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President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed Dr Thomas John as the acting alternate chairman of the Governing Board of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, bringing to an end the tenure of the former Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr Ibe Kachikwu. NNPC’s Group Managing Director, Maikanti Baru, who announced this in Abuja, stated that the new board chairman would hold …

Pan-Edo/Delta group, the Midwest Movement has rejected the Buhari administration’s renewed plot to forcefully or tacitly annex swaths of lands belonging to various ethnic nationalities across the nation for the settlement of Fulani herders in colonies to be known as RUGA Settlements, describing it as a “21 century colonization.” In a press statement in Benin on Wednesday, released by Dr. …

Former Niger Delta militants on Wednesday called on the Federal Government to carry out what they called complete overhaul of the nation’s Amnesty Programme initiated by the administration of late President Umaru Yar’Adua. The Coordinator, National Affairs of the United Ex-Freedom Fighters Forum, Mutu Dumex, made the call on behalf of his colleagues at a press conference in Abuja. Dumex …

•IG to issue statement on preliminary investigation•Transaction done in 2012 with presidential permit, says Amosun The presidency last night dismissed an allegation that former governor of Ogun State, Senator Ibikunle Amosun, illegally imported massive weapons and ammunition into the country, saying preliminary investigation by the Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Mohammed Adamu, showed that there was no sinister motive in the …

No fewer than 74 Local Government Areas (LGA) in 30 states in Nigeria would experience severe flooding in June, July, August and September, the nation’s hydrological agency said. Another 279 local government areas would experience minimum flooding across the country in the period, it added. The Director-General of the Nigeria Hydrological Services Agency (NIHSA), Clement Nze, gave the prediction at …

The Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, met with Ibikunle Amosun at the Senate on Tuesday, but did not take the embattled former governor in for questioning. Mr Amosun has come under public backlash and a growing chorus for his arrest after PREMIUM TIMES revealed how he handed over a large cache of weapons to Ogun State police commissioner, Bashir Makama. The handover occurred …

The Presidential Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Abuja, on Wednesday, fixed July 1, to hear a fresh application the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and its candidate, Atiku Abubakar, filed to quash the proceeding it held on June 11. Specifically, Atiku and his party are praying the tribunal to review the proceeding of that date, pertaining to a motion the All …

The British actor was famous for playing Commander Talbot in the 007 movie, The Spy Who Loved Me, as well as Australian daytime soap Neighbours. Bryan Marshall, best known for his role in James Bond, has died at the age of 81. Read more at: https://www.vanguardngr.com/2019/06/breaking-james-bond-actor-bryan-marshall-is-dead/ Confirming the sad news, Marshall’s agent Esta Charkham from ECA tweeted on Wednesday: ‘So …

For nearly two years, Chris Chom and 61 other inmates shared a filthy cell in the Kaduna State Central Prisons. According to the 34-year-old, the cell had only three beds, so the inmates slept in a pile on the bare floor at night and yearned for the day they would see the priceless light of freedom. Mr Chom spoke with …

Nigerians on social media amplified their anger after PREMIUM TIMES revealedhow former governor, Ibikunle Amosun, stockpiled arms and ammunition at his official residence before the 2019 elections. The publication elicited widespread outrage and bipartisan demand for the former Ogun State governor to be arrested and prosecuted for illegal arms possession, which has long been identified as one of the immediate causes …