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…We’ve been violated, Council Chairman cries out Now fewer than 17 persons including women and children have been reportedly killed by armed herdsmen in the home town of the Wife of the Benue state Governor, Mrs. Eunice Ortom, in separate attacks on two communities in Gwer West Local Government Area, LGA, of Benue state Vanguard gathered that the communities affected …

Bill and Melinda Gates have announced dicorve after 27 years of marriage, saying “we no longer believe we can grow together as a couple.” Announcing their divorce in a joint statement tweeted on Monday, Bill and Melinda said: “After a great deal of thought and a lot of work on our relationship, we have made the decision to end our …

An investigation by Vanguard yesterday revealed that one of the said sponsors of the hoodlums who operated under the name “unknown gunmen” has been arrested by security operatives for allegedly sponsoring the “unknown gunmen” linked to the killings, burning of Police stations in the state as well as the Owerri correctional centre. Vanguard in Owerri was told that he was …

Over 1,000 kidnappedInsecurity: Military operations ongoing in 34 of 36 states Across the world, 100 days is usually marked by public officials.  It is an occasion to showcase achievements during the period and highlight plans for the future. It is only four days to 100 days since the current Service Chiefs took office on January 26, 2021, precisely 96 days. …

Quite fittingly, President Muhammadu Buhari’s message of solidarity to the Nigerian freedom of expression community on the occasion of today’s 30th anniversary of the World Press Freedom Day has stressed the theme that a democracy without flourishing press freedom is a misnomer. In the challenging march to build an enduring democracy, the world has finally come to a full awareness of the …

Nigeria has established the National Centre for the Control of Small Arms and Light Weapons (NCCSALW). The new centre is to be domiciled in the Office of the National Security Adviser (NSA), a statement from the office said. “The NCCSALW replaces the defunct Presidential Committee on Small Arms and Light Weapons and shall serve as the institutional mechanism for policy guidance, …

The Democratic Republic of Congo on Monday announced the end of a nearly three-month outbreak of Ebola that claimed six lives out of 12 known cases. FILE PHOTO: Moise Vaghemi (L), 33, an Ebola survivor who works as a nurse, gets dressed in a protective suit as he prepares to start his shift at an Ebola treatment centre (ETC) in …

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo says Nigeria is to partner tech giant, Microsoft Corporation, to accelerate the Economic Sustainability Plan (ESP) on a deepened digital economy. Osinbajo’s spokesman, Laolu Akande, in a statement on Monday, in Abuja, said that the vice president said this at the virtual formalisation of the partnership. The vice president said the partnership would leverage Microsoft’s experience …

Electricity consumer groups on Sunday, kicked against the planned review of electricity tariffs for the 11 power Distribution Companies (DisCos) by the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC). They maintained that there was no justification for any upward review of electricity tariffs due to the current economic realities and challenges being faced by Nigerians. The groups, the Energy Consumer Rights and …

The Executive Secretary/Chief Executive Officer, Nigerian Association of Liquefied Petroleum Gas Marketers, Mr Bassey Essien, speaks to ’FEMI ASU on vital issues in the country’s Liquefied Petroleum Gas (cooking gas) industry Last year, cooking gas consumption in Nigeria reached one million metric tonnes of LPG for the first time. The country’s LPG consumption has been low for years despite the availability of abundant …