By Peter Duru – Makurdi A 28-year-old commercial motorcycle operator (also known as Okada rider), Terver Awuha, of Idye community in Makurdi town has been remanded by a Chief Magistrate Court for allegedly raping 6-year-old Bella Omachi, twice. Arraigning the suspect, the Police Prosecuting Officer, Sergeant Friday Kanshio told the court that the mother of […]

By Ugochukwu Alaribe – Umuahia A truck on Thursday crashed into a church fence at Azikiwe Road, Umuahia, in Abia State as a revenue taskforce team struggled for control of the vehicle with the driver. Vanguard gathered that the “revenue touts” had continued to harass motorists despite the directive of the Abia state government banning […]

By Ibrahim Hassan – Wuyo The Zamfara State Police Command has commenced investigation into the gruesome murder of a Consultant Medical Doctor, Dr Enoch Okpara in Gusau. Journalists were told that gunmen stormed the deceased doctor’s residence, shot him and subsequently, roasted his body at his residence in the Mareri area of Gusau, the Zamfara […]

By Ugochukwu Alaribe – Umuahia A pregnant woman escaped death in Umuahia, the Abia state capital, as a team of policemen said to be enforcing the 4 pm closing time for keke operators in the state, attacked a tricycle conveying her and her two children. Eyewitnesses told Vanguard that the police team had trailed the […]

By Evelyn Usman A tricyclist, Mohammed Abdulhammed, escaped death by the whiskers after he was attacked by two dogs released by their owner, over failure to remit N3,500 to the coordinator of tricycles in Igando area of Lagos State. Trouble started for the 33-year-old tricycle operator, Monday, when he was intercepted by the coordinator, Mojisola […]