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The Defence Headquarters says the military troops have eliminated 30 of the terrorists who attacked troops of the Guards Brigade in Bwari area of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) on Sunday. Defence Spokesman, Major-General Bernard Onyeuko, made this known at the bi-weekly news conference on military operations on Thursday in Abuja. Mr Onyeuko said the operation was conducted by troops of 7 Guards Battalion and 167 Special Force Battalion in conjunction with the air component of “Operation Whirl Punch” between Sunday and Tuesday. He said the troops successfully cleared Kawu and Ido villages neutralising the terrorists and destroyed their enclave…

A Kano High Court on Thursday sentenced Abdulmalik Tanko and Hashimu Isyaku to death by hanging for abducting and killing a five-year old pupil of Noble Kids Academy, Hanifa Abubakar. The Kano State Government had filed five counts of criminal conspiracy, attempt to kidnap, abetment, kidnapping and concealing dead body against Tanko, Hashimu Isyaku, 37, and Fatima Musa, 26, on February 14. The offence, the state said, contravened the provisions of sections 97, 95 and 273, 274(b) and 277 of the Penal Code, Laws of Kano State, 1991. In his judgement, Justice Usman Na-Abba, sentenced Mr Tanko (First defendant) to…

Augustine Umahi has declined his appointment as the secretary of the Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC). President Muhammadu Buhari had on Wednesday approved the appointment of three people into three government agencies as executive officers. Among them is Mr Umahi who was to serve as the secretary of RMAFC for an initial term of four years with effect from July 6. However, Umahi, who is the younger brother of Governor Dave Umahi of Ebonyi, in a statement on Thursday in Abakaliki, said he had declined the appointment. “I am honestly humbled by this show of love but regret…

The Federal High Court in Abuja has granted the suspended Accountant General of the Federation, Idris Ahmed and his co-defendants bail upon terms and condition given by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. Delivering ruling, Justice Adeyemi Ajayi ordered that the defendants shall not leave the Federal Capital Territory, and should they want to, they would have to seek clearance from the court or have their bail revoked. The court also stated that the defendants shall sign an undertaking that they will abide by the bail conditions by the EFCC. Justice Ajayi also ordered that the defendants should not have…

Oando Plc, AA Rano, Sahara Energy Resources and Hyde have all denied involvement in fuel subsidy payments before the House of Representatives ad hoc committee investigating subsidy regime. The oil companies said they only lifted crude oil and we’re not part of subsidy payment by the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Ltd. The representatives of the companies took turns to explain contract deals with the NNPC Ltd. in Abuja after being quizzed by the lawmakers. Rep. Mustapha Aliyu, the Chairman of the Committee, said some oil companies were in attendance to explain their role in the deal with the Nigerian…

NO fewer than 320 Permanent Voters Cards, PVCs, have been discovered in an uncompleted building in a forest along the Immiringi/Ogbia Road in Bayelsa State. According to Vanguard, the PVCs, which were stashed in a bag by hoodlums were discovered by the Nigeria Hunters and Forest Security Service, during their routine patrol in the area on Tuesday. State Commandant, Nigeria Hunters and Forest Security Service, Moses Okano, who disclosed this in Yenagoa, yesterday, while handing over the recovered PVCs to Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Bayelsa State, noted that upon arrival at the scene, the hoodlums absconded, leading to their…

Barely seven weeks after terrorists attack worshippers at Owo in Ondo State, some unknown gunmen have again attacked the ancient town. Many people were said to have been injured in the attack which took place Wednesday evening, at Folahami Junction, where a construction company called Craneburg Construction Company was located. Eyewitness reports had it that the gunmen opened fire on those at the site. Another source who spoke with Vanguard alleged that some explosives devices were also used during the attack. However, the casualty figure was yet to be ascertained as at the time of filing this report but many…

Fresh facts have emerged on why the Women's Wing of Nzuko Arochukwu refused to openly endorsed a former senator representing Abia North senatorial district, Senator Mao Ohuabunwa for the Abia North senatorial district in 2023. Some supporters of the former senator had claimed that the women endorsed Mr. Ohuabunwa, who is the PDP candidate for Abia North senatorial district election in 2023. Some of the women, however, told our correspondent that the women didn't endorse Ohuabunwa, noting that Nzuko Arochukwu Women's Wing is not a political organization. A leader of the association who refused to be named told to our…

The lawmaker representing Osun East Senatorial District at the upper legislative chamber of the National Assembly, Senator Francis Fadahunsi, has said the 9th Senate has all it takes to impeach President Muhammadu Buhari. Members of the opposition parties had, during Wednesday’s plenary, staged a walkout, after the move to serve impeachment notice on President Buhari was resisted by some members of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). The impeachment move was hinged on the incessant attacks on Nigerians by dreaded insurgents and the latest threats to overrun Abuja, the nation’s capital. Addressing newsmen in his office shortly after the plenary,…