After 30 years in service, physically challenged retired Lagos LG chief cries over unpaid benefits
A retired Head of Administration and Human Resources at Kosofe Local Government Area of Lagos State, Michael Olawale Odesanya, has lamented the delay in the payment of his retirement benefits after serving the local government system for 30 years.
NSITF’s digital revolution attracting international attention
• As fund emerges regional benchmark in workers’ compensation By Victor Ahiuma-Young The ongoing transformation of the Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund, NSITF, is steadily positioning the agency as a reference point for social security administration in West Africa, with its digital reforms and improved workers’ compensation system drawing attention from neighbouring countries seeking to strengthen […]
Picking holes in Alausa’s proposal to scrap JSS,SSS education system
Government remains hyper-focused on the “quantity” of out-of-school children while ignoring the “quality” of the education being offered
Over 18m Nigerians exposed to flooding, NiHSA warns
As floods ravage parts of the country, the Nigeria Hydrological Services Agency, NiHSA, has predicted that over 18 million Nigerians are exposed to heavy flooding in the 2026 flood forecast.
‘We’re building a professional, combat-ready Army’ — COAS
On the sidelines of the 163rd NADCEL 2026 in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, over the weekend, COAS, Lieutenant General Waidi Shaibu, engaged senior media executives
Mile 2-Apapa highway gridlock: Police, LASTMA, FRSC, others helpless
RESIDENTS, motorists and business owners along the Berger/Kirikiri corridor, yesterday, blamed the worsening traffic congestion on the Mile 2-Apapa expressway on the proliferation of container terminals in the area, saying the facilities have become the major source of the persistent gridlock.
RHETORICS WITHOUT RELIEF: Oghara bleeds as kidnap, killings expose Delta’s security gaps
By Egufe Yafugborhi The red soil of Oghara Kingdom, once celebrated as the welcoming “Gateway to Urhoboland,” is again soaked in blood. On June 25, 2026, a husband and wife were abducted on the Otefe-Ovade Link Road. The husband was executed by his captors; the wife was released only after ransom was paid. For the Oghara […]
18 months after Vanguard’s exposé, court orders cleric to pay N200m, rebuild destroyed shrine
On January 21, 2025, Niger-Delta Voice (NDV), a publication of Vanguard Newspapers, published an exclusive report titled: Tension as Christians, Traditional Groups Lock Horns in Delta.
Abandoned by C’River govt, Ikom lawyers raise N18m to rebuild dilapidated High Court
By Ike Uchechukwu IKOM—For years, the men and women who walked into Cross River State’s courtrooms to seek justice did so under leaking roofs, past cracked walls, and beneath ceilings that had long given up the fight against time and neglect. In Ikom, Central Cross River, justice had a smell of dust and abandonment, and a […]
C’River: Police launch investigation into woman found dead in church toilet
The Cross River State Police Command has commenced investigations into the death of a woman, Blessing Ayebe, whose body was discovered inside the toilet facility of a church in the Ikot Ansa area of Calabar Municipality.
Beating the bad economy: Artisans use plastic bottles to slash generator fuel costs
They are using discarded polyethylene terephthalate (PET) plastic bottles, to act as makeshift, gravity-fed fuel compartments
