Ibadan content creator denies filming Oloolu Masquerade
The female TikTok content creator at the centre of controversy surrounding the annual Oloolu Masquerade Festival in Ibadan, Oyo State, has denied filming the sacred Oloolu masquerade and dismissed widespread social media speculation that she had died.
50-yr-old father of 2 rapes neighbour’s 10-year-old daughter in Ondo
A 50-year-old father of two, Kamoru Sumaila, has been arrested for allegedly raping a 10-year-old girl in Akure, the Ondo State capital. Vanguard gathered that the suspected rapist was arrested by officials of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC in the state.
Hoodlums hold Customs officials hostage, snatch gun from soldiers in Ogun
By James Ogunnaike – Abeokuta Pandemonium broke out in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital on Friday, when hoodlums and smugglers held some officers of the Nigeria Customs Service hostage and as well snatched a gun from a female soldier. It was gathered that the incident happened on Friday night and spread to Saturday after men […]
Unknown armed men murder Makurdi university professor
By Peter Duru – Makurdi An Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the Federal University of Agriculture Makurdi (FUAM) Dr. Karl Kwaghger was Saturday night gruesomely murdered my unknown armed men. Vanguard gathered that the varsity don was killed at the popular JS Tarka Foundation in Makurdi by the assailants who attacked him with a hard object […]
SARS officer admitted to killing my guest — Hotel Manager tells Osun panel
By Shina Abubakar – Osogbo The Manager of a Guest House at Iwo in Osun State, Mr Afeez Adio, has disclosed that an officer of the disbanded Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) identified has Odua admitted to killing a guest at the hotel after attempts to robe the deceased as armed robber failed. He added that […]
Boko Haram kills at least 43 farm workers in Borno — Militia
Boko Haram fighters killed at least 43 farm workers and injured six in rice fields near Maiduguri in Borno State on Saturday, an anti-jihadist militia told AFP. The assailants tied up the agricultural workers and slit their throats in the village of Koshobe, the militia said. President Muhammadu Buhari condemned the attack, saying: “The entire […]
