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ECOWAS Calls For Stronger Police Collaboration To Tackle Regional Security Threats
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Commission has called for improved coordination among police forces across its 15 member states to strengthen regional security and enhance preparedness for peace support operations. This appeal was made during the ECOWAS Police Focal Point Officers Meeting held on Wednesday in Abuja. The gathering brought together senior police officials and security experts...
VIO Chief Warns Motorists Against Harmattan Hazards
The Directorate of Road Traffic Services has advised drivers to use caution due to the foggy weather that is typical of the Harmattan season. The Federal Capital Territory squadron leader at the Vehicle Inspection Office, Dr. Yusuf Suberu, made this call during an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Monday in Abuja. Suberu noted that the dry season is...
Dep. Speaker, Ben Kalu Unveils Robust Mechanism To End Insecurity In South East, Says Sit-At-Home Strange To Igbo Land
Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Benjamin Kalu, Friday, said that observance of sit-at-home, unknown gunmen, and other social vices are alien and abhorrent to Igboland socially, economically, and culturally. He however revealed that his office has unveiled a mechanism that will ultimately end insecurity in the south east and restore normalcy in the economic and social...
LP Splits Into Three Factions As Apapa Declares Self Chair
The leadership tussle between the Julius Abure-led National Working Committee and the Nenadi Usman Caretaker Committee took a dramatic turn on Wednesday, following the return of factional leader Lamidi Apapa. Apapa, who had disappeared from the political circles in the past year, announced on Wednesday that he had taken over the leadership of the Labour Party following the release of...
2027 Elections: I’ve Joined Coalition To Fight Hunger, Poverty, Poor Governance – Obi
Peter Obi, the Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate in Nigeria’s 2023 general elections, has stated that his involvement in the emerging political coalition ahead of the 2027 elections is driven by a shared mission to combat bad governance, hunger, and poverty—not by personal political ambition. Obi made the clarification in response to a question from Vanguard regarding recent reports suggesting...
”I Was Offered N5bn Bribe To Impeach Fubara” – Rivers Chief of Staff
The suspended Rivers State Governor Siminalayi Fubara's chief of staff, Edison Ehie, has claimed that he was offered N5 billion to arrange for his principal's impeachment. Speaking on Channels Television’s Sunday Politics, Ehie claimed he has evidence of the bribe offer stored on his phone. “I can also open my phone to show you, in the beginning of October 2023, when...
DHQ Threatens To Sue HURIWA Over Plateau Crisis
The Defence Headquarters(DHQ) said it would not hesitate to seek legal action against Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) if it continues to mislead Nigerians over the crisis in Plateau State. It said as a responsible human right organisation, instead of cultivating the habit of responsible use of the media to disseminate truth, HURIWA has continued to spread falsehoods in order...
Chief Okeke Salutes Ebem Ohafia On Successful Celebration Of New Yam Festival
APC House of Representatives candidate for Arochukwu/Ohafia Federal Constituency of Abia State in the 2023 general elections, Chief Daniel Chimezie Okeke has felicitated with the people of Ebem Ohafia in Ohafia local government area on their successful celebration of the iri ji (new yam festival) which coincided with their Igba Ekpe on Saturday. In a goodwill message on Sunday, the...
4 In 10 Nigerians Lost Their Jobs In April – NBS
Not less than four in every ten Nigerians (42 per cent) who were working before the outbreak of coronavirus in the country lost their jobs due to the impact of COVID-19, in April, an NBS survey found. This estimate includes respondents in the poorest households, where about 5 in 10 (45 per cent) stopped working due to COVID-19, and the...
Natasha Disowns Viral Tape Blackmailing Tinubu
On Wednesday, suspended Kogi Central senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan denied any involvement with a widely circulated audio and video that allegedly showed her speaking with a journalist and claiming that Senate President Godswill Akpabio had blackmailed President Bola Tinubu into putting her in jail. In a statement personally signed and released in Abuja, Akpoti-Uduaghan categorically dissociated herself from the contents of...
