Vanguard Latest News Monday 10th February 2020
Vanguard Latest News Today and headlines on some of the happenings and news trend in the Country, today 10/02/20
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Murder suspect feigns illiteracy, court revokes bail
By Dayo Johnson – Akure A mild drama ensued at a Chief Magistrate Court in Ore, Odigbo council area of Ondo when a secondary school dropout, Taiwo Suberu standing trial for murder feigned illiteracy. Suberu, also a commercial driver, who was arraigned before Magistrate A.B.T. Oyedele had the bail terms earlier granted him revoked overRead More
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NDLEA seizes 10.5 tons of illicit drugs in Maiduguri
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Borno State Command has uncovered 10.522 kilograms of compressed cannabis sativa also known as “wee wee” allegedly concealed in a warehouse in Maiduguri. The Chairman, NDLEA, Col. Muhammad Abdallah, (Rtd) disclosed this in a statement signed by the Head, Public Affairs of the agency, Mr Jonah Achema, andRead More
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Asian Champions League: Iniesta debuts as virus disrupts kick-off
Barcelona great Andres Iniesta is set to light up the Asian Champions League but Chinese clubs are sidelined because of the coronavirus as the disrupted continental competition starts this week. Optimism is high among Vissel Kobe fans after Iniesta led the J-League outfit to victory in the Japanese Super Cup last weekend following an error-strewnRead More
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Longjan: Lalong mourns death of Plateau Senator
Senator representing Plateau South Senatorial zone in the National Assembly, Senator Ignatius Longjan is dead. Longjan, a retired career diplomat was the deputy to former Governor Jonah Jang on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP between 2011 to 2015. He defected to the All Progressives Congress, APC in 2015 and won the Party’sRead More
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Cultism: Police arrest SUG President, one other in Ogun
…as Federal Poly Ilaro suspends embattled SUG President By James Ogunnaike Men of the Ogun State Police Command on Sunday arrested the President of the Students’ Union Government of Federal Polytechnic, Ilaro, Adegboye Emmanuel Olatunji and Olarewaju Taiwo for alleged cultism. This was contained in a statement issued in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital byRead More
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NIMET donates weather equipment to UNILORIN
UNILORIN: The Nigeria Meteorological Agency (NIMET) has donated equipment for weather data collection to the Department of Geography and Environmental Management, University of Ilorin. According to the University of Ilorin Bulletin issued on Monday, the donation of the equipment, which had been installed, was a fallout of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) the University signedRead More
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Merkel ‘heir’ gives up on chancellor ambitions amid political crisis
The woman widely seen as German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s chosen successor gave up on leadership ambitions on Monday, falling victim to a growing crisis over ties between the centre and far right. Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer, the leader of the centre-right Christian Democratic Union (CDU) known as AKK, fell on her sword after barely a year inRead More
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Kidnappers rape teenager over N10m ransom in Anambra
The Anambra State Police Command has nabbed a young kidnapping gang that raped a teenage victim over N10m ransom. The teenager was reported to have been held in hostage for twenty-seven days and allegedly defiled severally by the suspects. Relating the details of the operation that led to their arrest, the PPRO Anambra State PoliceRead More
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Afghans celebrate ‘Skateistan’ victory at the Oscars
Skateistan: Afghans took to social media Monday to celebrate a rare piece of good news for the war-torn country, after a film about girls skateboarding took home an Oscar for best documentary short at the Academy Awards. “Learning to Skateboard in a Warzone (If You’re a Girl)” tracks international charity Skateistan’s bid to teach youngRead More
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5 APC Councilors dump party for PDP in Zamfara
Five out of the 11 Councilors elected on the platform of the All Progress Congress (APC) in Gusau local government area of Zamfara have defected to the ruling People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in the state. This was contained in a statement signed by Yusuf Idris, the Director-General of Media, Public Enlightenment and Communication to Gov.Read More
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