23-year-old South African law student, Chidimma Vanessa Onwe, has faced backlash over her nationality after making it to the top 13 at the ongoing Miss South Africa (Miss SA) pageant. Chidimma, who was born to a Nigerian father, a South African mother and raised in Soweto, has faced a torrent of abuse from some…
A police Inspector attached to the Rapid Response Squad and three civilians, including a teenage girl, have been k!lled as gunmen attacked a police patrol team in Aba, Abia State. The gunmen who operated in a Toyota Sienna bus were said to have opened fire on a police patrol team along Mosque street by Ngwa…
Enugu State Governor, Governor Peter Mbah, has accused a Finland-based Biafra agitator, Simon Ekpa, of murdering and terrorising residents of Nigeria’s South-East. Ekpa, a self-proclaimed Prime Minister of the IPOB, has been allegedly linked to some deadly attacks and enforcement of illegal sit-at-home orders in the region. The governor who received members of the House…
Nigeria and South Africa have jointly called for an immediate ceasefire to halt the ongoing conflict in Sudan. Ambassador Yusuf Maitama Tuggar, Nigeria’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, and Ronald Lamola, South Africa’s Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, issued the call after meeting on the sidelines of the African Union Executive Council in Accra. A…
The Nigerian Army has successfully conducted a raid on a suspected Boko Haram camp, resulting in the rescue of seven Fulani herders who were held captive. The operation, carried out on Thursday by troops from the 25 Brigade Damboa, supported by local vigilantes, took place in Kanama village of Damboa and Imimi village in the…
The National Hydroelectric Power Producing Areas Development Commission (HYPPADEC) has called for legislation to make the use of life jackets mandatory for all boat passengers. During a stakeholders’ meeting on the agency’s Youth Transformation Programme (YTP) in Ilorin on Thursday, HYPPADEC Managing Director Abubakar Yelwa urged state Houses of Assembly in affected areas to pass…
The Cross River House of Assembly, has called for thorough investigations into the disappearance of a National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) member, Dorcas Paul Ojong, an indigene of the state, servicing in Anambra State. The assembly passed a resolution on Thursday, July 18, 2024, urging the Attorney-General of the federation and the Director-General, National Youth…
The Nigerian Navy apprehended eight suspected stowaways in two speedboats attempting to board the MV Northern Light while it was underway along the Lagos Channel. Director of Naval Information, Aiwuyor Adams-Aliu, announced on Tuesday that five of the suspects admitted they intended to travel abroad. The patrol team from NNS Beecroft detected the stowaways during…
The Nigerian Navy apprehended eight suspected stowaways in two speedboats attempting to board the MV Northern Light while it was underway along the Lagos Channel. Director of Naval Information, Aiwuyor Adams-Aliu, announced on Tuesday that five of the suspects admitted they intended to travel abroad. The patrol team from NNS Beecroft detected the stowaways during…
The Federal Government has instructed the military to compile a list of fallen heroes so that their families can be provided with houses. Minister of Housing and Urban Development, Mr. Ahmed Dangiwa, issued this directive to Major General Joseph Omale, Managing Director of the Nigerian Army Housing Development, in Abuja. “Families of fallen heroes should…
Students in Ogun State, under the auspices of National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) and National Association of Ogun State Students (NAOSS), on Tuesday protested the death of a student of Gateway Polytechnic, Idowu Pelumi David, who was allegedly killed by a hit-and-run driver. Idowu, a ND 1 of Public Administration, was reportedly crushed to…
The Federal Bureau of Investigation has revealed that Donald Trump’s would-be assassin, Thomas Matthew Crooks had explosives in the car when he drove to the Pennsylvania rally and used a firearm purchased by his father. Authorities found the ‘explosive devices’ in the 20-year-old’s vehicle and home after Secret Service agents sh0t and k!lled him seconds after he opened…
The gunman behind the attempted assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump on Saturday, July 13, has been shot and k!lled by Secret Service. The shooter, identified as a Chinese man, was in a sniper position located hundreds of yards away from Trump’s podium in Butler, Pennsylvania as he spoke to a campaign crowd. …
Kenyan police said Saturday that they had found more bags filled with dismembered female body parts in a grisly discovery at a rubbish dump that has horrified and angered the country. Detectives have been scouring the site in the Nairobi slum of Mukuru since the mutilated corpses of at least six women were found on…
The suspect who had been nabbed was trying to evade arrest. According to the spokesman of the Federal Operations Unit Zone B, of the Nigeria Customs Service, Isah Sulaiman, the victim Hamza Elenwo – an Inspector of Customs – was killed on Friday at Achilafia along Daura-Kano Road in Jigawa State during a stop and…
The Nigeria Police Force (NPF) has announced the impending enforcement of the digitalized Central Motor Registry (e-CMR), which will begin in the next 14 days. This initiative aims to modernize and digitize the motor vehicle registration system, significantly enhancing safety and security. In a statement, Force Public Relations Officer Olumuyiwa Adejobi explained that the e-CMR…
Around 60 bodies were found under the rubble of a Gaza City neighbourhood, officials in the Hamas-run territory said Thursday, after Israel’s military declared an end to its operation there. The upsurge in fighting, bombardment and displacement in the eastern district of Shujaiya came as talks were held in mediator Qatar towards a truce and…
Operatives of the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) from the Iddo Police Division of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Command have arrested Nuhu Ezra, who was found in possession of human remains. The arrest took place on July 9, 2024, around 9:00 pm in Gosa Kipikipi village, Lugbe, Abuja. Acting on credible intelligence, police found Ezra…
Bandits dressed in hijabs have abducted 25 persons in the Runka community in Safana Local Government Area of Katsina State. A source told Channels Television on Monday, July 8, that the bandits invaded the community on Saturday night at about 10:00 pm, shooting sporadically before kidnapping their victims, who were mostly women and children….
