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No few than five young men were allegedly slaughtered on Tuesday, in a bizarre manner by their brother who was recently discharged from hospital after being treated for insanity in Gwer West local government area of Benue State. Vanguard gathered from sources in Naka the local government headquaters that the cultpit popularly known as Torjor slaughtered his victims at Naka earth dam, just few metres from their home. Our source disclosed that the culprit had over a long period of time suffered from mental derangement but was taken to the Makurdi Federal Medical Centre where he was treated for insanity and later discharged. “But unknown to his people the young man relapsed into insanity again until he ran amok by the killing of his brothers”. “We gathered that he had invited his victims to the earth dam on the pretense that he wanted them to assist him fetch water from the dam, only for him to pull out a knife and slaughter them in cold blood and fled”. “When the news of his ...

The ban was announced on Tuesday after after Emir of Kano was attacked by men riding on bikes. The Kano State Government has banned the use of motorcycles, popularly known as Achaba, for commercial purposes in the city. Kano reportedly has the highest number of commercial motorcycles in the country with conservative estimates putting the number of riders in the state at about one million. The ban follows similar adoptions by state governments which they say curbs incidents of crime. Many crimes, particularly attacks on security operatives in the Northern Nigerian State, were carried out by men on motorcycles. More details later.

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The Karu Senior Magistrates’ Court, Abuja, on Monday convicted one Auta Yako, 50, of Kugbo Market, for being a wizard and inciting public disturbance. Prosecutor Francis Udofia, a police corporal, had told the court that Yako confessed openly to have the power of witchcraft on Jan. 12. “With the power, he was able to kill one Emma Danjuma at Kugbo. He said other people will also die.” Udofia said the claims caused disturbance and a break down of peace in the area. He said the offence contravened Section 114 of the Penal Code. The accused pleaded guilty to the charge, saying: ‘ ‘I was coming back from the farm when I heard that the some people were planning to kill me. “I then ran to the police station for safety. I confessed all that happened. I have witchcraft. It was one Fulani woman who gave me the powers. “I was able to kill one Danjuma. I was planning to kill another person when the news of my initial deed came to the notice of the people.” He, however, pleaded f...

The 78-year-old mother of Mr. Kombowei Benson, the Speaker of the Nigeria’s oil-rich state, Bayelsa House of Assembly, kidnapped eight days ago, has regained her freedom. READ RELATED ARTICLES: Breaking News: Gunmen Kidnap Bayelsa Speaker’s Mother Kidnappers Of Bayelsa Speaker’s Mother Demand N40m Ransom Police Intensify Search For Bayelsa Speaker’s Mother Madam Betinah Okunwa Benson was freed at about 10pm last night. It was not clear at press time if the N40million Naira ransom demanded by her abductors was paid by the Speaker to secure his mother’s freedom. The details about how she was released, like most of high-profile kidnap cases in Nigeria, remained sketchy. However, Mr. Preye Kariamo, spokesman of the Speaker, who confirmed the freedom of the old woman on telephone, said she was handed over to members of her family by the officials of Sagbama Local Government Council hale and hearty. When asked if the N40million ransom was paid to the abductors as earlier dem...

No less than N2.046 billion has been budgeted for the upgrade of facilities at the various police colleges across the country, yet the condition of living in the colleges remains pitiable. Investigations revealed that in the budget years of 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012, over N2 billion was budgeted for the upgrade of facilities in police colleges and training institutions located in eight states namely Lagos, Kaduna, Borno, Enugu, Oyo, Rivers, Ondo, and Osun states. The authorities of the Nigeria Police were shifting blames yesterday, when asked about the whereabouts of the funds meant for the maintenance of police colleges nationwide. The Senate has summoned the police authorities to give account of the budgetary allocations to the police colleges. Checks have revealed that  the Kaduna college is uninhabitable , while the opposition parties have called on the federal government not to victimise anybody in a bid to apportion blame. A breakdown of budgetary allocation ...

The Universal Peace Federation and Youth Federation For World Peace have honored some personalities who have distinguished themselves in the society with what they do. Halima Abubakar was one of the celebrities honoured with a UN ambassadorial award on Sunday January 20th. She's an Ambassador for peace. The distinguished personalities were unveiled over the weekend at a glamorous event.

The Director of the State Security Service (SSS) in Borno, Alhaji Abdullahi Ahmed, has advised members of the Boko Haram sect to drop their violent campaign and embrace dialogue. Ahmed gave the advice in an interview  in Maiduguri on Tuesday. He said the sect must embrace dialogue if it truly wanted to achieve its aim. “We have an advice for the leadership  of Jama’atul Ahlis Sunnah Lidda’a Wati Wal Jihad, to consider dropping their weapons and embrace the ever available carrot option from the government,” Ahmed said. He explained that criminals had taken advantage of the violent nature of the sect’s campaign to perpetrate their criminality. “The activities of the sect in Borno State and beyond have became a veritable umbrella under which other forms of criminals seek to dwell,” Ahmed said. He said that the sect must have a re-think if it was truly concerned about Islam.   “They should dialogue for the sake of Islam the religion the group claims to se...

