Nigeria’s latest economy profile may have thrown up more challenges for the nation’s banks, the key economy intermediation sector.

President Shehu Shagari, in the second republic, declared economic recession, unfolding measure to address the situation.

AFTER months of preparation and planning, the HID Awolowo Foundation will be unveiled on September 19.

NIGER Delta Greenland Justice Movement, NDGJM, the last militant group to heed the plea of monarchs, leaders and stakeholders of the Niger Delta coastal states to stop bombing oil facilities bowed, last night.

Watford striker Odion Ighalo has described Victor Osimhen as “the future of Nigerian football” after training with the exciting youngster this week in the Super Eagles training camp.

Sunday Vanguard correspondent, who visited the premises which shares fence with the Lungui Barracks of the Nigerian Army along the Kubwa/Asokoro Expressway, found that the soldiers drove away workers from the site after they stormed the massive premises around 8pm on Friday.

However, it remains to be seen if Simi was serious with her response, or whether she was just pulling the legs of her fans. Ycee is a fast-rising rapper who is behind hits such as ‘Jagaban’ and ‘Life of the party.’

CHIEF Solomon Edebiri, until recently a member of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and governorship aspirant, contested at the primary election and lost to Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu. Although he felt strongly that his former party and its leaders decided who got the ticket ahead of the primary, he maintains he has since gone on sabbatical politically.

Mr Osaro Onaiwu is the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) in Saturday’s election in Edo State. In this interview, Onaiwu says he will defeat his opponents and succeed Governor Adams Oshiomhole.

I heard the other day, the minister speaking from Rio that preparation for the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo, Japan has started and I just felt he should not be taken seriously as it was akin to statements made by drunks at beer parlours or by meat sellers at major markets across the country. If he was serious about it, he should know that we are already late for the Tokyo Games as countries we are going to face already know from Rio.

After two weeks of rigorous training cum trials, the Nigeria Table Tennis Federation (NTTF) has picked 12 players for the final phase of camping for the 2016 ITTF World Junior Championships in Cape Town, South Africa.

The Ooni of Ife, Oba Enitan Ogunwusi, on Sunday advocated the celebration of Yoruba icons and heroes while they were alive.

Super Falcons defender, Onome Ebi has expressed regrets over the African champions’ failure to feature in the recently concluded Rio 2016 Olympics.

Even now, we still refuse to write our history or be guided by them. That is the tragedy of Africans – especially Nigerians who constitute one quarter of the African population. Was it not a living Nigerian president who asked that History should be deleted from our school curriculum? Can any leader of the USA, Britain, China, Japan, Brazil or Russia say that and not be put in a straitjacket?

THE birth of a new baby, especially after years of the couple trying, should bring joy and happiness. To the couple, yes. But not to Ebele, the mistress of the father of the new born child. “Martin had told me from the start of our relationship that he would love it if I had a child for him,’ she explained.