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Ambassador Sukubo Sara-Igbe Sukubo has secured a decisive re-election victory as President of the National Youth Council of Nigeria (NYCN) for a second four-year term. The NYCN 2026 National Elective Congress, held in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, saw Sukubo garner an impressive 756 votes, dwarfing his closest rivals – Elizabeth Olawande...

An angry mob, yesterday, set ablaze a lady accused in a failed child kidnapping attempt in Agbarho community, Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta State. An eyewitness, who spoke to Vanguard at the scene of the incident on Ekwvere Road claimed that the lady hid the seven year old...

A civil society watchdog has accused suspended Senator Natasha Akpoti‑Uduaghan of orchestrating a violent bid to storm the National Assembly after her office was unsealed. National Integrity Watch says video footage showing the Deputy Director of the Sergeant‑at‑Arms, Alabi Adedeji, removing a red seal from the senator’s office door early...

In a decisive move to stem the rising tide of insecurity in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), the Minister, Nyesom Wike, has ordered the clearance of Kobi Forest, a notorious hideout for criminals linked to recent kidnapping incidents in the Guzape and Asokoro Village axis of Abuja.  The move is part...

Core loyalists of Rivers Governor Siminalayi Fubara, including former members and leaders of the disbanded  Simplified Movement have besieged the Government House gate in Port Harcourt to receive him. A former Speaker of the dissolved illegal three-man House of Assembly, Victor Oko-Jumbo, was among Fubara’s loyalists, who led others to...

A fresh division appears to be brewing within the Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) over the 2027 presidential election, following conflicting public statements from its leaders on the contentious issue of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s re-election bid. The controversy began on Wednesday after the Forum’s National Publicity Secretary, Prof. Tukur Muhammad...

ABUJA – The Leader of the Obidient Movement in the South East, Dr Ezeh Emmanuel Ezeh, has defended former Kaduna State governor, Mallam Nasir el-Rufai, against criticisms following his call for South East residents to take part in the Continuous Voter Registration (CVR). He said El-Rufai’s stance on zoning the...

By Imam Talba It is always an eyesore and very troubling to watch how once-powerful men descend into the abyss of desperation, clutching at straws of irrelevance while disgracefully weaponizing the very insecurities they once ignored. The latest petition authored by Abubakar Malami, who many Nigerians know as the former...

The Department of State Services (DSS) has formally arraigned Omoyele Sowore, former 2023 presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC), alongside social media platforms X (formerly Twitter) and Facebook at the Federal High Court in Abuja. According to court documents filed on Tuesday, Sowore is facing a five-count charge...

Nigeria’s U-20 boys’ team, the Flying Eagles, have departed for Chile to begin a 12-day final phase camping in the South American nation ahead of their participation in this year’s FIFA U-20 World Cup finals. The seven-time African champions will play all their Group F matches at the Estadio Fiscal in...