By Peter Duru – Makurdi A pharmacist, name withheld, and four others have been reportedly hacked to death in a bloody cult war currently raging in Ugbokolo town, Okpokwu Local Government Area of Benue state. Vanguard gathered from sources that the clashes had created panic among residents of the town with the roads and business […]

By Sola Ogundipe The World Health Organization, WHO, has confirmed COVID-19 infection in Algeria. The case, reported by the  Ministry of Health, Population and Hospital Reform of Algeria is the country’s first case of COVID-19 and the second in Africa. Health authorities report that tests indicate that an Italian adult, who arrived in the country […]

Angel di Maria turns the TV off whenever “something related to” Manchester United comes on after his short spell at the club, according to Paris Saint-Germain team-mate Marcin Bulka. The Argentine was signed by Louis van Gaal for a then club-record £59.7m in the summer of 2014 but failed to settle in Manchester and eventually […]

Akwa Ibom State government has said that it would continue to take proactive steps in combating climate change as it was gathering data on wetlands in the state to boost the opportunities in agriculture and tourism, thus converting wetlands to wealth lands.

By Festus Ahon – Asaba Suspected gunmen again invaded Issele-Azagba, a community in Aniocha North Local Government Area, Delta State, killing a man, injured his daughter and abducted his wife. The Vanguard gathered that the gunmen who stormed the community, Sunday night, attacked the resident of the yet to be unidentified man, shooting sporadically and […]

Members of Idjerhe Youth Council, IYC, in Ethiope West Local Government Area of Delta State have advised President Muhammadu Buhari, Governor Ifeanyi Okowa, all elected leaders from the Urhobo land (Delta Central), including Senator Ovie Omo-Agege, to urgently call on killer herdsmen to relocate from their ancestral land.

THE West Africa Container Terminal, WACT, has concluded plans to begin the second phase of its facility upgrade within the next 18 months to expand its capacity to take more cargo volumes.

The H10 Adeje Palace hotel in Tenerife, Spain, was placed in quarantine on Tuesday, after an Italian doctor staying there tested positive for COVID-19. Spanish news media reported that 1,000 tourists staying at the complex are not allowed to leave. Tenerife is part of the Canary Islands archipelago, located 100 kilometres west of the African […]

Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal Tuesday received the torch of unity totem for the forthcoming National Sports Festival scheduled to hold in Edo State from April 20th. About 250 athletes are expected to attend the national festival. A delegation from the National Sports Commission led by its Zonal Coordinator Kaduna, Olushola Luke, presented the totem to […]

There was jubilation in Enugu State, on Tuesday, as civil servants marched through the streets of Enugu to the Government House, to thank Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi for being the first governor of the state, since the inception of democracy in 1999, to pay them the minimum wage without rancour.