Lamentations of displaced Onitsha Main Market traders
…Some spaces for demolished shops now serve as car parks, refuse dump site By Chimaobi Nwaiwu FEW months ago, precisely on March 1, 2026, the Anambra State Government moved in with bulldozers to demolish some shops at the popular Onitsha Main Market. The government claimed the shops were illegal, that they were not authorised to […]
WORLD CUP GLORY: Girl in green uniform followed our truck from airport to Broad Street — Ugbade
One of the key moments for Nduka Ugbade after their U-16 World Cup glory 35 years ago in China, was a little schoolgirl, who was among the mammoth crowd that received them at Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Lagos.
Police nab guard who raped stranded woman in Ibadan
By Adeola Badru OFFICERS of the Oyo State Police Command, weekend, arrested a guard, Daniel Amanda, for allegedly raping a stranded housewife (name withheld) in Ibadan. The 23-year-old lady was reportedly returning on a trip from Lagos and when she got to Ibadan in the night, was unable to get a vehicle to take her […]
Business failure: Man commits suicide 3 days after resisting first attempt
…Death note says he’s frustrated by failure to succeed in business By Egufe Yafugborhi – Port Harcourt Auto parts dealer and father of four, Chinedu Ogwa, has committed suicide in Port Harcourt, Rivers state, over perceived failure to succeed in his business. Ogwa, 45, who hails from Ebonyi state, was found suicided at his Diobu, […]
Abductors of civil servant wants N20m ransom
The abductors of a Federal Civil Servant, working with the Ministry of Culture and Orientation Warri, Delta State, Christopher Soje, along the lfon/Benin highway have demanded for N20m ransom from his family. Family source however hinted Vanguard that appeal by them that the ransom be reduced had been ignored. According to them, “the abductors had […]
Ondo: Father dumps own three-week old baby boy in canal
By Dayo Johnson – Akure A 32-year-old father, Muyiwa Ayorinde, has been arrested by police detectives for dumping his own three weeks old baby boy into a canal in Akure, the Ondo state capital. But for the timely intervention of police detectives, the suspect would have been launched by irate youths. The boy who was […]
