Bandits demand N500,000 from Benue farmer before harvesting crops
The farmer, whose identity was not disclosed, is a resident of Mbagena Council Ward in Kastina-Ala LGA, where suspected local bandits have allegedly been terrorising residents and imposing ransom demands on members of the community.
Police arrest man with dead baby in Abia
By Ugochukwu Alaribe – Umuahia The Abayi Police Division, Aba, Abia State, has arrested a man with a dead baby at Afor Ule market along Aba- Owerri road area of the city. Eyewitnesses told Vanguard that the suspect, whose name was yet-to-be ascertained at the time of filing this report, was almost lynched by the […]
My daughter was blindfolded, tied like a criminal — Distraught mother
The deceased, Miss Vera Uwaila She was my best student – Secondary School teacher We want justice, she must not die in vain–father By Ozioruva Aliu It was a pitiable sight at the Ogbeide Street off NNPC Depot Fence Road residence of the family of a 22-year-old female student of the University of Benin, Uwaila […]
Ondo university lecturer slumps, dies
By Dayo Johnson – Akure A 58-year-old Senior lecturer at Olusegun Agagu University of Science and Technology (OAUSTECH), Okitipupa, Ondo State, Dr Gilbert Ibitola, reportedly slumped and died in his apartment, sending fear and anxiety across the campus. Late lbitola, a father of three was not sick before his demise according to family sources. The Academic […]
Safety of girls in sexist societies
By Deborah Adeojo As public gaze and feminist rage are directed towards seeking justice for Uwa, a 22-year-old undergraduate, raped and left for dead in an assumed safe space, a church building, it is crucial to reengage the illusion of safe spaces for female bodies in Nigeria. Her death is a classic reminder that the […]
Shattered dreams of young female Nigerians: Gang-raped, murdered
By Evelyn Usman She never saw it coming, neither did she in her wildest imagination, envisage such would happen at a place so revered and considered safe. Like every other day, on May 27, 2020, she took her books and walked into the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Ikpoba Hill, Benin City, Edo State, where […]