Nigerian-born rapper Michael Stephens popularly called Ruggedman has found love. According to sources, Ruggedman and his new girlfriend, Laide Olaogun are planning to have a low-key wedding this year.   The lovers have been said to be dating for awhile.   Olaide Olaogun, a former Ambassador of Lux soap is an actress as well as a TV presenter.

The Presidency has vowed not to succumb to the threat of terrorism despite the continued violence being unleashed on parts of the country by suspected terrorists. The Presidency made the pledge in its reaction to the Saturday attack on the Emir of Kano, Alhaji Ado Bayero, which left four people dead.  The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Reuben Abati stated this in a statement, late on Sunday.  Abati said, “While we reiterate our determination to address all genuine grievances in the national polity, we want to emphasise that the Federal Government of Nigeria will not succumb to the threat of terrorism and utter disregard for human lives by purveyors of violence.”  He promised that the government would ensure that all criminal elements were brought to book.  He added, “The unfortunate incident, which led to the regrettable death of three persons, including three of his security guards and his driver underscores the continuing nee...

As the January launch of the much talked about ‘Blackberry 10’ Smartphone draws near, the makers of the popularly used product, Research in Motion are giving considerations to the idea of licensing its operating system to other manufacturers. This was part of the key points made by the Chief Executive Officer of the Company Mr Thorsten Heins during an Interview with German Newspaper Die Welt , where he clearly stated that it was likely possible, that his group would want to showcase the potential of the operating system. Third party hardware makers will have the opportunity to explore the viability of the Operating System of the BB 10 and it can be utilized on Non-RIM devices in the mobile technology market. Speaking ahead of next week’s launch of the new Blackberry device, the RIM boss said “We have taken the time to build a platform that is future-proof for the next ten years. Our aim is not only to Smartphones, but also to the use, for example, in cars that will be in the future inc...

The controversial striker has already given notice on his rented house in Cheshire and also flown a number of belongings back to Milan ahead of a potential return to San Siro. And the Italian was spotted with a number of close friends at Chinese restaurant Wings in Manchester on Saturday night in what an eye-witness said "looked very much like the final goodbye". He continued: "Mario often dines there but he wasn't his usual jocular self, certainly the mood seemed a sombre one, as if he was on his way." Milan have proposed a £25m (€30m) transfer with payments over six years to sign the 22-year-old, who has scored just one Premier League goal in 14 appearances this season. City director of football Txiki Begiristain and manager Roberto Mancini are both understood to be ready to sell Balotelli following a string of controversies surrounding the former Inter star, who cost £24m (€29m) when he moved to the Etihad Stadium in 2010. The champions are in n...

Pastor Tunde Bakare of the Latter Rain Assembly tells Punch, they have signaled the campaign by going to kneel down before Pastor Adeboye. See, I am not saying that pastors should not pray for presidents, that man was representing an office; a whole nation crumbling before men of God because of political advantage they think they can get. And if the prayer will bail him out, let us wait and see. The truth is who is preparing for 2015, which faction of the PDP? Is it the (Olusegun) Obasanjo faction? Or IBB faction? Or Jonathan faction? The governors’ faction? Because PDP is a house divided against itself; it’s a chicken that has begun to eat its own intestines. By going to kneel down in the open before the pastor, the man (Jonathan) did not even recognise the dignity of his office. If it were a private thing, it is okay for you to crawl or kneel but it is a whole nation. That office has been diminished by a man who does not know the worth of it and does not deserve to stay t...

After all the anticipation and waiting, perhaps the biggest bombshell about Michelle Obama's inaugural ball dress was that it really wasn't a surprise at all. Like 2009, the first lady wore a gown by the Taiwanese-born American designer Jason Wu, who was catapulted into the highest echelons of fashion when Obama donned one of his designs four years ago. Obama had several dresses presented to her before she made her decision, and didn't reveal what she would wear before she stepped out on stage at the Commander-in-Chief's ball, making her repeat turn in Jason Wu a rare moment of suspense amid the scripted revelry of the inauguration. Monday's gown was a vibrant ruby red, made from chiffon and velvet. It had design parallels to the flowing white chiffon dress Mrs. Obama donned in 2009, which firmly cemented the first lady's arm-bearing, cinched waist style. Those arms were again on display Monday in Mrs. Obama's halter-style dress, and a strip of duche...

