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Gunmen kill Army Colonel in Abuja, shot wife

…as mob kills Unijos graduate over alleged phone theft By Kingsley Omonobi & Golok Nanmwa Gunmen have killed a serving Nigerian military officer of the Nigerian Army Intelligence Corp, Colonel Abdussalam Ude at his residence in the Kurudu area of Abuja. This came as the Plateau State Police Command has arrested three suspects over the alleged […]

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Candidates upload: APC, PDP, ADC, others didn’t meet July 11 INEC deadline —Source

Despite repeated claims by some leading political parties in the country that they beat the July 11 deadline for uploading their National Assembly candidates into a dedicated portal of the Independent National Electoral Commission INEC, Vanguard checks have revealed the contrary

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‘We feared airstrikes more than bandits’ — Oyo principal details 56-day ordeal in captivity

“The seventh week was the hardest for us all. That was when the troops increased their air raids. It was so intense that, at a point, the fear of the bandits became secondary,” she said.

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Atiku faults Tinubu’s borrowing spree amid N7.98trn oil windfall

Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, has faulted President Bola Tinubu’s aggressive domestic borrowing, questioning why the administration continued to pile up debts despite an estimated ¦ 7.98 trillion windfall from high international crude oil prices.

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‘FAKE’ AGENCY: Everyone knew something for seven months, but nobody did anything

By Gift ChapiOdekina, Abuja Somewhere inside the Federal Secretariat Complex in Abuja, until only weeks ago, a signpost still pointed visitors toward the office of the ‘Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council.’ The council had a Director-General, a staff of 300, a line in the 2026 Appropriation Act worth N1.3 billion, and, according to the Central […]

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IGP didn’t order shoot-on-sight of illegal firearm carriers, Police clarify

The Nigeria Police Force has refuted reports claiming that the Inspector-General of Police, IGP Olatunji Disu, ordered officers to shoot anyone found with illegal firearms, insisting that the report is entirely false and a misrepresentation of the IGP’s actual comments.

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