A member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Oyo State, Mudashiru Baraka, was on Wednesday killed by rival political thugs in the state. Baraka was macheted to death by his assailants at his family compound in Oyo East Local Government Area of the state. According to the Police Public …

WONDERS, they say, shall never end, as two teenagers left Lagos for Abeokuta in Ogun State to sell their organs for N200,000 without the consent of their parents. Vanguard reliably gathered that the two teenagers, 17-year-old Precious Ikechukwu, daughter of the Bishop and Founder of Living Word Anointed Gospel Mission, …

The House of Representatives has urged the Nigerian Petroleum Development Company (NPDC) to suspend its planned auction of the oil mining licence (OML) 11 asset. This followed the adoption of a motion of urgent national importance by Rep Victor Mela (APC-Gombe) at plenary in Abuja on Wednesday. Moving the motion, …

China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation (CCECC) has said that the just completed Lagos metro blue railway line would greatly alleviate traffic congestion. In a statement made available to The Guardian, the Head, Public Affairs and Legal Matters, CCECC Lagos office, Mr. David Zhao, said the Lagos Rail Mass Transit (LRMT) …

Salvadoran authorities arrested on Wednesday the mayor of Soyapango, a city currently besieged by the military in its war against drug gangs, the attorney general’s office said, with the official accused of corruption. “In compliance with our mission to watch over the interests of society, tonight, an arrest warrant was …

Six people have been killed after a bus and truck crash caused a huge fire at an expressway tunnel on the outskirts of Seoul, the local fire department told AFP. Images of the scene in local media showed huge flames and plumes of smoke rising from the tunnel, as hundreds …

Three people have been confirmed dead following an explosion in the Okene area of Kogi State. The incident happened on Thursday morning at the Oyinoyi’s Palace in Okenne Local Government Area of the state. Police and other security operatives of the Anti-Bomb Unit were at the scene of the incident. …

The death toll in Calabar Bikers Carnival tragedy has now increased to eight with three more deaths announced yesterday by unofficial sources. A nurse at the University of Calabar Teaching Hospital, where the casualties are receiving treatment, who pleaded anonymity, said they have recorded three more deaths from the previous …

President-General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo George Obiozor is dead at 80 years old. Obiozor was elected 10th President-General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo on 9 January 2021, succeeding Nnia Nwodo who exited office after the expiration of his four-year tenure. He hailed from Awo-Omamma in the Oru East Local Government Area of Imo …

The Senate has urged the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to urgently extend the withdrawal date of old currency notes from Jan. 31, 2023 to June 31. The upper chamber’s resolution was sequel to a point of order raised by Sen. Mohammed Ndume (APC-Borno) during Wednesday’s plenary. The News Agency …