A calm but resolute protest by the Warri Indigenous Women Forum, yesterday, drew attention to the headquarters of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, in Abuja, as the women accused the commission of carrying out a re-delineation exercise they say threatens the political survival of the Itsekiri people in Delta State.

By Davies Iheamnachor PORT HARCOURT— A 45-year-old man simply identified as Pascal has allegedly defiled male and female minors in Rivers State. It was learned that the vicitms (names withheld), were a 10-year-old boy and an 11-yr-old girl. It was gathered that the suspect had committed the act severally at Christ Apostolic Street, Mile 3 […]

By Samuel Oyadongha Yenagoa —Angry residents of Obunagha community in Yenagoa Local Government Area of Bayelsa State, have apprehended a 40-year-old man for allegedly defiling and sodomising his 12-year-old step-daughter. The victim was reportedly rushed to Niger Delta University Hospital, Okolobiri, with severe injuries, including bleeding. It was learned that the suspect, identified as a […]

CITING rising tensions, petitions and security concerns, the Ogun State government, yesterday, ordered the immediate suspension of the ongoing selection process for the new Awujale of Ijebuland.

By Victor Ahiuma-Young – LAGOS The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, has lamented that thousands of Nigerian workers who suffer injuries, disabilities and occupational diseases are still denied timely support and compensation, despite the existence of the Employees’ Compensation Act (ECA) 2010. This position was articulated by National Treasurer of the NLC, Aliyu Haruna, during a presentation […]

The facts of this case have brought to the fore an urgent and a compelling need for holistic reforms in the administration of the criminal justice sector and proper training for all institutions involved in the investigation of crime and criminal prosecution.

Arrested were 13 suspects, among them an ex-convict who was released from prison last month, and a woman who disguised as a prophetess

Residents of Aro-Umuonyeukwu village in the Aro-Ngwa ancient kingdom, Osisioma Ngwa Local Government Area, have raised alarm over what they describe as continuous government acquisition of their lands for development projects without compensation.

“I have connections and relationships across the entire system. So once anything happens, there is communication”

By Peter Duru Makurdi —No fewer than six persons, mainly students returning to school, have been confirmed dead following a boat mishap at Buruku crossing in Buruku Local Government Area of Benue State. Many others are also still missing after the wooden boat conveying passengers across the river bank late on Monday night. Sources in […]

By Ike Uchechukwu CALABAR —A Cross River State High Court sitting in Calabar has convicted and sentenced Okon Effiong, a 33-year-old man to death for aggravated assault, rape and armed robbery. The convict was sentenced by Justice Blessing Egwu, on Monday. Vanguard gathered that Effiong had, alongside four others, gang-raped a lady and two children […]

Property worth several millions of naira were destroyed in the early hours of yesterday, when fire gutted a one-storey commercial building on Number 3, Osundairo Street, off Medical Road, in the Ikeja Computer Village area of the state.

By James Ogunnaike ABEOKUTA —A Magistrate’s Court sitting in Sagamu, Sagamu Local Government Area of Ogun State, has granted bail to Adeniyi Kayode, the driver, who conveyed former world heavyweight boxing champion, Anthony Joshua, and two members of his team before a fatal road accident. Kayode was admitted to bail in the sum of N5 […]

By Davies Iheamnachor PORT HARCOURT— There was palpable tension in Omoku Town, Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni Local Government Area of Rivers State, as a lawyer allegedly shot a youth leader, Emmanuel Nkemjika, dead during a masquerade display in the area Monday evening at Omoku. It was gathered that the lawyer had picked a gun from his car and […]

By Ozioruva Aliu BENIN CITY— THE Edo State government said the Founder of Rollo Life of Christ Brethren Ministry, Bishop Gideon Osazee, has been arrested for allegedly sexually abusing two biological sisters who are minors. They were said to be ages 13 and 17. Besides the two sisters, four other girls have stepped out to […]