Decades  of alleged neglect, political and socio-cultural contradictions have culminated into a crisis situation in the North,threatening the fabric of cohesion and social existence.

By Onozure Dania – Lagos Justice Oluwatoyin Ipaye of a Lagos High Court sitting in Igbosere has discharged and acquitted a man, Niyi Oyelami, who was accused of defiling his neighbours’ 9-year-old daughter. The court discharged and acquitted the defendant after finding him not guilty of the offence of defilement after five years of trial. […]

By Dayo Johnson – Akure Three suspected cultists have been arrested in lgbokoda area of Ondo state over the death of a cult leader during a bloody supremacy clash. Vanguard learnt that the deceased, who was reportedly hacked to death in a bush, was hurriedly buried by his killers to cover up the crime. The […]

By Ikechukwu Odu – Nsukka A 17-year-old barber, Kelechi Onah, was, Wednesday, allegedly shot dead in his shop at Owerre-Eze Orba, in Udenu Local Government Area of Enugu State. The late Onah was said to had cut the hair of one of the suspects, who pretended to be a customer only to alert his accomplices […]

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 […]