Government remains hyper-focused on the “quantity” of out-of-school children while ignoring the “quality” of the education being offered

As floods ravage parts of the country, the Nigeria Hydrological Services Agency, NiHSA, has predicted that over 18 million Nigerians are exposed to heavy flooding in the 2026 flood forecast.

RESIDENTS, motorists and business owners along the Berger/Kirikiri corridor, yesterday, blamed the worsening traffic congestion on the Mile 2-Apapa expressway on the proliferation of container terminals in the area, saying the facilities have become the major source of the persistent gridlock.

By Egufe Yafugborhi The red soil of Oghara Kingdom, once celebrated as the welcoming “Gateway to Urhoboland,” is again soaked in blood. On June 25, 2026, a husband and wife were abducted on the Otefe-Ovade Link Road. The husband was executed by his captors; the wife was released only after ransom was paid. For the Oghara […]

On January 21, 2025, Niger-Delta Voice (NDV), a publication of Vanguard Newspapers, published an exclusive report titled: Tension as Christians, Traditional Groups Lock Horns in Delta.

By Ike Uchechukwu IKOM—For years, the men and women who walked into Cross River State’s courtrooms to seek justice did so under leaking roofs, past cracked walls, and beneath ceilings that had long given up the fight against time and neglect. In Ikom, Central Cross River, justice had a smell of dust and abandonment, and a […]

The Cross River State Police Command has commenced investigations into the death of a woman, Blessing Ayebe, whose body was discovered inside the toilet facility of a church in the Ikot Ansa area of Calabar Municipality.

They are using discarded polyethylene terephthalate (PET) plastic bottles, to act as makeshift, gravity-fed fuel compartments

•Tomato Growers finger industrial buyers exit•Our stew now black –HousewivesBy Cynthia Alo Many housewives, caterers and other tomato consumers across the country are lamenting over the worsening tomato price instability, saying it has reduced the quality of meals and contributed to rising food inflation. Farmers, however, blamed the collapse of industrial off-take arrangements and the […]

By James Ogunnaike, Abeokuta No fewer than 10 persons were killed, while six others sustained varying degrees of injuries in a tragic road traffic crash that occurred on Sunday night at Sapade Bridge, along the Ibadan–Lagos motorway in Ogun State. The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Ogun Sector Command, confirmed the incident in a statement […]

The lynching of Malama Ummulkhair Muhammad in Maraban Jos, Kaduna State, has once again exposed the deadly consequences of mob justice and renewed troubling questions about the ability of law enforcement agencies to protect citizens placed in their custody.

Students of Osun State University (UNIOSUN) were last Tuesday subjected to horrendous moments usually associated with kidnapped victims.

“The brothers started a fight over bathroom slippers. Neighbours separated them, but they went behind the house to continue the fight”

Midnight invasion of private student hostels by military recruits, during which students claimed they were assaulted, female students were sexually harassed

“We got to a place, and the kidnappers told us to hide. They were very tired, and slept off. That was how we helped ourselves and ran away”