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  A 16-year-old Senior  Secondary School student of Ugbaike Technical Secondary School, Enugu Ezike, in Igbo Eze North Local Government Area of Enugu State, Chibueze Odo, has allegedly been killed by his roommate and friend in a shocking attack linked to a dispute over a mobile phone. The tragic incident occurred Saturday evening at Obollo Afor, where the teenager combined his studies with apprenticeship work. Sources told our correspondent that Chibueze was allegedly lured to the scene by his roommate, identified simply as Arinze, who is believed to be over 25 years old.  The suspect was said to be in the company of two other persons when the deceased arrived with his immediate elder brother, Nnanna. According to family sources, the assailants had expected Chibueze to come alone and allegedly attempted to attack his brother when they discovered he had accompanied the victim. “Chibueze was stabbed on the neck on Saturday evening at Obollo Afor, where he was also a part ti...

A suspected Improvised Explosive Device, IED, yesterday detonated beneath a parked vehicle in the Oke Mushin area of Lagos, injuring the owner and causing panic among residents. The explosion occurred around 6 a.m. at 22, Wey Street, Oke Mushin, when the owner of a gold Toyota Sienna, with registration number AAA11FX, attempted to start the vehicle after it had been parked overnight. The blast triggered a swift response from security agencies, including bomb disposal experts and senior police officers, who cordoned off the area and launched an investigation. Speaking at the scene, the Lagos State Commissioner of Police, CP Tijani Fatai, confirmed that preliminary findings showed the explosive device had been planted underneath the vehicle. “The substance that exploded has been confirmed as an Improvised Explosive Device (IED). The owner sustained minor injuries and has been taken to hospital for treatment,” he said. Fatai disclosed that Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) operatives thor...

*Protests rock Ibadan *Panic in Owo as gunmen abduct mother, 2 kids; attack pastor’s home in twin raids *Catholic Bishops condemn reintegration of repentant terrorists, demand justice for victims *Protesters lock down major streets in Ibadan over kidnapping *Security’s national duty, not ethnic battle, Igboho fires back at critics  NO fewer than 22 persons, including health workers and security personnel, were killed by gunmen in Sunday night attack on Kawel village in Mushere District of Bokkos Local Government Area of Plateau State. Several others were also injured in the attack, as protests yesterday rocked Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, over the persistent kidnapping of residents of the state. It will be recalled that over 40 pupils, students and teachers of three schools in Oriire Local Government Area of state, kidnapped on May 15,2026, are yet to regain their freedom. But the South-West Coordinating Deputy Inspector-General of Police, DIG Adegoke Fayoade,  assured that ...

 By Olu Fasan THE decision of President Muhammadu Buhari to name June 12 as Nigeria’s “Democracy Day” was motivated by self-serving politics, not principled conviction. Before he became president in 2015, Buhari never once publicly condemned the annulment of the June 12, 1993, presidential election. However, in 2018, as he prepared to seek re-election the following year and faced deepening unpopularity in the South-West, Buhari changed the annual “Democracy Day” from May 29 to June 12 to curry favour with the South-West, which had turned the annulment into an ethnic issue. Professor Wole Soyinka said at the time that Buhari took the decision “with an eye on electoral fortunes, undoubtedly.” He was right! Equally opportunistic were the so-called pro-democracy politicians. Most of those parading themselves as democrats today, including those in the ruling APC who rode on the coattails of June 12 agitations to advance their political careers, are by no stretch of the imagination true ...

*Father demands justice AN 18-month-old baby girl has been reportedly beheaded for suspected ritual purposes at Agoti farm settlement in Idanre, Ondo State. The incident occurred on June 8, 2026, according to the father of the deceased, Bright Kalu, a peasant farmer from Abia State. Narrating the incident, Kalu said he left the baby in the care of her mother at their farm camp while he went to a nearby farm to buy food items. According to him, “On June 8, 2026, I was returning from a nearby camp where I had gone to buy food items when I met my wife looking troubled and distressed. “When I asked what had happened, she told me that someone had come to the camp and attacked her, and that she was able to rescue three of our children, but one was missing.” Kalu said he and his elder brother, Ifeanyi, immediately searched the area. They did not find anyone but later discovered the lifeless body of his daughter behind their house with her head severed. The farmer has appealed to the Ondo Stat...

*Says suspect planned father’s  death for years  A  family in Calabar, Cross River State has been thrown into mourning after 74-year-old Okon Ansa was found dismembered in Ukim Ita, Odukpani Local Government Area of Cross River State, with his daughter saying the suspected killer kept her father’s photos “like a trophy.” The man’s daughter, Basseyanwan, told Vanguard the last time she heard her father’s voice was when he called her “Mma Teacher,” his favourite name. According to her, “He had complained of waist pain and had run out of medication. I arranged food and medicine before leaving on a trip and did not see him alive again.” On returning to the community, she said: “Seeing my father’s lifeless body dismembered into pieces made me faint several times, I was not myself.” Police discovered the elderly man’s head buried in a shallow grave and his body in another, both concealed beneath plantain and pineapple suckers in a neighbour’s compound.  Recall the suspect ...

