Asaba Massacre at 59: Wounds, apologies and a day of forgiveness
59 years after the pogrom that wiped out an estimated 1,000 Asaba men, memories remain raw as apologies, forgiveness and the quest for national closure turn front burners
Ibadan funfair stampede: Pain of losing two children indescribable — Distraught mother laments
•Recounts failure to heed spiritual warning ahead of disaster By Adeola Badru “The pain of losing my two children in the stampede is indescribable. It’s like losing a part of my soul”. Those were the words of a traumatized mother whose two children were crushed to death during the stampede that occurred last Wednesday at […]
Christmas: Soaring prices mar aspirations of households, businesses
The sharp increases in prices of goods and services may have dashed traders’ hopes for bumper sales and also frustrate merry-making for vast majority of Nigerians in the festive season.
Truck crushes three policemen, female suspect to death in Ondo
•One other cop injured By Dayo Johnson, Akure Four people, including three policemen, were crushed to death in an auto accident in the commercial town of Ore, in the Odigbo council area of Ondo State. Saturday Vanguard gathered that the policemen were part of the monitoring team from the state police command. They had traveled […]
C’River: Police quizzes couple, ‘Pastor’ over alleged child theft, human trafficking
A couple, Mr and Mrs Idongesit, are currently in police custody for allegedly stealing and trafficking two siblings (names withheld), aged 3 and 5 years old.
Police arrest alleged kidnap leader in Rivers
The police command in Rivers has announced the arrest of Nwile Bete, 30, a suspected kidnap kingpin, during an operation in Port Harcourt. The operation also led to the rescue of a 10-year-old boy allegedly abducted by the suspect. The command’s spokesperson, SP Grace Iringe-Koko, disclosed the development in a statement issued in Port Harcourt […]
