THE World Council of Churches, WCC, the Christian Association of Nigeria and the Catholic Archbishop of Lagos yesterday congratulated Nigerian Muslims and their counterparts worldwide for successfully completing this year’s Ramadan fast commemorating the first revelation of the Qur’an to Prophet Muhammad according to Islamic belief.

By Donu Kogbara I have received several complaints from Vanguard readers who feel that President Muhammadu Buhari is moving too slowly. And I must admit that I too have been very concerned about the fact that he has yet to appoint ministers because I believe that he will not get the best results until he has […]

Starting today we will begin the serialisation of short fiction by Ogaga Ifowodo, the award-winning poet, columnist and activist. The stories to be featured are from his work-in-progress entitled The Hostage, beginning with the story “The Treasonable Parrot,” his fiction debut featured in the AGNI Portfolio of African Fiction, edited by E. C. Osondu and William Pierce, published in volume 72 of the magazine in 2010. At the heart of the collection is the title story, a novella. As the general caption of this special serialisation suggests, the stories are set in Nigeria’s recent history of dictatorship as experienced by characters privately and in unsavoury social encounters caused by the relentless logic of the radical curtailment of freedom. Book your copy in advance!

In my construction of the generations of our dear country, I assumed the role of a social builder or a construction engineer. I drew upon the existing structure of the United States of America and I was quick to capture the strong generation known as the builders.

By Henry Umoru ABUJA- NATIONAL leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP has described the house arrest of the immediate past National Security Adviser, NSA to former President Goodluck Jonathan, Col. Sambo Dasuki, rtd by men of the department of State Security Service, DSS as illegal and unconstitutional. According to PDP, some operatives of the […]

In the immediate past, Bassey Ewa-Henshaw, even as a ranking senator, was well known for demonstrating a self composure that left no one in doubt as to his depth of maturity.

By Henry Umoru ABUJA-SENATORS loyal to Senator Ahmed Lawan operating under the aegis, Senators’ Unity Forum, SUF have threatened to disrupt the activities of the red Chambers when the lawmakers resume plenary if Senate President Bukola Saraki fails to reverse the appointment of the principal officers The group has also called on former President Olusegun […]

The family of Ojanehin was looking forward with great expectations to July20, 2015. It ought to be a day of celebration because its bread winner, Kehinde Oluwanisola Ojanehin, was born same day, five decades ago in his Ilaje village, Ondo state.

It is becoming increasingly difficult to predict which direction the pendulum will swing in the Nigerian top flight, which enters its19th week tomorrow with some mouthwatering games to savour in the festive season of Ramadam. The last seven days were loaded with surprises, which have been the menu on offer for football followers.

However, one thing that Oliseh must avoid like a plague is the urge to delve into marketing players. Experience has shown that it is one sure way for a coach to destroy himself because the moment he fails to sell any quality player, there is always that tendency to begin to ignore and antagonize such a player, and the result will be a negative effect on the entire team. Again, coaches tend to give undue privilege to players on their stable for marketing.