A 45-year-old artist, Balogun Omokhafe, also known as Hakuzion, on Monday completed a four-day trek from his hometown in Ekpesa, Akoko-Edo Local Government Area, to Benin City, Edo State, to protest the deplorable state of the Igarra–Ibillo section of the Auchi–Ibillo Road and rising cases of kidnapping in the area.

“I have struggled to pay for her graduation ceremony and I don’t have any extra money for aso-ebi. She will wear what she has at home”

“Our members were visibly aggrieved. While many called for an immediate strike, the officers’ committee chose the path of civility and pursued advocacy and engagement,” Olugbogi stated.

The Kogi Government is resolute in its quest for justice for the slain photojournalist, Mr  Ayo Aiyepeku. This is contained in a statement issued by the Kogi Commissioner for Information and Communications, Kingsley Fanwo in Lokoja. Gov. Ahmed Ododo has directed security agencies to conduct a thorough investigation to unravel the incident surrounding Ayo’s gruesome […]

Chaos gripped Yola yesterday as deadly floods swept through parts of Adamawa State, leaving five persons dead, 55 injured, homes underwater, and entire communities in disarray.

•Suspects arrested By James Ogunnaike The Ogun State Police Command has launched an investigation into the death of a 16-year-old boy, Lawal Wahab, whose body was found mutilated along the Old Express Road in Igbile-Ijebu. Spokesperson for the Command, Omolola Odutola, confirmed the development in a statement issued in Abeokuta, the state capital. Wahab, who […]

“Tricycle and motorcycle operators, and other people relax at that spot, with shops located at the four corners of the junction”

Barely three weeks after two undergraduates of the Ondo state owned Adekunle Ajasin University Akungba-Akoko, were murdered, another student of the institution has reportedly been gruesomely murdered by her boyfriend.

The Police Command in Ogun has detained for prosecution two men for the alleged murder of a 16-year-old boy, Wahab Lawal.

…No casualties recorded as state govt seals building, evacuates students By Jeff Agbodo ABAKALIKI — A three-storey private student hostel, Pentagon Lodge, located in Izzangbo Ohankwu Village, near the Alex Ekwueme Federal University, Ndufu-Alike Ikwo (AE-FUNAI), Ebonyi State, has collapsed following a bout of continuous rainfall. Fortunately, no lives were lost in the incident. Sources […]

Seven people sustained varying degrees of injuries when a three-storey building under construction collapsed around Olokoro Road, Federal Low-Cost Housing Estate, Umuahia, Abia State. The incident, which occurred around 3 a.m. on Saturday, also destroyed a nearby bungalow occupied by a family of seven. Sources told Vanguard that no life was lost, but several people, […]

By James Ogunnaike, Abeokuta The Ogun State Police Command on Saturday launched an intensive investigation into the brutal killing of a 16-year-old boy, Lawal Wahab, whose mutilated body was discovered along the Old Express Road in Igbile-Ijebu. Spokesperson of the Ogun State Police command, Omolola Odutola, disclosed this to newsmen in a statement in Abeokuta, […]

“While I was reading it for him, he said he was thirsty and demanded for water. But the doctors said I should not give him water. With a touch of regret in his face, he asked…”

By Elizabeth Osayande Mr. Ben Ugbana co-founded Planet Pulse Nigeria, a social enterprise committed to promoting environmental awareness and responsibility among young people in Nigeria. In this interview with Elizabeth Osayande, he discusses how the youth can take the lead in reversing the environmental damage caused by decades of neglect. Excerpts. Tell us about Planet […]

The criminals also destroyed houses and crops on farmlands and looted foodstuff and other properties worth millions of naira.