TRAGEDY struck in the village of Liokom in Wanihem community, Yala Local Government Area of Cross River State on Wednesday 29th May when a man allegedly hacked off the head of his elder brother and villagers, in turn, buried him alive in the same grave with his victim.

DESPITE the expiration of the presidential order for the relocation of trucks from roads in Apapa and its environs, the enforcement is suffering set back following the continued presence of the heavy duty vehicles on most of the routes.

CONTRARY to  claims by Senior Special Assistant to the President on Industry, Trade and Investment, and Secretary, Presidential Enabling Business Environment Council, Dr. Jumoke Oduwole, yesterday, that over 90 per cent compliance has been recorded following a presidential directive to truck drivers to vacate the Apapa/Oshodi Expressway and access roads to the ports, Vanguard can authoritatively report that since the expiration of the  presidential order, the trucks are  yet to vacate most of the places they occupy.

Chaotic scenes pervaded the Oshodi-Apapa Expressway yesterday as security agents engaged tanker drivers in a battle to enforce compliance with President Muhammadu Buhari’s 72-hour ultimatum to articulated vehicles to vacate the major land artery to the Lagos seaport, an order, which expires midnight.

Commercial and social activities were, yesterday, paralysed at Igbo-Eze North Local Government Area of Enugu State following the alleged killing of a pharmacist identified as Chibueze Uramah by a vigilante group. 

Ahead of the sitting of Presidential Election Tribunal at the Court of Appeal on Wednesday, 22 May, 2019, the FCT Police Command on Tuesday informed members of the public that there will be diversion of traffic at Goodluck Ebele way and Shehu Shagari Way on Wednesday.

IN the days when Apapa was the toast and popular destination of residents and visitors to Lagos, many families spent their weekends visiting the place to experience the serenity that characterised the Apapa Government Residential Area and the popular Apapa Amusement Park.

MYSTERIOUS  to  many Nigerians, ex- militant  leader and  General Officer Commanding, GOC, of the Niger Delta struggle, Government Ekpemupolo, alias Tompolo, met with President Muhammadu Buhari soon after his 2015 victory in Abuja.

Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode yet again on Wednesday commissioned the Agric Access Road, Egan in Igando Ikotun Local Council Development Area (LCDA) and the Lagos Theatre in Igando as he gets set to exit office, saying that his administration has succeeded in its quest to transform the infrastructural landscape of the State with massive construction of critical roads and bridges.

Kinsmen of wife of Governor Willie Obiano, in Ogbunike, Oyi Local Government Area, Anambra State, have sent a distress call to the Acting Inspector General of Police, IGP, Mr. Muhammed Abubakar Adamu, over an attempt by the Police in Zone 9 Umuahia Abia State to shield a suspect from facing the law.