A baker in Kaduna state has reportedly confessed to security agencies that he made N400, 000 a month supplying bread to bandits in the state. The suspect, Hassan Magaji, who was arrested…
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ASUU threatens fresh strike, gives reasons
The Academic Staff Union of Universities, (ASUU), has threatened to go on strike again over the ‘blatant’ refusal of the Accountant General of the Federation, Mr Ahmed Idris to pay the salaries…
Iwo Road Mayhem: Fish Out My Son’s Killers Now – Grieving Mother Tells Govt
Alhaja Salmot Azeez, mother of Ramon, a phone seller, was stabbed to death when some members of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW), otherwise known as Park Management System (PMS)…
So Far, 99 Political Appointees Have Lost Their Jobs But We Have Not Commenced Rightsizing Civil Servants – El Rufai
The executive governor of Kaduna state, Nasir El-Rufai has disclosed that the civil service rightsizing exercise will not affect the payment of the N30,000 minimum wage. This disclosure was made…
Tension In Ibadan As Six Allegedly Killed During Rival Gangs Clash
Pandemonium again broke out in Ibadan at the Opopo Yeosa area, as members of the Oodua Peoples Congress, OPC, allegedly clashed with a rival gang (name of the rival group yet to…
Angry Youths Allegedly Attack Fulani Herdsmen, Destroy Police Station In Kwara
VAM news has learnt that a group of angry youths in Odo-Owa community of Oke-Ero Local Government Area in Kwara State, on Thursday, protested against the presence of Fulani herdsmen in…
Kebbi school kidnapping: Vehicle used by bandits belonged to high court judge
The police command in Kebbi says the vehicle used to kidnap students from Federal Government College, Birnin Yauri, Kebbi, belongs to a high court judge in the state. Nafi’u Abubakar, Kebbi police…
JUST IN: Man arrested with Foreign money equivalent to ₦1billion at airport in Nigeria
The Nigerian Customs officers at the Malam Aminu Kano International Airport, Makia have arrested a Saudi Arabia returnee with a bag filled with foreign currency equivalent to N1billion. VAM News learnt that…
Nnamdi Kanu: Place Bounty On Your Leaders’ Heads Instead – Shehu Sani Tells Northern Group
Senator Shehu Sani, who represented Kaduna Central at the 8th National Assembly, has slammed the Northern groups who placed a bounty on Kanu’s whereabouts. 17 Northern groups under the aegis…
BREAKING: One of the abducted Fed Govt College Students in Kebbi State shot dead
One of the students abducted from the Federal Government College, Birnin Yauri, Kebbi State, on Thursday has been shot dead during a gun duel between soldiers and the abductors. There are indications…