Faith Oqunbor, a Nigerian woman, was on Monday delivered of a baby boy on board a rescue ship in the Mediterranean Sea.

CALABAR— CONTROVERSY over alleged defilement of a four-year-old girl at Calabar, Cross River State, by her 60-year-old stepfather has deepened with a rights activist/principal counsel, Basic Rights Counsel Initiative, Calabar, James Ibor, calling on the Attorney General of Cross River State, Mr. Joe Abang, to direct the Commissioner of Police to investigate the police detectives and the doctor that examined the case and issued a medical report exonerating the suspect.

As Muslims celebrate the Eid-el-Kabir, operators of recreation centres in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, have expressed frustration over low patronage of their services.

Muslims in Ebonyi on Monday commended the government for its continued sponsorship of its members for Hajj. The Muslim faithful gave the commendation in a Sallah message signed by their leader, Dr Muhammad Ajah, and read by Malam Ibrahim Obiahu during a courtesy visit to Gov. David Umahi in Abakaliki.

Hillary Clinton said Monday she was “feeling fine” a day after she was taken ill due to pneumonia, and that she was eager to jump back onto the campaign trail in her battle against Donald Trump.

ex-President Goodluck Jonathan has, in his Sallah message, urged Nigerians to emulate self-sacrifice and put Nigeria first before any other thing.

On September 12, 2016 edition of Vanguard , we published a story purportedly from the whatsApp message of former Education Minister, Oby Ezekwesili, blaming President Muhammed Buhari for Nigeria’s economic woes.

Romelu Lukaku became the first to score the 2016/2017 English football season hat-trick after goals within the space of eleven minutes saw off perennial relegation strugglers Sunderland in the final game of the Premier League’s fourth round fixtures.

IMF chief Christine Lagarde will go on trial in France on December 12 over a massive state payout to tycoon Bernard Tapie made when she was finance minister, the court hearing the case said Monday. Lagarde, 60, will be tried for negligence by the Court of Justice of the Republic — a tribunal that hears cases against ministers accused of wrongdoing in the discharge of their duties.

The All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) candidate in the governorship election in Edo rescheduled to Sept. 28, Mr Osaro Onaiwu, has called for further shift of the exercise to Oct. 1. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Thursday announced the postponement of the election fixed for Saturday to Sept. 28, following insecurity alert by security agencies.

Donald Trump will have an address on Pennsylvania Avenue whether or not he wins November’s election, after his new super-luxury hotel opened on Monday, steps from the White House. Not everyone was applauding his name in large gold-colored letters adorning the 263-room, $212 million Trump International Hotel glinting in the bright morning sun.

A car bomb exploded Monday outside the provincial HQ of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) in the eastern Turkish city of Van, wounding more than 50 people, including four police, local authorities said. Turkish officials blamed the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), which has waged a three-decade insurgency against the Turkish state and is considered a terrorist group by Ankara and its Western allies.

The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, has called on the Muslims to use 2016 Eid-el Kabir celebration to pray for economy stability, peace and harmony in Nigeria. Ogunwusi made the call in his Sallah message to the Muslims in Ile Ife, Osun, on Monday.

Former British Prime Minister David Cameron says he has decided to resign from his seat in parliament “with immediate effect.” “It is not going to be possible to be a normal backbencher as a former prime minister,” Cameron told the BBC on Monday. He added that his presence in parliament could be a “distraction” for his successor as Prime Minister, Theresa May. Cameron had pledged to support May, who “has got off to a cracking start” since she became the nation’s leader in July.

The Acting Governor of Zamfara, Alhaji Ibrahim Wakkala, has charged the people of the state to be security conscious.Wakkala said this on Monday when he paid Sallah homage to the Emir of Gusau, Alhaji Ibrahim Bello at his palace.