By Ochuko Akuopha – Oleh Indigenes of Aviara, Isoko South Local Government Area, Delta State, have lamented eight years of power outage in their community, calling on Governor Ifeanyi Okowa to rescue the area from perpetual darkness. The people, in a letter signed by the President General of Aviara Federal Union, Mr Counselor Umulor and […]

By Ugochukwu Alaribe – Umuahia The Abayi Police Division, Aba, Abia State, has arrested a man with a dead baby at Afor Ule market along Aba- Owerri road area of the city. Eyewitnesses told Vanguard that the suspect, whose name was yet-to-be ascertained at the time of filing this report, was almost lynched by the […]

The deceased, Miss Vera Uwaila She was my best student – Secondary School teacher We want justice, she must not die in vain–father By Ozioruva Aliu It was a pitiable sight at the Ogbeide Street off NNPC Depot Fence Road residence of the family of a 22-year-old female student of the University of Benin, Uwaila […]

By Dayo Johnson – Akure A 58-year-old Senior lecturer at Olusegun Agagu University of Science and Technology (OAUSTECH), Okitipupa, Ondo State, Dr Gilbert Ibitola, reportedly slumped and died in his apartment, sending fear and anxiety across the campus. Late lbitola, a father of three was not sick before his demise according to family sources. The Academic […]

By Deborah Adeojo As public gaze and feminist rage are directed towards seeking justice for Uwa, a 22-year-old undergraduate, raped and left for dead in an assumed safe space, a church building, it is crucial to reengage the illusion of safe spaces for female bodies in Nigeria. Her death is a classic reminder that the […]

By Evelyn Usman She never saw it coming, neither did she in her wildest imagination, envisage such would happen at a place so revered and considered safe. Like every other day, on May 27, 2020, she took her books and walked into the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Ikpoba Hill, Benin City,  Edo State,  where […]

By Egufe Yafugborhi A woman in Diobu, Port Harcourt on Thursday stirred public intervention over excessive s3x demands of her husband, a trader confined to his home by Rivers State Government’s COVID-19 market closure order. The couple had got into an open fight, attracting public attention, after the 42-year-old husband simply identified as Moses, bit […]

By Bashir Bello – Kano A ghastly motor accident in Dambatta town along Kano-Daura road on Thursday left one person dead while twelve others sustained several degrees of injuries. The accident which happened at about 07:09 am occurred between a Toyota Model-F bus conveying passengers and a Honda motorcycle leading to the death of one. […]

By Bose Adelaja The Operatives of the Lagos State Environmental and Special Offences (Enforcement) Unit (Taskforce) Wednesday, said it has recovered four suspected stolen goats in Ikorodu area of Lagos. The suspected stolen goats were said to have had their mouths covered and were abandoned inside a vehicle by its occupants after allegedly contravening Lagos […]

By Jimitota Onoyume – Warri Cultists have shot dead a youth suspected to be a member of rival cult group around Essi Layout, Warri south local government area, a situation that caused panic in the neighborhood. Eyewitnesses told the Vanguard that the sad incident occurred at about 6 pm on Tuesday, adding that the killers […]