A 19-year-old motor boy, Akeem Toheeb, was, on Tuesday, arraigned before an Iyaganku Chief Magistrates’ Court sitting at Ibadan over alleged unlawful possession of a short axe. Toheeb of No. 11, Abayomi, Iwo Road area of Ibadan, was arraigned on a count charge of unlawful possession of a short axe. The Police Prosecutor, Sgt. Philip […]

By Bose Adelaja Following a two-day violence which claimed three lives and destroyed about 150 vehicles and 50 shops in Mushin area of Lagos, some victims of the attack have started counting their losses even as residents claimed that those arrested in connection with the incident are innocent. A cross-section of the residents also appealed […]

By Ola Ajayi – Ibadan A traditional ruler in Ogbomoso, Oyo State, Chief Moses Ajala has been crushed to death. According to a source, the accident happened at Aroje on Ogbomoso-Ilorin old road. The ruler, Abese Alayede, was hit by a fast-moving car when he tried to cross the road. The Toyota Camry car with […]

By Sherifat Lawal In the early hours of Tuesday, road users experienced difficulties at the Mile 2 axis of Oshodi-Apapa Expressway, as Okada rider clashed with men of Lagos task force, who had seized some motorcycles. An eyewitness told Vanguard that vehicular movement was disrupted, as the rioters set up bonfires on the Expressway, forcing […]

By Emma Una – Calabar TWO persons have reportedly been killed in renewed inter-communal conflict between the Izzi of Ebonyi State and their Ukelle neighbours in Cross River. Mr Emmanuel Asegem, an aide to the Cross River State governor on anti-deforestation who reported the incident said one person was shot on Sunday and the other […]