• Vows to prosecute ex-ministers for oil theft, says 250,000bpd and 1mbpd stolen • Accepts he’s slow but steady • Departs US, rejects request to repeal anti-gay law By Nduka Nwosu in Washington and Tobi Soniyi in Abuja President Muhammadu […]
President Muhammadu Buhari said on Wednesday that his government was examining pieces of evidences that would lead to the arrest and prosecution of some former ministers and other government officials for stealing Nigeria’s crude oil. Mr. Buhari said this at […]
A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, has ordered parties to maintain status quo, in the two separate suits by two engineers, Oladele Ogundeji and Akinbela Fatiregun, seeking to quash the coroner’s verdict on Synagogue Church Of All Nations building […]
Few hours after he dispelled rumours of his death, the Department of State Services, DSS, has released the Chief Security Officer, CSO, to former President Goodluck Jonathan, Mr. Gordon Obua. Vanguard gathered from reliable security sources that Obua, who was […]
Tragedy was on Tuesday afternoon averted in Lagos as an Aero Contractors’ plane made an air return shortly after takeoff from the Murtala Mohammed Airport (MMA 2). Reason: The plane, with 141 persons on board, suffered a burst tyre. The […]
A Lagos High Court judge, Olabisi Akinlade, yesterday granted the application of a former director of Afribank Nigeria Plc, Chinedu Onyia, to go for medical checkup in the United Kingdom. Onyia is standing trial alongside former managing director of Afribank, […]
The Nigerian police yesterday tried to arrest two men close to Governor Olusegun Mimiko for representing themselves as members of the Ondo State House of Assembly based on certificates of electoral victory that were reportedly forged for them by the […]
The trial judge in the case involving a former Head of Service, Steve Oronsaye, has said he intends to excuse himself from the case over an allegation of bias. The judge, Gabriel Kolawole, granted Mr. Oronsaye bail Tuesday, nearly a […]
President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday disclosed his willingness to negotiate with terrorist group Boko Haram for the safe return of the girls of Government Secondary School Chibok abducted last April. He spoke in an interview with CNN’s Christiane Amanpour, where he […]
Suspected Boko Haram militants on Tuesday burned down houses, including the family home of the new Chief of Army Staff, Major-General Tukur Baratai, in a village in the North-east of the country, a policeman, military source and witnesses told Reuters. […]