No fewer than 4000 students from 99 secondary schools from District I, covering Agege, Alimosho and Ifako-Ijaye Local Government, stormed the Agege Stadium, Lagos to witness the unveiling of the Students’ Fortress Club’in the schools.

By Josef Omorotionmwan WITH just a little push, Nigeria would have been able to show itself a blessed nation; but it is the lack of that essential push that has left us the way we are – impoverished! Nigeria’s development process is not only disturbing but also pathetic – a country with all the natural […]

FORMER Chief Whip of the Senate, Senator Rowland Owie, has said that President Muhammadu Buhari’s recent apology for dissolving the governing councils of universities and later retracing his steps when he discovered it was illegal, was an indication of the quality of a good leader.

ABUJA — CHAIRMAN, Senate Committee on Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Peter Nwaoboshi, PDP, Delta North, said yesterday that if President of the Senate, Senator Bukola Saraki, was removed from his present position by the Code of Conduct Tribunal, CCT, the opposition political party, Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, would produce his successor.

Egypt can now laugh to scorn. They have won on all fronts and sentenced Nigerians to another heartache of African Cup of Nations without our Green White Green flag.

Lagos—The Lagos State University Students Union (LASUSU) yesterday said the autopsy report on the death of a 200 level female student confirmed that she died naturally.

Nigeria’s manager Samson Siasia congratulated his team’s opponents Egypt after their Tuesday 1-0 defeat away in the 2017 African Cup of Nation qualifiers.

OFFICERS of Lagos
State Police Command, Trinity Division, have killed an armed robbery suspect, who opened fire at police officers on routine patrol at Coconut Bus Stop along Apapa expressway.
It was learned that two robbers, who were on a motorbike, opened fire on a mobile policeman along Coconut axis of Apapa. While leaving the scene, they also opened fire on a police patrol van, which they thought was after them.
Other operatives of Rapid Response Squad, RRS, who were alerted by the gunshots, gave the robbers a hot chase, shooting dead one of the robbers, while the other escaped.
Vanguard gathered that police recovered live ammunition and a pistol from the dead armed robber, while the mobile policeman, who was shot on the lap, is receiving treatment in an undisclosed hospital.
An eyewitness, Alhaji Musa, a truck driver, said: “May be they wanted to collect the officer’s riffle.”

OWERRI—Imo State Police Command has confirmed that 10 people died in the crisis which rocked the Assa/Awarra axis of Ohaji/Egbema Local Government Area of the state.

Ibadan—ELEVEN lawmakers in the Ekiti State House of Assembly yesterday said they could no longer sleep in their homes due to alleged persistent threats and intimidation by some policemen sent from police headquarters in Abuja.

AMIDST various studies that have reinforced the value women bring into politics and particularly governance, Nigeria is still lagging behind in opening up more spaces for women. For what it is worth, we seem to be taking a nose dive after making concerted efforts in the last administration to amplify the voices of women in governance. Today we have fewer female senators, ministers and are still yet to produce a female governor.

ONE of my saddest days was when I watched the Senate on national television throw out the bill seeking gender equality in a hilarious and yet memorable session. I asked myself whether this was the same Senate that Nigerians voted for in 2015 with the expectation that they would be able to take the right decisions to protect their rights and promote their social welfare and development.

Fuel queues everywhere, crazy traffic and heat enough to roast a barbecue; have all taking their toll. The bad economy is not making things any easier, either. As the summer holidays approach us, a spa holiday might be one to consider, regardless of cost implications. Here is why:-

By Prisca Sam-Duru WITH the view to helping the Nigerian child through with quality education and entrepreneurship skills, Sandra and Child, a non-governmental organisation has flagged-off its Project 3,000 initiative tagged, “Lifting up children from poverty”. Vanguard encountered the founder of the organisation, Miss Sandra Ogbebor, during the launch of her pet project in Lagos. […]

WITH the issue of sex toys springing up from different crannies, the question that boggles the mind would be, Do women really use sex toys in this part of the world? Hmmmm. Interestingly enough, the issue of sex toys amongst women has always brought about bad blood among various people. With a lot of views, some of which would seem to be holier than thou, whether we like it or not, this is an issue women should learn to come forth with and be honest about.