Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari has ordered security agencies to speed up efforts to ensure the safe rescue of children kidnapped in Niger state. It was earlier reported by VAM News that several students of an Islamiyya school were kidnapped in Regina, Rafi local government area of Niger State on Sunday. According to report, the bandits…
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has directed candidates sitting for its mock Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) to pay N700 as an exam fee. VAM News reports that the board said on its Twitter page on Monday, May 31, that the money would be paid to the computer-based test (CBT) centres’ owners to…
The federal government has said that there were no outstanding payments to Batches A and B beneficiaries of the N-Power programme. According to report, the clarification was made on Thursday, May 27, in Abuja by the minister of humanitarian affairs, disaster management and social development, Sadiya Umar Farouq. VAM News gathered that while speaking during…
Fire on Monday evening engulfed Mokland Hotel at number 3/9 Olakoleosho Street, Ikeja, Lagos, destroying several properties in the process. No life has so far been recorded. According to an eyewitness, the fire which emanated from the topmost Penthouse floor of the building, started at about 7pm. READ ALSO: Scrapping NYSC scheme not in interest…
La Liga giants Barcelona have confirmed the sensational signing of Manchester City legend Sergio Aguero. Barcelona made the announcement on Monday, May 31, only days after Aguero’s City lost the Champions League title to rivals Chelsea. However, the statement on the club’s website revealed that they reached an agreement for the player to join them…
Deputy Inspector-General of Police, Adedayo Adeoye (retd.), has explained the reason why people in the South-Eastern part of the country probably complied with proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra’s sit-at-home order. Adeoye said the Igbo people complied with Nnamdi Kanu’s sit-at-home order for fear of being attacked while some obeyed because they support IPOB. He stated…
The Aspirant National Speaker Of National Youths Assembly Of Nigeria Comrade Ogunolu Samsideen has convey his manifesto to the media in a press conference in Osogbo. In the press conference, he stated some problems facing the country that needed urgent attention of the government. Some of the problems he mentioned are: Insecurity, Incessant strike…
The Chief Provost of Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS), Imo State Command, Okiemute Mrere, has been killed by gunmen. It was gathered on Monday that Mrere, was assassinated on Saturday night on Owerri- Port Harcourt Road in Owerri. Sources at the NIS disclosed that the slain officer’s corpse was discovered in a bush on…
Bandits have attacked Beri town in Bobi district of Niger state, burning down a police station and killing more than 13 people, including a police officer. The attack was reported by the Niger State Emergency Management Agency in a memo on Monday and comes barely a day after about 200 students were kidnapped from a…
Civil society organizations in Osun state thronged major streets of Osogbo, the state capital protesting against insecurity and bad governance in Nigeria. The protest, according to the Convener, Comrade Waheed Lawal, is to sensitize residents of the state to always stand against injustice and maladministration rather than dying in silence. The protesters took off from…
