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 […]

By Egufe Yafugborhi TWO of a four-man gang of suspected robbers were killed Tuesday in Elelenwo, Obio/Akpor Local Government Area, Rivers State during an attempted robbery on a supermarket. Police Public Relations Officer, Rivers Command, Nnamdi Omoni, who confirmed the incident Wednesday in Port Harcourt, said both other members of the suspected robbery gang escaped […]

By Rotimi Ojomoyela The tragedy was averted on Tuesday at Ijero Ekiti, Ijero Local Government Area of Ekiti State, as fire-ravaged a section of Owa Ajero’s palace in the community. It was gathered six children of Owa Ajero, Oba Joseph Adebayo Adewole, were evacuated from the inferno by sympathizers. Narrating how the incident happened, Olori […]

By Davies Iheamnachor – Port Harcourt A Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt has sentenced three persons to death for kidnapping and murder. Kingsley Worlu Chuku, Uchendu Macpherson Elindam and Obinna Chuku, were sentenced to death while Godknows Wokem, and Promise Jim, got life imprisonment, after they were convicted by the court yesterday. The […]

By Esther Onyegbula The Lagos State Police Command is currently investigating a couple for allegedly abusing a minor, Chidera who lives and works as a houseboy with them. The couple identified as Mr Franc Ifedili and Mrs Ifunnanya Ifedili were arrested by operatives of the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department, Yaba, Panti after the […]