Category: News
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We Took Oath of Confidentiality To Cover Up Death of OAU Student – Receptionist Tells Court
Vanguard Osogbo —Magdalene Chiefuna, the receptionist at Hilton Hotels and Suites, Ile-Ife, where Timothy Adegoke allegedly died, yesterday, that she and another person took the oath of confidentiality with the Managing Director of the hotel, Raheem Adedoyin, to cover the secret of the death so that it will not affect the business of the hotel.…
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Senator Stella Oduah Didn’t Complete Mandatory One-year Service – NYSC
The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has said the representing Anambra North, Stella Oduah, absconded and did not complete the mandatory one-year NYSC programme. The NYSC stated this in a May 24, 2022 letter by its Director General, marked NYSC/DHQ/PPRU/783/Vol. III. The letter, signed on the DG’s behalf by the Director, Press and Public Relations,…
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PDP Guber Primary Election: Jandor Clinches Lagos Ticket
The Lead Visioner, Lagos4Lagos Movement, Abdul-Azeez Olajide Adediran (Jandor) on Wednesday clinched the PDP ticket for the 2023 governorship election in Lagos State. Declaring the result in Ikeja, the Chairman of the Lagos PDP Electoral Committee/Returning Officer, Emmanuel Ogidi, said that Mr Adediran scored 679 votes to defeat his contender, David Vaughan who polled 20…
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Abacha’s Son, Mohammed Wins Kano PDP Guber Primary Election
Mohammed Abacha, a son of the late Nigerian military dictator, Sani Abacha, has won the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, primary election in Kano. The returning officer, Barrister Amina Garba, declared Mr Abacha winner after polling 736 votes to defeat his closest rival, Jafar Sani-Bello, who scored 710 votes. The chairman the electoral committee, Mohammed Jamu,…
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Peter Obi Gives Reasons For Dumping PDP Days To Presidential Primary
Former Governor of Anambra State, Peter Obi, has given reason for dumping the main opposition party, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP adding that “recent developments” within the Party were responsible for his resignation and withdrawal from its presidential primary slated for end of May. Obi was one of the 15 PDP presidential aspirants cleared by…
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Daredevil Terrorists Release Fresh Hostage Video of Kaduna Train Passengers (Watch Here)
The daredevil Terrorists who attacked an Abuja-Kaduna train and killed eight people have released a fresh hostage video showing their victims in an unidentified location suspected to be a forest. The victims were abducted when bandits attacked the Kaduna-bound train on March Eight passengers were killed during the train attack, while a yet-to-be-confirmed number of…
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Pathologist Addresses Osun High Court On Death of OAU Student
Shina Abubakar, Osogbo. Vanguard A Professor of Pathologist, Olusegun Sylvester Ojo Wednesday, told an Osun State High Court that the death of Timothy Adegoke cannot be anatomically determined. He disclosed this at the resumed hearing of the murder trial of Adegoke, an OAU postgraduate student allegedly killed inside Hilton Hotels and suites owned by Dr…
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12-year-old Pupil Vomits, Dies in Lagos Hospital After Been Flogged by Teacher Over Failure To Do Homework
A 12-year-old Secondary School pupil of Simple Faith Schools, Agbara, Lagos State, Emmanuel Amidu, has died at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Surulere. According to Punch, The victim’s father, Akinola Amidu, claimed that the deceased was flogged by a teacher when he went to school on Thursday, May 12, 2022. He said his son who…
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Over 90% of A-Level Candidates Present Fake Results – JAMB
Vanguard The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, said yesterday its assessment has shown that more than 90 per cent of A’ Level results presented by candidates to gain admission into universities were fake. The examination body said its focus on developments around the Interim Joint Matriculation Board, IJMB, and the Joint Universities Preliminary Examination…
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Strike: FG Makes Fresh Move To End Impasse With ASUU, ASUP, COEASU
The Federal Government has made another move to end the impasse in the nation’s higher institutions of learning by earmarking N34b for payment of minimum wage arrears of their members of staff. Out of the N34 billion, universities will receive N23.5b; polytechnics, N6 billion and Colleges of Education N4 billion. Apart from the striking members…