Vanguard Latest News Wednesday 30th December 2020
Vanguard Latest News Today and headlines on some of the happenings and news trend in the Country, today 30/12/20
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Three men bag 13 months imprisonment each for stealing vintage shirts
A Grade I Area Court in Karu, FCT, on Wednesday, sentenced three men to 13 months imprisonment each for stealing vintage shirts. The Judge, Anas Mohammed, sentenced Wisdom Cosmos,18; Michael Enoch, 23 and Damilola Kayode, 19, after they pleaded guilty to the crime. Mohammed did not give the convicts any option of fine. Earlier, theRead More
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Wuhan virus cases may be 10 times higher than reported: China health study
The number of coronavirus cases in the Chinese city where the pathogen was first detected may have been 10 times higher than official figures suggest, according to a study by health authorities in Wuhan. About 4.4 percent of the city’s 11 million residents had developed antibodies against the virus causing Covid-19 by April, the reportRead More
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Clergyman in court for allegedly defrauding woman of N10m
A 45-year-old self-acclaimed pastor, Mayowa Abolaji, who allegedly defrauded a woman of N10 million, on Wednesday appeared in an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court. The police charged Abolaji with three counts of conspiracy, obtaining money under false pretence, and theft. The defendant, however, pleaded not guilty to the charges The prosecution counsel, ASP Ezekiel Ayorinde, told theRead More
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Court dissolves 22-year-old marriage over wife’s nagging
A Mapo Customary Court in Ibadan, on Wednesday, dissolved a 22-year-old marriage between a man, David Adetula and Remi on grounds of frequent nagging. Delivering judgment, the President of the court, Chief Henry Agbaje held that “it was possible to take the horse to the river, but impossible to force it to drink water.’’ AgbajeRead More
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Mother of molested Deeper Life High School pupil accuses A’Ibom Commissioner of intimidation
By Harris Emmanuel Deborah Okezie, mother of Don Davis, a pupil of Deeper Life High School, Uyo, Akwa Ibom State has talked about being intimidated after she was summoned by the Commissioner for Education, Mrs Enobong Mbobo for further investigation into the alleged molestation of her ward. But the state government has rebutted the allegation,Read More
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Court upholds INEC’s deregistration of AUN as political party
By Ikechukwu Nnochiri The Federal High Court in Abuja, on Wednesday, upheld the deregistration of Alliance for a United Nigeria, AUN, as a political party by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC. The court, in a judgement that was delivered by Justice Ahmed Mohammed, held that the decision of INEC to deregister the party, wasRead More
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Igbo leaders oppose holding of Ohanaeze poll in Owerri
By Clifford Ndujihe SOME Igbo leaders have kicked against plans to hold the Ohanaeze election in Owerri, Imo State, saying it runs against the constitution of the apex Igbo umbrella organisation. Cautioning against political interference, the leaders, who spoke on the banner of Global Igbo Leadership, GIL, said in the history of Ohanaeze a stateRead More
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Succour for Bayelsa flood victims
…as LALA Foundation comes to the aid of over 800 households By Emem Idio OVER 800 flood-impacted households in Bayelsa State have benefited from relief materials donated by a Non-Governmental Organization, Learning And Life Aid (LALA) Foundation in partnership with Heritage Bank. Items such as mosquito nets, hoes, cutlasses, rain boots, carton of noodles andRead More
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2020: Nigeria’s stock market upbeat as year ends, despite COVID-19
The year 2020, no doubt, will remain peculiar in the annals of the Nigerian capital market, and indeed all sectors of the economy, both locally and globally. The novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) bore its fangs across the world in 2020, so much that the World Health Organisation declared it a pandemic in March. It forcedRead More
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The Diabetes Drug That Saved Me From Cutting My Leg
My name is RTD Major/Gen. A.O.Aladenola . The journey of my diabetes started on a terrific Tuesday morning. I received an emergency call from my superior officer to attend a security briefing in Abuja the next morning which is Tuesday. I woke up early to catch up with the early morning flight; that 45 minutesRead More
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