31-year-old man arrested for allegedly defiling four year old girl in Anambra

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The police in Anambra state have arrested a 31-year-old man, Sunday Eyim, for allegedly defiling a four-year-old minor in Awka, the state capital on Saturday, July 11. A statement released by the spokesperson of the state police...

Update: MMA fighter, Jahreau Shepherd was stabbed to death at his 30th birthday party

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British MMA fighter, Jahreau Shepherd was stabbed to death at a family barbecue for his 30th birthday party. The welterweight champion nicknamed “The Nightmare”, was celebrating his birthday on Saturday July 11, with his mum...

EFCC Chairmanship: Northern Muslims only, don’t trespass

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Vanguard Newspaper Opinion EVEN before Mohammed Umar was sent by President Muhammadu Buhari to replace Ibrahim Magu, the suspended Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, there were already widespread speculations (backed...

Is America a ‘failing state’? How a superpower has been brought to the brink

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After the collapse of the Soviet Union, there was a sense history had ended, and that the United States represented a supreme endpoint. Today, the US is not dominant, it is in crisis: convulsed by...

Trump rescinds decision on limiting foreign students’ visas

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The president of the United States, Donald Trump, has rescinded his government’s policy to bar international students who only take online courses from staying in the United States, CNN reported Tuesday night. The U.S. Immigration...

Founder of Gokada, Fahim Saleh is dead

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The owner of the motorcycle company, ‘GoKada’ and co-founder of ride-sharing venture ‘Pathao’, Fahim Saleh, has been found dead in his New York apartment. According to New York Daily News, the NYPD officers found the...

Pillaging of NDDC: Alleged missing N143bn stalls budget defence

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The budget defence session of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) was cut short on Tuesday following discrepancies in the commission’s budget report. The Interim Management Committee (IMC) of the NDDC, led by the Managing...

Madagascar lawmakers die after contracting coronavirus

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Two politicians die and 25 others test positive as president promotes herbal remedy as country's 'green gold'. Madagascar President Andry Rajoelina said two lawmakers have died after becoming infected with coronavirus, as he claimed a...

UN cargo plane carrying aid crash-lands in Somalia

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A United Nations cargo plane carrying humanitarian aid has crashed at Beledweyne Airport in central Somalia, officials said. Sabrie Ahmed, from the local administration in Beledweyne town in the region of Hiran, told The Associated...

Police free US woman held captive in Nigeria by Facebook fraudster

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An American woman who was lured to Nigeria by a man she met on Facebook has been rescued after spending more than a year in captivity, according to the local police. A police spokesman, Frank...