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Delta school of health students on rampage over non payment of allowance - Vanguard
A student of the institution, who spoke to newsmen on condition of anonymity, said the State Government was owing two years of the N104,000 allowance, adding that all peace attempt to get the school authority to take up the case had failed.
Regional Maritime Development Bank to begin operations in July - Vanguard
A source close to the Federal Ministry of Transport, Abuja, disclosed this to NAN on Monday in Lagos. The source said that the financial and legal consultants had been directed to commence work by July. According to the source, the Nigerian Maritime ...
2015: Igbo leaders raise steering committee - Vanguard
A member of the committee, who strongly insisted on anonymity, told Vanguard in Abuja that the meeting took very far reaching decisions and that members of the press would not be brought into the show until every group across the country was adequately ...
MasterCard, Visa probe data breach - Vanguard
The bank official, who insisted on anonymity because the inquiry is at an early stage, said that Visa and MasterCard notified his company on Thursday, but that banks had been frustrated with the pace of disclosure by Global Payments.
3 stabbed to death over stolen drums in Bayelsa - Vanguard
One of the boys died on the spot but the other one later gave up the ghost”, the source said. Residents of Gbarain community were said to have invited the police to arrest Ibibi, who, after interrogation at Amassoma police station, confessed that he ...
Gunmen kill bank manager, 7 others in Sapele beer parlour attack - Vanguard
No reason was given for the mindless bloodbath, but a source said, “The killers, who claimed to be unemployed and hungry, were incensed that their victims were busy drinking and eating with their girlfriends, while they (killers) were starving.
Woman kills husband over baby food, pampers - Vanguard
A police source who did not want to be identified, told Vanguard that “neighbours reported that the victim was first clubbed from behind early with a pestle and he slumped. She reportedly stabbed him several times. “They claimed an argument ensued ...
Another arrest 'll sink Boko Haram – Security agent - Vanguard
Revealing that from the statements and intelligence gathered from the arrested members, the SSS was close to routing the group completely out of Nigeria, the source said: “We are on the winning side. We are very close to wiping them out completely as ...
Jonathan may run for AU chairperson - Vanguard
ADDIS ABABA(AFP) – President Goodluck Jonathan may enter the race for chairman of the African Union, after Gambia pulled out of the running this week, a source close to Jonathan said Saturday. Leaders will choose a new chairman for the 54-member ...
SEC looking to appeal blocked Citigroup settlement: Report - Vanguard
... Commission may request the commissioners leading the agency that they appeal last month's rejection by a US district judge of a proposed $285 million settlement with Citigroup, the Wall Street Journal said, citing people familiar with the matter. ...
Man charged with trying to assassinate Obama – official - Vanguard
WASHINGTON (AFP) – A 21-year-old Hispanic man arrested after shots were fired near the White House was charged Thursday with attempting to assassinate President Barack Obama, a justice department official said. Oscar Ortega-Hernandez was arrested by ...
Five Qaeda suspects killed in south Yemen - Vanguard
ADEN (AFP) – Five Al-Qaeda suspects, among them an Indonesian, were killed in artillery shelling on their strongholds in Yemen's south, a government official said Tuesday. “Two Al-Qaeda gunmen were killed in artillery shelling by the army in Zinjibar,” ...
Sale of Speaker's official residence: Reps raise alarm - Vanguard
A member of the House who spoke with Vanguard on condition of anonymity expressed shock that the houses of the presiding officers of the National Assembly could be sold to their occupants. “How can we sell the official residence of the presiding ...
Al-Qeada causes scare as US marks 9/11 - Vanguard
Obama, said the Ahmadinejad comments were “offensive,” “hateful,” and “inexcusable,” an administration official said, citing a transcript of the broadcast. US officials called the threat “credible but unconfirmed” and timed to the anniversary of the ...
Dolphin players vow to boycott league over unpaid sign-on fees - Vanguard
A source close to the club told Inside Out Premier League that the action was as a result of the non-payment of the sign-on-fee and match bonuses owed them by their management. “What really happened was that the players agreed among themselves to go on ...
Boko Haram: Military chiefs, political leaders disagree - Vanguard
This is the question the lawmakers could not answer”, one of the sources said. The source claimed Senate President David Mark, with his military background, sympathised with the security chiefs who have lost their men, equipment and infrastructure to ...
NLC's ultimatum: Why minimum wage, fuel subsidy removal & revenue formula do ... - Vanguard
“The governors merely sent their state Heads of Service to make the presentation,” a source said. But, the action, in itself, speaks volumes about the attitude of the governors to the welfare of their civil servants. ...
Collapsed building 4 days after: Victims still trapped - Vanguard
An eyewitness who spoke to Vanguard on condition of anonymity, said a new tenant moved into the building a few hours before it collapsed, adding that supernatural forces could have caused the collapse of the building. Meanwhile following conflicting ...
MINISTERIAL SCREENING: Okonjo-Iweala to appear before Senate today - Vanguard
Dr. Okonjo-Iweala, a former Finance Minister who helped Nigeria to negotiate debt relief in 2005, is expected to return to her old position but with added broad powers over economic management, sources close to the negotiations said. ...
Boko Haram scare grounds Abuja - Vanguard
Some motorists, government and private staff who spoke on the condition of anonymity frowned at the method used by the soldiers to carry out their exercise. They told Vanguard that Federal Government should introduce scientific method of searching ...
Rivers maintains lead on medals table - Vanguard
A player, who spoke on condition of anonymity said that the poor accommodation provided by the organisers initially unsettled them. “We had to sleep inside the bus for two days before arrangements for our accommodation were sorted out by the state's ...
Ministerial list: Fresh storm in Lagos PDP over nominees - Vanguard
One party faithful, who declined to be named, described the party's performance in the governorship elections as “the worst outing of the party in Lagos since return to democratic rule.” However, the fresh tempest brewing in the party's state chapter ...
NEW CABINET: Jonathan snubs PDP's lists - Vanguard
Apart from being in favour of technocrats, who would deliver his campaign promises to Nigerians without playing undue politics, sources said the President was getting disturbed by the furore and bad blood the lists are generating among members of his ...
Dead or alive: The 'Gen' John Togo mystery - Vanguard
A Niger-Delta youth leader who spoke to Sunday Vanguard on the condition of anonymity on Wednesday said, “General” John Togo, suspected to have died of gunshot wounds he sustained in an encounter with soldiers, last week, was reportedly buried in the ...
AGN plans a befitting burial for Ashley Nwosu - Vanguard
A source close to the actors' body told HVP that the leadership of the body met with the actor's immediate family last weekend to harmonise burial arrangement with them. Meanwhile, there are strong indications that the remains of the veteran actor who ...