Tag: Vanguard
13 killed, 21,000 displaced by community attacks in DRC’s Greater Kasai region
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The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) on Friday said it was alarmed by the upsurge in violence in the Greater Kasai region of Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), which has already displaced thousands of...
Ramadan: Some undisclosed NGOs cause hike of food items in Borno — BECCF
BY NDAHI MARAMA, MAIDUGURI
Borno Emirate Concern Citizens Forum (BECCF) has alleged that the increase in the price of food items, especially perishable ones at the popular Gamboru market in Maiduguri was caused by some...
Insecurity: Commandant calls for more synergy among security agencies
AVM Ebenezer Alade, Commandant of the Armed Forces Command and Staff College (AFCSC) Jaji, on Friday called for more synergy among security agencies to effectively combat the security challenges in the country.
FCTA bans farming activities, illegal markets on airport expressway
The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has banned farming activities, street trading, and illegal motor parks on fringes of the Umar Musa Yar’adua Expressway, leading to Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport.
The FCT Minister, Malam Muhammad...
UPDATED: Gunmen abduct Ekiti monarch
By Rotimi Ojomoyela, Ado-Ekiti
Barely a week after the Elewu of Ewu, in Ilemeje Local Government of Ekiti State, Oba Adetutu Ajayi escaped the kidnapper’s ambush, Oba David Oyewumi the Obadu of Ilemeso-Ekiti in Oye...
Troops eliminate top ISWAP commanders, fighters in Damasak – Army
The Nigerian Army says troops of Operation Lafiya Dole (OPLD) has eliminated 13 top commanders and scores of fighters of Islamic States West Africa Province (ISWAP) terrorists in Borno.
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Land Grabbing: Coalition petitions Attorney General, others calls for justice for 88-yr-old Bisi Gbolade
Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami
Kingsley Omonobi
Coalition for Human Rights and Social Justice has called on the Chief Justice of the federation, Tanko Mohammed, and the Attorney General of...
‘I am delighted’: Merkel receives AstraZeneca vaccine shot
Angela Merkel, Germany’s chancellor in the Bundestag in Berlin, Germany on Friday, April 16, 2021
German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Friday she was “delighted” to have received her first coronavirus vaccine dose and encouraged others...
Nigerian ports now 70% digitalised — Shippers’ Council
The Executive Secretary, Nigerian Shippers’ Council (NSC), Mr Hassan Bello, on Friday disclosed that the ports in the country had attained 70 per cent digitalisation.
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Shun hate, division — Lalong to religious leaders
Gov Lalong
Gov. Simon Lalong of Plateau has called on religious leaders to shun rhetoric that promotes hate, division, and distrust among the people.
Lalong made the call in Jos during the installation and reception for...
