government, to boost the state’s efforts at vaccinating more citizens to protect them from COVID-19. The vaccines were received by the Executive Secretary, Edo State Primary Health Care Development Agency (EDSPHCDA), Dr. Mrs. Erhabor Julie, at the Benin Airport. Doses of AstraZeneca vaccines …

An Army major, Stephen Dantong, who was abducted at the Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA), Kaduna, has regained freedom after about three weeks in the custody of bandits. In a statement by the deputy spokesperson of the Defence Headquarters, Ezindu Idimah, the senior officer was rescued following collaborative efforts by security agents. Mr Dantong was abducted three weeks ago during an attack at …

…says Reps’ll inclusiveness, unity in constitution amendment Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila has said the leadership and the followership of the country cannot continue to see every criticism or political action as a product of ethnic consideration. The Speaker also said that the House would ensure that the ongoing constitution amendment produces a document that would entrench …

•Lagos, Rivers, Oyo record highest in generation •Kano displaces Rivers, Oyo in collections •Zamfara generates N75 m, gets N4.5 b monthly As the Value Added (VAT) war rages, Saturday Vanguard has obtained details of collections made   by each state and what it was allocated by the Federation Allocation Committee (FAAC), between January and August of this year, which indicates that …

Supporters of embattled Yoruba Nation agitator Sunday Adeyemo aka Sunday Igboho on Friday celebrated the Court judgement against the Department of State Security (DSS). The Nation reports Justice Ladiran Akintola of Oyo State High Court directed the DSS to pay N20 billion to Igboho for unlawfully invading his Soka, Ibadan house on July 1. Igboho had sued the AGF, the …

The  National Judicial Council (NJC) has directed three judges accused of recently granting conflicting ex-parte orders in political cases to appear next week before “a special investigating committee” set up to ascertain their level of culpability and the nature of penalty, should they be found to have abused their office. NJC’s Director of Information, Soji Oye said, in a statement …

The O’odua Peoples Congress has accused a former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode, of being an agent of government among Yoruba Nation agitators. The group made this known in a press statement by its Publicity Secretary, Yinka Oguntimehin, titled, “Defection: Be ready for more betrayers, OPC blasts Fani-Kayode says, “FG’s 4bn dollar loans have no economic value”, on Friday. The …

Former sports minister Solomon Dalung says admitting Femi Fani-Kayode into the All Progressives Congress is “insensitive”. This is as he also described Fani-Kayode as a “political hawker” and “liability”. In a statement issued on Friday, Dalung said he was ashamed that Buhari could share a table with someone who had called him a “criminal”. Part of the statement read, “In …

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) said the sit-at-home order by the pro-Biafra group, IPOB, may threaten its preparations for the November 6 governorship election in Anambra State. INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner in Anambra, Nkwachukwu Orji, said this on Thursday, while speaking with reporters in Nibo, Awka South Local Government Area of the state. He spoke shortly after the opening ceremony of …

An Oyo State High Court has ordered the State Security Service to pay N20 billion to Yoruba nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo, also known as Sunday Igboho, over the alleged invasion of his home in Ibadan. Justice Ladiran Akintola ruled that the money was awarded as exemplary and aggravated damages against the SSS in the suit filed by Mr Igboho, in which he …