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The Coalition of South East Youth Leaders (COSEYL) has called on President Bola Tinubu to release the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) Mazi Nnamdi Kanu from DSS custody.  The socio-political group said in a statement made available to the Nation by its president general, Goodluck Ibem, on Saturday, December 9, that it would celebrate President Tinubu if he upholds …

…Launches Edo Command, Control Centre, Special Force Building, others Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, on Thursday, called for the decentralization of the country’s security architecture to check crime and criminality. The governor said this during the Edo State Security Summit, held at the Government House, Benin City, with the theme, “Edo State Security Framework: Repositioning for the Future.” The …

It’s called “Article 99.” And it hasn’t been used for decades. Until this week. With an intensifying Israeli offensive and escalating civilian casualties, U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres invoked a rarely exercised power this week to warn the Security Council of an impending “humanitarian catastrophe” in Gaza. He urged members to demand an immediate humanitarian cease-fire. Guterres invoked Article 99 of the U.N. …

Young Edoardo Santini, considered “the most handsome man in Italy,” has decided to leave his promising career as a model and enter a seminary to become a priest. Dancer, swimmer, actor — these were a few of the dreams of Santini, a 21-year-old Italian who in 2019 when he was 17 earned the title of the most handsome young man …

Dangote Petroleum Refinery and Petrochemicals plant has purchased one million barrels of Agbami Crude grade from Shell International Trading and Shipping Company Limited, STASCO. This is targeted at increasing Nigeria’s domestic refining capacity and attaining energy security (self-sufficiency). In a statement obtained by Vanguard, Dangote Refinery stated: “The STASCO cargo contained one million barrels from Agbami and sailed to Dangote …

TUSCALOOSA, Ala.— As Donald Trump faces growing scrutiny over his increasingly authoritarian and violent rhetoric, Fox News host Sean Hannity gave his longtime friend a chance to assure the American people that he wouldn’t abuse power or seek retribution if he wins a second term. But instead of offering a perfunctory answer brushing off the warnings, Trump stoked the fire. “Except for day one,” the GOP …

Vice-President, Kashim Shettima, has restated the determination of President Bola Tinubu’s administration to actualise the government’s vision in the management of various boundaries in the country. The Spokesman of the Vice-President, Stanley Nkwocha, in a statement on Friday, said Shettima gave the assurance when he received management of the National Boundary Commission (NBC) at the State House. The management of …

The Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) has rejected the response of the Defence Headquarters on the bombing of civilians. It called for the redeployment of the General Officer Commanding, One Division of the Nigerian Army, Kaduna, “to allow for unfettered investigations”. ACF, in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Prof. T. A. Muhammad-Baba, said the N10 million donation announced by the Chief …

Bishop of the Catholic Doocese of Sokoto and Founder of The Kukah Centre, Matthew Hassan Kukah, says Nigerian culture was designed to encourage injustice and oppression, particularly against women. He also said religion which had all the instruments of reformation had been wrongly applied in Nigeria,thus placing the country in its current bad shape. The clergy regretted that Nigerians were …

Derek Chauvin was stabbed nearly two dozen times in the law library at a federal prison in Arizona. Larry Nassar was knifed repeatedly in his cell at a federal penitentiary in Florida. The assaults of two notorious, high-profile federal prisoners by fellow inmates in recent months have renewed concerns about whether the chronically understaffed, crisis-plagued federal Bureau of Prisons is capable of keeping people …