Shock and horror gripped the University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN), as police arrested a 200-level student of Material and Metallurgical Engineering, Emmanuel Gambo, for the alleged murder of a 22-year-old female undergraduate, Deborah Sam-Praise Ememem, in a chilling hotel room incident. According to Enugu State Police Command spokesman, SP Daniel Ndukwe, the suspect, who hails…
France intends to recognise a Palestinian state in September at the UN General Assembly, President Emmanuel Macron said on Thursday in hopes of bringing peace to the region, but the plan drew angry rebukes from Israel and the United States. Macron, who unveiled the decision on social media, published a letter sent to Palestinian Authority…
A twin explosion on Wednesday night rocked two flow stations near the Cawthorne Channel off the coast of Bonny in Rivers State, raising fears of casualties. The blasts reportedly destroyed several facilities at the flow station, located around 30 nautical miles from Bonny’s coastline. The Cawthorne Channel is a major hub for oil and gas…
A United States flag carrier, United Airlines flight UA613, outbound from Lagos to Washington, has declared an emergency and returned to Lagos. Vanguard learnt that several passengers and crew aboard the aircraft, a Boeing 787-8, sustained minor injuries. The flight, which had 245 passengers, eight flight attendants and three pilots, made a direct return…
President Bola Tinubu has approved N10 billion Youth Development Fund aimed at empowering youths in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). This was disclosed by the Minister of the FCT, Mr. Nyesom Wike, on Monday while inaugurating the upgrading of War College/Army Checkpoint Road and other ancillary roads in Ushafa, Bwari Area Council, Abuja. The minister…
Several U.S. Air Force B-2 bombers appeared to be airborne and heading west from the United States across the Pacific. Report from New York Times disclosed that President Trump is scheduled to return to the White House late on Saturday afternoon from New Jersey as he deliberates about whether to join Israel’s efforts to destroy…
The Ademola family has issued an official statement clarifying details surrounding the death of Nollywood actress and producer, Princess Allwell Ademola. In the statement signed by Adegboyega Adebayo, the family confirmed that Ademola died on Saturday, December 27, 2025, at the age of 49. The family said she passed “with heavy hearts and total submission…
18-year-old Adamu Usman has confessed to the Edo State Police Command that he was “arrested by some juju in Esama’s residence” when he went to the compound to steal artifacts worth five hundred million naira (₦500,000,000.00). Usman, who hails from Kano State said he was deceived by one of his friends ( now at- large),…
The Abuja Police Command has arrested a Nigerian Navy officer, Abdul Rasheed Muhammad, for the murder of Aminu, the son of former Chief of Naval Staff Vice Admiral I. I. Ibrahim (retd). The Federal Capital Territory Commissioner of Police, Bennett Igweh, while parading the suspect on Wednesday in Abuja, said Muhammad killed Aminu and stole…
The Court of Appeal sitting in Lagos has reinstated an interim order of forfeiture on 14 high-value properties linked to former Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, overturning an earlier ruling by the Federal High Court that had set the order aside. In a judgment delivered via virtual proceedings on Wednesday, a three-member panel led by…
