Vanguard Latest News Thursday 8th October 2026
Vanguard Latest News Today and headlines on some of the happenings and news trend in the Country, today 08/10/26
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target=_blank>Umahi dismisses rift with Wike, says ‘we’re one family’
The minister said there was no basis for the reports of a rift, insisting that both men remained connected by their shared political interests.
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target=_blank>Marwa hails security agencies over rescue of 20 corps members
By Kingsley Omonobi ABUJA — Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (retd.), has commended the Nigerian Army, Nigeria Police Force, Department of State Services, DSS, and other security agencies for the safe rescue of 20 prospective National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, members and another abducted
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target=_blank>Viral video: FCT CP orders probe into N450,000 demand
By Kingsley Omonobi ABUJA — The Commissioner of Police, FCT Command, CP Ahmed Muhammed Sanusi, has ordered an investigation into allegations that police investigators demanded N450,000 from a content creator before investigating a complaint he brought to the command. The allegation was contained in a video circulating on social media in which the content creator,
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target=_blank>Popular Nigerian rapper Lord of Ajasa becomes US citizen
Veteran Nigerian rapper Olusegun Osaniyi, popularly known as Lord of Ajasa, has become a United States citizen, drawing congratulatory messages from fellow artistes, music producers and fans.
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target=_blank>Messi’s farewell: Rohr reveals Benin players were denied photos, shirts
“The only shame is that the Argentines gave us nothing. No photo with Messi, no shirt. They didn’t even let us into the tunnel, nor even the dressing room,” he said.
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target=_blank>Ondo aircraft crash: Deceased officers are highly trained professionals — Chief of Air Staff
The Chief of the Air Staff, Air Marshal Sunday Kelvin Aneke, has described the Nigerian Air Force personnel killed in Monday’s aircraft crash in Ondo State as highly trained professionals, saying the circumstances surrounding the incident would be thoroughly investigated.
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target=_blank>Rivers 2027: Amaechi ally dumps ADC, returns to APC
By Daniel Abia P/HARCOURT — A former political ally of ex-Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, Dr Sokonte Davies, has left the African Democratic Congress (ADC), citing better prospects within the All Progressives Congress (APC). Davies, a former governorship aspirant and founding member of the ADC, announced his decision to return to the APC on Wednesday
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target=_blank>2027: Obi doesn’t need governors to win South-South — IHIF
By Emmanuel Iheaka OWERRI — The Igbo Heroes and Icons Foundation (IHIF) has said the presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), Peter Obi, does not need the backing of state governors to secure support in the South-South geopolitical zone in the 2027 election. Leader of the foundation, Hon. Chinedu Nsofor, stated this while
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target=_blank>Canada’s Anne Carson wins Nobel literature prize
The Nobel Prize in Literature was awarded on Thursday to Canadian poet Anne Carson, an essayist and classicist who brings a modern twist to mysticism and antiquity in her writings about love, desire and despair.
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target=_blank>Ondo air crash: Imo PDP suspends campaigns for three days
By Emmanuel Iheaka OWERRI — The Imo State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has suspended campaigns and all political activities for three days in honour of victims of the Nigerian Air Force aircraft crash in Ondo State. The party, in a statement signed by its State Publicity Secretary, Lancelot Obiaku, described the incident
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