American rapper Nicki Minaj is set to speak at a United Nations event in New York on Tuesday, addressing jihadist violence against Christians in Nigeria. Time senior political correspondent Eric Cortellessa disclosed this via X. Minaj will be joined by US Ambassador to the UN, Michael Waltz, and Alex Bruesewitz, a senior adviser to former…
Kebbi Police Command has confirmed the abduction of 25 female students of Government Girls’ Comprehensive Secondary School, Maga, in Danko/Wasagu Local Government Area of the state. The Command’s Spokesperson, CSP Nafi’u Abubakar, disclosed this in a statement issued on Monday in Birnin Kebbi. He said that at about 4 am on Monday, Nov. 17, information…
The Speaker of the Taraba State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Kizito Bonzena, has announced his resignation from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and his decision to join the All Progressives Congress (APC). He revealed that 15 other PDP members of the House of Assembly have also submitted letters to defect to the APC. The…
The United States House of Representatives Subcommittee on Africa will on Thursday, November 20, 2025, hold a high-profile open hearing to examine President Donald Trump’s recent redesignation of Nigeria as a Country of Particular Concern (CPC) over alleged religious freedom violations. If upheld by the US Senate, the CPC label empowers Washington to impose targeted…
A physical altercation between comedian Mr Jollof and controversial social media activist VeryDarkMan has gone viral after the two were filmed trading blows aboard an aeroplane. The video footage shows the two men, who appeared to be fellow travellers, engaged in a heated fistfight as alarmed passengers attempted to pull them apart. In the background,…
Tension has gripped the Zuru Emirate of Kebbi State following a late-night attack on Government Girls Comprehensive Senior Secondary School (GGCSS) Maga in Danko/Wasagu Local Government Area. According to Zagazola Makama, a counter insurgency reporter, during the attack, the bandits killed the school’s Vice Principal, Malam Hassan Yakubu Makuku, and abducted an unspecified number of…
In its determination to demonstrate unwavering commitment to protecting the nation’s biodiversity and to uphold Nigeria’s obligations under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), operatives of the Seme Command of the Nigeria Customs Service on Sunday, November 16, intercepted one Lion Cub and two Patas Monkeys being…
Fresh indications have emerged that the military has deployed personnel and eight patrol vehicles to the Gado Nasko Road area of Kubwa following an alleged trailing of Lieutenant A.M. Yerima by unidentified persons on Sunday. Sources told Vanguard that at about 7 p.m., a convoy of eight military vehicles was seen patrolling the Gado Nasko…
A faction of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) led by Abdulrahman Mohammed has summoned an emergency meeting of its national executive committee (NEC) and board of trustees (BoT) for Tuesday. The meeting will take place at the PDP national secretariat in Wadata Plaza in Abuja. A notice signed by Samuel Anyanwu, an ally of Nyesom…
The Kebbi State Police Command says operatives attached to the 36 Police Mobile Force (PMF) Squadron in Birnin Kebbi have arrested five suspected bandits along the Zuru–Tadurga axis and recovered a cache of weapons, ammunition and over ₦2.6 million in cash. The arrests were made around 1 a.m. on Sunday during an operation under the…