How Taraba Poly student who lost both hands to high-tension wire survived
…Begs Governor Kefas, philanthropists for helpBy Femi Bolaji Jalingo – On the morning of May 21, 2025, the air in Jalingo was electric with anticipation. Flags fluttered along the restricted Government House corridor as the city prepared to host the prestigious Taraba State International Investment Summit (TARVEST) and welcome Vice President Kashim Shettima. Among the […]
Gas laden truck crushes 3 to death, injures 4 in Ibadan
By Adeola Badru Pandemonium broke out at Mokola Roundabout area in Ibadan on Thursday, as a truck laden with gas crushed three persons to death while four people were gravely injured. The fatal accident, according to an eye-witness account, involved a gas tanker (Richbam) with registration number: MAP810YY and two Micra cars and four motorcycles. […]
Midnight fire guts Bauchi’s major foodstuff market, destroys goods worth millions of naira
By Charly Agwam – Bauchi Several structures and goods amounting to millions of naira have been destroyed by a midnight fire that gutted a section of the popular Muda Lawal foodstuff market in Bauchi. Vanguard learned that the fire started very late in the night of Wednesday and burnt till the early hours of Thursday consuming […]
2 in court over alleged stealing of aluminium machine
Two men, Matthew Ogunniyi and Tosin Joseph, on Wednesday, appeared before an Ado-Ekiti Chief Magistrates’ Court for allegedly stealing an aluminium machine. Ogunniyi, 23 and Joseph 25, whose addresses were not provided, are facing a charge of stealing, to which they, however, pleaded not guilty. The Prosecutor, Insp Oriyomi Akinwale, told the court that the […]
Man, 36, faces trial over alleged stealing of employer’s N90,400
A 36-year-old man, Kazeem Yusuf, who allegedly stole his employer’s N90,400, on Wednesday, appeared before a Surulere Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos. Yusuf, of No. 16, Babatunde St., off Ogunlana Drive, Surulere, Lagos, however, pleaded not guilty to the two-count charge of conspiracy and stealing preferred against him. The Prosecutor, Insp Courage Ekhueorohan, told the […]
Court remands 17-year-old for sodomising 9-year boy
A Kano Chief Magistrates’ Court, on Wednesday, ordered that a 17-year-old, who allegedly sodomised a nine-year-old boy, be remanded in a Correctional Centre. The minor, who lives at Kofar Mata Quarters Kano, is charged with unnatural offence. The Chief Magistrate, Auwal Yusuf-Suleiman, ordered that the police to return the case file to the Kano Director […]
