October 17, 2024
Months after, 350 escapees from Suleja, Maiduguri prisons at large
The Nigerian Correctional Service has remained silent over the whereabouts of no fewer than 350 inmates who escaped from the Suleja and Maiduguri correctional facilities in 2024, following severe flooding and rainfall. Earlier in the year, on April 24, heavy rains caused the walls of the Suleja Medium Security Prison in Niger State to collapse, […]
NCDC records 1,025 Lassa fever cases, 174 deaths
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention has recorded 1,025 confirmed cases of Lassa fever out of 8,484 suspected cases between January 1 and October 6, 2024, across 28 states and 128 local government areas nationwide. The centre also recorded 174 deaths, with a Case Fatality Rate (CFR) of 17.0 per cent. This information […]
Okpebholo alleges looting, seeks EFCC probe of Edo officials
The Edo State Governor-Elect, Monday Okpebholo, on Wednesday, called on banks to halt the granting of loans to the state government during the transition period. He also raised concerns over the alleged looting of government funds and properties by officials of the Governor Godwin Obaseki-led administration. In a statement released by his Special Assistant on […]
FRSC commiserates with Jigawa tanker explosion victims
The Federal Road Safety Corps has commiserated with the families of the victims, as well as the Government of Jigawa State, affected by the unfortunate tanker explosion. FRSC Corps Marshal Shehu Mohammed expressed this in a statement from the office of the Corps Public Education Officer on Wednesday in Abuja. Mohammed, who conveyed his condolences […]
PDP crisis: Govs explore possible soft-landing for Damagum
Governors elected on the platform of Peoples Democratic Party PDP, are currently seeking a soft-landing for the embattled National Chairman, Amb. Umar Damagum, Vanguard has learnt. This followed a truce they brokered between feuding members of the National Working Committee, NWC, yesterday This came on a day chairmen of the party in the North-East threw […]
Oyetola will contest, win Osun 2026 governorship election — APC chieftain
Olatunbosun Oyintiloye, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Osun State, has said that the former governor of the state, Adegboyega Oyetola, would contest and win the 2026 governorship election in the state. Oyintiloye, while speaking with journalists on Wednesday in Osogbo, said Oyetola, who is currently serving as the Minister of Marine […]