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Germany reacted with shock and outrage on Tuesday after a 20-year-old petrol station worker was shot dead by a customer angry about being asked to put on a mask while buying beer. The killing on Saturday evening in the western town of Idar-Oberstein is believed to be the first in …

Three Suspected ritualists on Tuesday, were apprehended by the Amotekun corps for their alleged involvement in the killing of a 73-year old Samuel Olaniyi at Boluwaji area of Ibadan. The three suspects were paraded at the Amotekun Corps Headquarters at Dandaro Ibadan.   Speaking with journalists, the mastermind of the …

President Muhammadu Buhari has requested the Senate to confirm his nominees as members of the Board of the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority. The President, in another letter to the Upper Chamber, also sought the confirmation of the Board of the (petroleum) Upstream Regulatory Commission. Buhari also urged …

The Russian Embassy in Washington said on Tuesday that half of all cyberattacks against the country’s Central Election Commission during its parliamentary election over the weekend originated in the United States. The embassy which made the allegation in a statement said the attacks were aimed at discrediting the Russian electoral …

Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has slammed those criticising him for the decision of the state government to challenge the legality of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) to collect Value Added Tax (VAT). He believes Nigeria must encourage federating states to harness their resources and generate revenues, including VAT …

Lolo Ebelechukwu Obi, wife of the chief priest, Idemili Cultural Centre, Agulu in Anaocha Local Government Area of Anambra State, Chief Ralph Ndidi Obi has revealed how pastors patronize her husband for powers. In an interview with BBC pidgin, the young lady who got married to the chief priest eight …

One of the children of the 80-year-old mother who died in the collapsed storey building in Akure, the Ondo state capital, Pastor Benson Olom has blamed his landlord for the incident. Olom whose wife and five children escaped death by whiskers told vanguard that he lost his octogenarian mother in …

Adewale Daniel Jayeoba has been declared wanted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over an alleged investment scam. The EFCC said Jayeoba, a native of Ori-Ade Local Government in Osun State, used to live at Suit 1004, Providence Centre, MKO Abiola Way, by NNPC Mega Station, Abeokuta, Ogun …

PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari has written to the Senate, seeking an amendment to the recently signed Petroleum Industry Act, PIA. In the letter, President Buhari wants an amendment to the new Act to allow for the removal of the Ministers of Petroleum and Finance from the board of the Nigerian National …

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has pledged to assist the University of Lagos (UNILAG) with equipment to contain the spread of Coronavirus. NCDC’s Director-General, Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu, made the pledge in a letter addressed to the university on Aug. 16, a copy of which made available to the …