Upon seeing the effects of the gory images of the Police College, Ikeja, that made the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Goodluck Jonathan to pay an unplanned visit to the school, Medical students of the Lagos state University Teaching Hospital (LUTH) have voiced out their concern over the deplorable conditions of their medical school. View more photos below

Signals that President Goodluck Jonathan has started plotting how to grab the presidential ticket of the Peoples Democratic Party for the 2015 election emerged on Monday with the President reaching out to respective former governors of Zamfara and Borno states, Ahmed Yerima and Ali Modu-Sheriff. Our correspondent learnt that the President wanted the two influential politicians in their respective states to strengthen his hold in the north. The President, a source told The PUNCH, had in fact asked the duo to defect to the PDP. The two ex-governors are members of the All Nigeria Peoples Party. The two former governors, it was gathered, would help the President neutralise the anti-Jonathan sentiment in the north where top politicians are clamouring for power shift from the South. The calculations in the President’s team, investigation further revealed, are that these two prominent politicians will also come to the PDP with their state governors. The governors are said to be pr...

The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, kicked against same sex marriage in some countries, saying that such practice should not be allowed to creep into the country. The respected cleric made this known at the New Year Thanksgiving service organized by the Joint Christian Mission of the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife recently. According to Adeboye, same sex marriage was capable of destroying human race within just 20 years of its practice. Daddy G.O, as he is popularly called, described the practice as against God’s will and instruction, and said the will of God for human being was to be fruitful, replenish and multiply on earth and not the other way round. He added that anything contrary to God’s will for mankind was devilish.   He said: “How can a man who marries a fellow man produces a child and how can a woman who marries a woman produces a child? If this evil is allowed to stay, there will not be new born ba...

Oba Riliwanu Akiolu I Monday said only God will determine who succeeds Mr. Babatunde Raji Fashola as Governor of Lagos State when his second term expires in 2015. Akiolu was speaking at the inauguration of the newly-constituted Council of Obas and Chiefs, of which he was returned as Chairman for a five-year tenure to run till 2017. In his response shortly after the inauguration of the council by Governor Fashola at the Banquet Hall, Lagos House, Alausa, Akiolu warned his colleagues to shun anyone parading himself as the next helmsman of the state. He remarked: “Those who are deceiving themselves, they will chop (eat) your money and chop your money and nothing will happen. I will not be party to say that this or that man will be the next Governor, the future belongs to God”. The 65-man council consists of Obas and White Cap chiefs with Akiolu as chairman and four vice chairmen, including the Obas of Ikorodu, Epe, Ikeja and Badagry. Meanwhile, a former Nigerian High Commiss...

Even though this picture as at this very moment really has no news attached, but it seem very significant as our music icon 2face Idibia is involved and one cannot just help but ask why on this uniform. Many say it’s photoshop; many say it’s for a performance. Which of these would you rather believe?

President Goodluck Jonathan said yesterday that he would stop at nothing in bringing to justice those responsible for the attack on the Emir of Kano, Alhaji Ado Bayero, which claimed the lives of four of his aides last Saturday. READ RELATED ARTICLES: BREAKING NEWS: Emir Of Kano Attacked, Driver And Guards Dead Emir Of Kano Flown To London After Assassination Attempt VIDEO: The Failed Assassination Attack On The Emir Of Kano, Ado Bayero Attack On Emir Of Kano, Sacrilegious Assault – PDP 4 Arrested Over Attack On Emir’s Convoy Speaking through his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Dr. Reuben Abati, the President who noted that the attack on the Emir underscored the need for all Nigerians to be vigilant to the security challenge posed by terrorist group in the country, said the attack was senseless in all ramifications. In a statement, Abati said "Once again, terrorism reared its ugly head when gunmen attacked the revered Emir of Kano Alhaji Ado Bayero on Satu...

Pandemonium erupted Monday at Ikotun, a suburb in Lagos State, following a violent clash between policemen and some suspected hoodlums which left about three persons dead and others with varying degree of injuries. Although police said only one person died in the clash, it was gathered that the figure could be more owing to the violent nature of the clash. According to eyewitness account, the clash started at about 11.a.m., after a team of policemen attached to Area ‘M’ Command, Idimu, stormed a purported Indian hemp joint around Agbole area of Ikotun to effect the arrest of some suspected hoodlums. Their action met stiff resistance from the suspected hoodlums. This led to a heated argument between both parties which soon snowballed into violence. It was gathered that while the argument was going on, one of the policemen allegedly fired a shot into the air killing one of the suspects on the spot. Angered by the death of their colleague, the youths in the area were said t...

The Minister of Police Affairs, Navy Capt. Caleb Olubolade (rtd), Monday spent the greater part of his day answering questions on the rot at the Police Training College, Ikeja, Lagos, which was brought to the public’s attention after a Channels Television documentary trailer on the college was broadcast last week. READ RELATED ARTICLES: Police College 50 Trainees Share A Fish Head Nigeria Police Training: Expecting Something From Nothing (PHOTOS) PHOTOS: President Jonathan Pays Surprise Visit To Police College In Lagos Jonathan Blasts ChannelsTV For Police College Documentary PHOTOS: Police Residential Quarters As Shameful As The College President Shocked After Visiting Police College - But Why? The documentary had forced President Goodluck Jonathan to pay an unscheduled visit to the college last Friday, the first of such visits by a sitting president to the 73-year-old college. Olubolade’s visit to the villa coincided with the reaction of the House of Representat...