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Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged the 36 state governors in the country to “disclose details on spending of the N2 billion palliative recently disbursed to each state by the Federal Government, including the names of beneficiaries and details of the reliefs so far provided with the money.” According to reports, the Federal Government recently disbursed N2 billion …

This is Trent’s second visit to Nigeria, as part of its regional mission to aid allies and partners in driving down illegal activities including piracy and illicit trafficking. A Royal Navy warship, HMS Trent, on Sunday arrived in Lagos, Nigeria. According to a statement from the British High Commission, the visit would help deliver capacity training and support maritime security …

Luis Rubiales resigned from his position as president of the Spanish soccer federation following weeks of fierce criticism over the unwanted kiss with Women’s World Cup winner Jennifer Hermoso. Rubiales said that he had informed the interim president of Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) that he had resigned and “I have also let him know that I have also resigned my position …

The death toll from a powerful earthquake in Morocco has soared to more than 2,000, with a similar number of injured. The interior ministry says more than 1,400 have serious injuries, and the heaviest casualties are in provinces just south of Marrakesh. King Mohammed VI declared three days of national mourning and ordered shelter, food and other help for survivors. …

Officers from London’s Metropolitan Police have found and arrested Daniel Khalife, the force announced Saturday, marking the end of a three-day manhunt for the terror suspect who escaped from prison on Wednesday. Khalife was caught by a counter-terrorism officer who pulled the fugitive from a bicycle in the Chiswick area of west London, where search efforts were refocused earlier in the day, …

Gunmen, suspected to be cultists, have beheaded Bako Angbashim, the divisional police officer (DPO) in charge of Ahoada in Ahoada East Local Government Area of Rivers State, South-south Nigeria. The incident happened on Friday night. PREMIUM TIMES gathered that the officer, a superintendent of police, was beheaded by suspected members of Iceland cult group in Odemude, a community in the …

Nigerians have called for a restructuring of the Judiciary, and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), after scrutinizing the judgment of the Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal, PEPT, delivered on Wednesday. Elder statesmen, leaders, retired judges, lawyers, and activists, who spoke to Saturday Vanguard, this weekend, faulted the judgment, saying that the operators, not necessarily our laws, were the problem of …

Following the outcome of the 2023 presidential election and the judgment of the Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal on Wednesday, Nigeria finds itself at a crucial juncture. The focus has now shifted to how Nigeria can improve its electoral system to foster a stronger democracy. Saturday Vanguard shares the opinions and insights of key stakeholders, highlighting theirrecommendations for reform. Amend 1999 …

The Nigerian Labour Congress, NLC has drawn a battle line with the Minister of Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike over the demolitions in the capital city, Abuja. The NLC president Comrade Joe Ajaero in an interview described the demolitions whichhe said were mainly directed at the poor as akin to Hitler’s tyranny. Responding to question during an interview on AIT, …

President Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu has approved the construction of 1,000 houses in Sokoto, Kebbi, Katsina, Zamfara, Kaduna, Niger, and Benue States as part of a broad plan by the Federal Government to address the conflict in the north, according to Vice President Kashim Shettima. Shettima who represented President Tinubu, disclosed this at the weekend in Maiduguri, Borno State during …