The Vice-Chancellor, Federal University Dutsinma (FUDMA), Katsina State, Prof. Armaya’u Bichi, has alleged that some of the university’s staff were serving as informants to the bandits. Bichi, who disclosed this to newsmen in Katsina on Tuesday, July 9, 2024, said that the contacts of the suspected staffers were given to a security agency for…
Unknown gunmen opened fire on a patrol vehicle, killing three vigilante operatives and a teenager in the Umuaka community in Njaba Local Government Area of Imo State. It was gathered that the vigilantes were on patrol on Sunday evening, July 7, 2024, in the community when the gunmen attacked them near Afor Umuaka and…
Gunmen suspected to be armed robbers killed a woman in Ado-Ekiti, the Ekiti state capital. The incident which has caused panic among residents of the area occurred along NTA Road, Ado Ekiti around 7 am on Saturday, July 6, 2024. The woman, whose identity is not yet ascertained, was shot dead by the gunmen…
The Ogun State Police Command has initiated an investigation into the alleged killing of betting agent Anuoluwapo Abiodun by a police officer. Anuoluwapo Abiodun, a Moshood Abiola Polytechnic graduate, was reportedly shot at the entrance of his shop in the Imala Elega area by a police officer suspected of being intoxicated. Witnesses reported that the…
The Abia State Commissioner for Transport, Sunny Onwuma, has requested support from the State Police Command and the Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC) to address the problem of truck drivers causing chaos along the Osisioma section of Enugu-Port Harcourt Expressway. Onwuma expressed concern over the congestion caused by trucks parked on both sides…
Some officers of the Ondo State Security Network Agency, also known as Amotekun were injured on Friday following an attack by a group of people suspected to be herdsmen in Akure, the state capital. It was gathered that the corps arrested some cows which allegedly ruined farmlands in Osi and Igboba Communities in the North…
The abductors of Hajiya Hauwa’u Adamu, mother of popular Hausa musician Dauda Adamu, known as Rarara, have demanded a ransom of N900 million after holding her captive for six days. A source close to the musician’s family revealed that the kidnappers initially demanded N1 billion but reduced the amount to N900 million after negotiations. “They…
An operative of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has reportedly committed suicide at his residence in Abuja. The identity of the deceased, who died on Monday, remains undisclosed, though it is known that he was a member of Course 5 of the EFCC academy. EFCC spokesperson Dele Oyewale confirmed the incident, stating that…
RESIDENTS of the Iludun community in Ojokoro Local Council Development Area, LCDA, yesterday, raised the alarm that the activities along the railway corridor and near Iludun market have claimed at least 10 lives. They, however, urged the Lagos State government to address the security challenge in the area. When Vanguard visited the community,…
The Israeli army has issued a mass evacuation order for Palestinians in much of Khan Younis, indicating a potential new ground offensive in Gaza Strip’s second-largest city. According to AP News, this move suggests that Khan Younis will become the latest focus of Israeli raids as they target regrouping Hamas militants in previously invaded areas…
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has announced the interception of a container filled with arms and ammunition imported from Turkey at the Onne Port in Rivers State. Comptroller-General Bashir Adewale Adeniyi revealed that the 40-foot container, numbered MAEU165396, contained pump-action rifles and ammunition valued at N4.17 billion. During a press briefing in Onne, Adeniyi detailed…
Troops of the Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF) have killed over 70 terrorists and destroyed eight vehicle-borne improvised explosive devices (VBIEDs) during raids on camps in the Lake Chad Basin. According to a statement by MNJTF’s Chief Military Public Information Officer, Lieutenant Colonel Abdullahi Abubakar, the operations were part of the ongoing Operation Lake Sanity…
