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By Okhide Em’ya David Nine Passengers of commercial bus, who were early Sunday abducted along the Benin-Auchi Road around Igieduma/Ehor section of the Expressway, have been rescued by operatives of the Edo Police Command. The victims were rescued through the efforts of Policemen from Ehor Division of the Edo Police Command hours the incident took place. The kidnap victims, comprising …

Hard knocks, weekend, greeted comments by Kaduna State governor, Nasir Ahmad el-Rufai, that the Federal Government could not decisively tackle Boko Haram insurgents, bandits and kidnappers the way it handled Mazi Nnamdi Kanu because they are different from the case of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, leader. Following the arrest of Kanu in Kenya and re-arraignment in Nigeria, some …

Governor Nasir El-Rufai has said the re-arrest of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, should serve as a warning and message to separatists challenging the country’s authority. He also said that the way bandits and Boko Haram terrorists’ operate was  different from that of the proscribed IPOB led by Kanu. Speaking to BBC Pidgin, El-Rufai stated that …

Members of the Kwara State House of Assembly, have dismissed claims by the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, that he financially supported their electioneering campaigns. They also distanced themselves from his statement that Ward congresses will not hold in the state until a fresh membership registration and revalidation exercise was carried out. The lawmakers insisted that the congress …

The mother of Jumoke Oyeleke, the salesgirl who was allegedly killed by a stray bullet during the Yoruba Nation rally in Lagos on Saturday, has demanded justice for her daughter Agitators for the Yoruba Nation gathered at the Gani Fawehinmi Park in the Ojota area of Lagos on Saturday amid heavy presence of armed policemen and soldiers. From the left: Jumoke, Odumosu …

Lasr week, Thursday July 1, the Senate finally passed the long-awaited Petroleum Industry Bill, PIB. A milestone in the history of our legislative affairs. Too many interests had repeatedly scuttled it over the years. According to the auditing and advisory firm, KPMG, previous attempts in 2009, 2012 and 2018 failed “because of factors such as lack of ownership, misalignment of …

•Accuses FG of trying to kill him; Igboho should surrender —Olowu Kuta •Yoruba won’t be intimidated, says Kiriji group •49 arrested at Yoruba Nation rally; weapons, charms, othes recovered; Protesters were not armed, Ilana Oodua insists •Police action unacceptable —IMG; as mother of lady killed cries for justice Legal counsel to Yoruba activist, Chief Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday …

A hybrid party that will accommodate aggrieved members of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and those of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the run-up to the 2023 general elections is being worked on by former President Olusegun Obasanjo, Sunday Vanguard learnt at the weekend. A competent source told Sunday Vanguard that Obasanjo is convinced that the two major …

Groups from oil-bearing communities in Abia, Delta, Edo and Ondo states have demanded an upward review of the three per cent host communities’ fund approved in the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB), which was passed last Thursday by the National Assembly. Clause 240 of the draft bill had proposed five per cent of the annual profit of the oil companies for …

Key amendments designed to ground the conduct of future Nigerian elections in transparency and accountability seem doomed for the garbage bin as early as next Thursday when the National Assembly sits to review and pass the Electoral Bill that caucus leaders of Senate are currently fine-tuning in Abuja. The caucus leaders now packed at the executive floor of the Transcorp …