By Vincent Ujumadu – Awka There is tension in Alor, the home town of the Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige, as two traditional rulers installed by different interest groups are set to perform the annual ofala festival on December 30, 2020. Security has already been beefed up in the community and it […]

The jihadist group, Boko Haram, killed at least 10 people including four security personnel in raids on three villages in Borno, local and security sources told AFP on Sunday. Fighters in six trucks attacked the villages of Shafa, Azare and Tashan Alade in Borno state on Saturday and set fire to homes and public buildings […]

By Ola Ajayi – Ibadan The Western Nigeria Security Network, codenamed Amotekun said it “neutralised” a suspected leader of armed robbery gang and arrested three others who have been terrorising residents of Ijawaya village on Ogbomoso-Oyo Road. The State Commandant of Amotekun, Col. Olayinka Olayanju (rtd), further stated that Ijawaya village had become a danger […]

By Bose Adelaja Scores of traders in Ketu plank market, Lagos State, were displaced, Sunday, even as they are currently counting their losses following an inferno which gutted their plank market. Though the cause of the fire outbreak on the market located at Demurin street could not be ascertained but the traders have lamented the […]

By Peter Duru – Makurdi Two persons were feared dead in Otukpo town in Otukpo Local Government Area, LGA, of Benue state on Christmas Day during a stampede at a musical carnival in total disregard for the COVID-19 restrictions recently announced by the state government. Vanguard gathered from an eyewitness in Otukpo that the music […]