Calls are mounting for FIFA to review the performance of referee Ilgiz Tantashev after he failed to issue a yellow card to any Paraguay player during their ill-tempered 1-0 defeat to France national football team in the Round of 16 at the 2026 FIFA World Cup. The Uzbek official came under intense criticism from football…
The Nigeria Hydrological Services Agency has warned that flooding across parts of Nigeria could continue until September, with conditions expected to worsen in August if preventive measures are not implemented. The agency’s Director-General, Umar Mohammed, disclosed this in an interview with Sunday Vanguard through Emmanuel Tuna, the head of NiHSA’s Geographic Information System and Remote…
Three members of a local vigilante group were reportedly killed on Saturday night after suspected gunmen attacked Sabon-Layi community in Gwol District of Barkin Ladi Local Government Area. Vanguard reported that the attack, which reportedly occurred at about 10 p.m., has heightened concerns over the persistent insecurity affecting communities in the area. According to community…
Catholics in Massachusetts are mourning the unexpected de@th of a priest, originally from Nigeria, who recently told parishioners that his ministry would be ending and that he would soon be sent back to Africa. Rev. Benjamin Okwy Madu, known as Father Ben, di£d Thursday evening, July 2, at age 54 after serving Holy Family Parish…
An 18-year-old woman has died after a fire allegedly set by her co-wife engulfed a shop and bedroom where she and her husband were sleeping in Mudzi, prompting a murder investigation by the Zimbabwe Republic Police. In a statement posted on X, the police said the incident occurred at Rwamba Business Centre in Mudzi and…
A 67-year-old Nigerian-British grandma, Mrs. Mary Yetunde Barek, has been arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) following the discovery of 13 kilograms of cocaine concealed in peels of plantain which appeared as real plantains and packed among other food items in her luggage at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA)…
Comedian Basketmouth has stated that Nigeria is not worth dying for, emphasizing that personal survival is more important than temporary social media hashtags. The entertainer, who stated this on his Instagram story on Sunday, July 5, 2026, explained that being alive takes precedence over trending hashtags that won’t even last more than a few…
The immediate former Deputy Governor of Bauchi State, Senator Baba Tela, has lost two of his children in a fatal motor crash. The tragic d3aths of the two children, Mustapha and Ummi, occurred on Saturday, July 24, when the car they were travelling in crashed along the Bauchi-Azare road on their way back to…
Justice Ini-Abasi Udobong of the Akwa Ibom State High Court has sentenced one Israel Emmanuel Jacob to life imprisonment for r@ping a thirteen-year-old minor. According to the prosecution team, the victim had been sent by her mother to a nearby farm to fetch cassava stems to be planted during the farming season when she…
Bandits have k!lled the Village Head of Kulodo in Bodinga Local Government Area of Sokoto State, Alhaji Abubakar Tudu, his eldest son, Abubakar Abubakar, and four other residents in a fresh attack on the community. The assailants also k!lled another resident in neighbouring Kwance village during the attack. The attack occurred while residents…