T RAGEDY struck at Agbor, Ika South Local Government Area of Delta State, yesterday, as six persons were reportedly crushed to death and several others severely wounded by a tipper truck. The incident which occurred around the College Junction threw residents into confusion. Sources said the heavy duty vehicle was conveying sand to a building construction site when the driver lost control and rammed into motorcyclists, pedestrians and other road users. A source in the community said six persons died on the stop while those that sustained varying degrees of injuries were rushed to a nearby hospital. “The vehicle suffered break failure and the driver lost control at the College Junction axis of the town. “The vehicle rammed into commercial motorcycles, vehicles, passersby and started killing people. “The number of persons counted that had died before they were rushed to the hospital were about six,” the source said.

*Blasts trial judge, Lifu, over ‘judicial rascality’ *INEC backs stay of execution, opposition alleges plot to silence rivals *Olawepo-Hashim, Adebayo, Accord, CNPP, Ameh, Ajulo speak *Justice Lifu declines to hands off ADC case, orders Mark, Aregbesola to pay N1m  fine THE battle over deregistration  of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, and four other political parties took a dramatic turn, yesterday, as the Court of Appeal in Abuja halted execution of the Federal High Court judgment ordering their removal from the register of Independent National Electroral Commission, INEC. The appellate court, in a unanimous ruling by a three-member panel, led by Justice A.B. Mohammed, severely criticised the lower court for proceeding with its judgment, despite an earlier order directing it to suspend action in the matter, describing the conduct as a violation of judicial hierarchy.  INEC supported the application for stay, saying it was not informed of delivery of the judgment a...

African Democratic Congress, ADC, has named former Rivers State governor and ex-Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, as the running mate to former Vice President Atiku Abubakar for the 2027 presidential election, completing its presidential ticket, ahead of what is expected to be an intense contest. The announcement pairs two veteran politicians who have occupied some of the country’s highest offices, giving the ADC a ticket the party hopes can broaden its national appeal and strengthen its challenge in the 2027 race. The decision was contained in a statement signed by the party’s National Publicity Secretary, Bolaji Abdullahi, who said Amaechi emerged after extensive consultations involving party leaders, coalition partners, youth and women stakeholders, and representatives from all geopolitical zones. The party said  Amaechi’s selection followed the conclusion of its presidential primary, where he emerged runner-up and secured what it described as broad support from party ...

TOMATO  farmers have assured Nigerians that tomato prices would crash in October this year. Acting under the auspices of Tomatoes and Orchard Producers Association of Nigeria, TOOPAN, weekend, the farmers said the current demand by those who consumed fresh tomatoes and large industries using the product as raw materials far outstripped the current level of supply. However, in spite of the challenges in the value chain, Nigeria remains the second-largest tomato producer in Africa after Egypt, producing about 1.8 million to 2.3 million metric tonnes annually, with some peak estimates hitting closer to 3.6 million tonnes during optimal harvest years.   President of TOOPAN, Mr Oyeleke Bola, who disclosed this, said: “We will be looking at October 2026, prices will crash by that time.   ‘’October is going to be the next harvesting month, and at that time, there will be huge harvests because a lot of our farmers will be harvesting their tomatoes to complement others, ...

Gov Monday Okpebholo Governor  Monday Okpebholo of Edo State, condemned the Sunday kidnap of a woman while her husband escaped at a Vegetable Market off Airport Road, Benin City in the state. The incident was captured in a CCTV where the assailants alighted from a red vehicle, shot at the tyres of a grey colour vehicle and dragged the driver suspected to be the woman’s husband into their vehicle but he struggled out of the vehicle and ran away while the gunmen pursued him, few seconds after, the gunmen dragged a woman back into their car and sped off. A radio message said to be from the Command Office of the Edo State Security Corps, ESSC, sent an alert to all its formations informing them that the suspected kidnappers were said to be on ESSC uniforms and should stop and search all red colour vehicles, arrest any ESSC personnel not in any unmarked vehicle, any personal in their area that they are not familiar with and take to the nearest police station or the ESSC office. In a stat...

Oba Salman Aweda THE traditional ruler of Olayinka community in Ifelodun Local Government Area of Kwara State,  Oba Salman Aweda , who was kidnapped from his palace by terrorists on April 17, 2026, has been confirmed dead after payment of N18 million ransom, out of the N21 million demanded. It was also gathered that the community had bought two brand new motocycles and provided 100 litres of petrol demanded by the kidnappers, yet he was not released. It was learned that when community people sought to speak with the monarch, the terrorists demanded additional money, at which point they suspected that had died while in their den. Sources said his death was announced in a voice message obtained from a member of a community committee that had been involved in ongoing efforts to secure his freedom. In the audio, the committee member informed residents that multiple interventions by family members, community leaders, clerics and concerned stakeholders had failed to bring the monarch hom...

*Says trusted woman lured her to Lagos... Emotions ran high at the Lagos State Police Command, yesterday, when  a 16-year-old girl, Chidinma, narrated how she was allegedly trafficked from Imo State to Lagos and forced into prostitution for four months, during which she was made to sleep with 30 men daily, beaten repeatedly, and denied payment. The teenager, who said she was originally learning baking in Imo State, told journalists that a woman she trusted lured her to Lagos with the promise of a job. According to the Delta State-born girl, “She never told me the work I was coming to do. She only said, ‘You are coming to serve in the office.’ Upon my arrival at a tall building inside Balogun market in Lagos Island, my madam removed my clothes and left me only with pants. There were other young ladies there. She told us to stand by the door and dragged men inside. She gave me a blue drug that made me disoriented. I  slept  with no fewer than 30 men daily. But sometimes, 60...