The Imo State Government on Monday said it had recovered 43 oil wells hitherto ceded to the neighbouring Rivers State. The Coordinator for Petroleum and Gas Matters to the Governor, Goodluck Opiah, who spoke in Owerri, said that the economy of the state was looking bright. According to Opiah, 22 …

The Federal Government has said seven local airlines received a N2.84bn COVID-19 stimulus package. It said the target of N2.3tn estimated to be spent under the Economic Sustainability Plan had not been achieved. According to a statement issued in Abuja on Monday, the Federal Government appropriation part of that total, …

Heavy shooting at Balogun International market, Ojo, Lagos as policemen from Area E, Festac, invade market shooting indiscriminately. The Chief Security Officer of the market who spoke with Vanguard while running away from the scene said they invaded the market to foist an illegal leadership over their association.

An Edo State citizen, Mr. Paul Alaba Lawani took to his Facebook page to decry a poor-quality Federal Constituency project being done in his area, Igarra, Akoko-Edo Federal Constituency, Edo State, NEwsextra24 reports. In the video he shared, he showed the poor quality of roads and drainages being done. The …

Wole Soyinka, Nobel laureate, says Nnamdi Kanu was kidnapped by the Federal Government. Kanu was on Sunday extradited to Nigeria to face trial after he jumped bail and fled the country in 2017. Speaking with BBC Pidgin on Monday, the literary icon said there would be an uproar in the …

Hackers were on Monday demanding $70 million in bitcoin in exchange for data stolen during an attack on a US IT company that has shuttered hundreds of Swedish supermarkets. Researchers believe more than 1,000 companies could have been affected by the attack on Miami-based firm Kaseya, which provides IT services …

The Arewa Youth Consultative Forum, AYCF, has cautioned the Nigerian government on the handling of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB. AYCF National President, Yerima Shettima cautioned the Nigerian government against allowing a situation that would lead to Kanu escaping again. In a chat with Newsextra24, …

Four suspected members of the Eastern Security Network, ESN, of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, yesterday were paraded while planning to plant explosives in a military checkpoint along Owerri/Orlu road in Imo State. The State Commissioner of Police, Abutu Yaro, confirmed this to newsmen in Owerri. Yaro said that they were …

The next President of the country, the southern states governors have agreed, must be from the South. This was part of the decisions reached at the meeting of the southern states governors today (Monday) in Lagos. According to the communiqué released, the forum also deliberated on insecurity, constitutional amendment, PIB …

Sunday Igboho: Take permission from us before carrying out operations in our states — Southern Govs The Southern Governors’Forum, SGF, on Monday, insisted that any law enforcement agency carrying out an operation in any of the states in the South must take permission from the state governor, who is the …