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DAVOS: EU vows unflinching, proportional response to Trump’s Greenland gambit

European leaders drew a clear line over Greenland yesterday, vowing an unflinching and proportional response to Washington’s threats, even as US President, Donald Trump, said he was ready to hold a meeting in Davos about his plans to take the autonomous Danish territory.

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Igboho to Alaafin, Olubadan: Focus on tackling insecurity, not chairmanship tussle

FOLLOWING the dispute over the rotational chairmanship of the Oyo State Council of Obas between the Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Rashidi Ladoja, and the Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Akeem Owoade, Yoruba nation activist, Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho, yesterday, urged the monarchs to work together to address insecurity in the South West and advance its development agenda.

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6 students die, others missing in Benue boat mishap

By Peter Duru Makurdi —No fewer than six persons, mainly students returning to school, have been confirmed dead following a boat mishap at Buruku crossing in Buruku Local Government Area of Benue State. Many others are also still missing after the wooden boat conveying passengers across the river bank late on Monday night. Sources in […]

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Man, 33, sentenced to death for raping 2 children, woman in Calabar

By Ike Uchechukwu CALABAR —A Cross River State High Court sitting in Calabar has convicted and sentenced Okon Effiong, a 33-year-old man to death for aggravated assault, rape and armed robbery. The convict was sentenced by Justice Blessing Egwu, on Monday. Vanguard gathered that Effiong had, alongside four others, gang-raped a lady and two children […]

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Court grants Anthony Joshua’s driver bail, adjourns trial to Feb 25

By James Ogunnaike ABEOKUTA —A Magistrate’s Court sitting in Sagamu, Sagamu Local Government Area of Ogun State, has granted bail to Adeniyi Kayode, the driver, who conveyed former world heavyweight boxing champion, Anthony Joshua, and two members of his team before a fatal road accident. Kayode was admitted to bail in the sum of N5 […]

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Lawyer allegedly shoots man dead during masquerade display in Rivers

By Davies Iheamnachor PORT HARCOURT— There was palpable tension in Omoku Town, Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni Local Government Area of Rivers State, as a lawyer allegedly shot a youth leader, Emmanuel Nkemjika, dead during a masquerade display in the area Monday evening at Omoku. It was gathered that the lawyer had picked a gun from his car and […]

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