Vanguard Latest News Sunday 24th January 2021
Vanguard Latest News Today and headlines on some of the happenings and news trend in the Country, today 24/01/21
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MURIC calls for dialogue over tribal clashes
The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has called for dialogue over tribal clashes in Oyo State and appealed to the Federal Government to apply caution in handling the fragile situation. The group’s director, Prof. Ishaq Akintola, made the appeal in a statement issued in Lagos on Sunday, “A tribal activist who gave quit notice to non-indigenesRead More
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FOI: SERAP asks FG to disclose details of proposed payments of N729bn to 24.3M poor Nigerians within 7 days
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, SERAP, has urged the Federal Government to publish within seven days details of proposed payments of N729 billion to 24.3 million poor Nigerians for six months aimed to cushion the negative effects of COVID-19 pandemic.
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Alleged Sharing Formula of IGR: Seven feared dead, many injured over NURTW leadership crisis in Ebonyi
As Umahi orders arrest of Ohaukwu LGA Chair, Ebonyi Assembly member, 22 others By Peter Okutu – Abakaliki No fewer than seven persons have been feared dead while many were seriously injured as aggrieved members of the National Union of Road Transport Workers, NURTW clashed in Effium Community of Ohaukwu local government area of theRead More
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COVID-19: 700m students still locked out of school — World Bank
Despite the gradual reopening of schools worldwide following their shut down as a result of the outbreak of Coronavirus disease, no fewer than 700 million students are still locked out of school globally, with the majority of them being from low and middle-income countries like Nigeria.
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Three feared dead as rival cult groups clash again in Coker-Aguda, Lagos
At least three persons were reportedly killed when rival cult groups clashed in some parts of Coker-Aguda in Surulere Local Government Area of Lagos State in the early hours on Sunday.
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Police arrest three suspected herdsmen for attacking woman in Ogun
James Ogunnaike – Abeokuta Operatives of the Ogun State Police Command have arrested three suspected herdsmen for allegedly attacking a woman, Mrs. Morounkeji Salami, in Oru, in Ijebu North local government area of the State with guns and machete which resulted to cut off of one of her fingers and shattering her jaw. The commandRead More
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Timi Frank urges Biden to help Nigeria conduct free, fair elections in 2023
Former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), on Sunday, called on the President of the United States of America, Joe Biden, to support Nigeria to conduct free, fair and credible elections in 2023. This is even as he congratulated Biden and his Vice President, Kamala Harris, for their electoral victory whichRead More
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Akwa Ibom govt wades into communal crisis, distributes relief materials to victims
Akwa Ibom State government has waded into the communal clashes between Okopedi and Amamong in Okobo Local Government Area, urging the warring communities to live in peace even as relief materials worth millions of naira have been distributed to the victims.
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Pirates kill sailor, kidnap 15 off Nigeria
Armed men killed one sailor and abducted 15 from a Turkish cargo ship off the coast of Nigeria, Turkey’s Anadolu news agency reported Sunday. That left three crew members to sail the Liberian-flagged Mozart owned by a Turkish company, the state agency said. The dead man was Azerbaijani. Turkish news channel NTV spoke to aRead More
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Ebonyi govt urges peaceful resolution of crisis in Effium
The Ebonyi Government has urged parties in the crisis rocking Effium community in Ohaukwu Local Government Area of the state to embrace dialogue in the interest of peace.
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