They joined the Army as teenagers. They rose rapidly thanks to the Civil war and in their 30s were holding plum positions. As septuagenarians, these men are still calling the shots. All of them began life at the Nigeria Military Training College [NMTC]  Kaduna, in 1962.

The stage is now set for a political showdown between Governor Aminu Tambuwal and his one time political leader and predecessor in office, Senator Aliyu Wamakko after Tambuwal defected from the All Progressives Congress, APC to the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.

“I think this is my first and last time to come to Nigeria to compete!” These words went viral on Monday, July 30th, because they came from the fastest woman in the world in 2018, Cote d’Ivoire’s Marie Josee Ta Lou, who had taken to her social media accounts to vent about her team’s long stop-over in Lagos after it took several hours for the Ivoirian team to get connecting flights to Asaba for the 21st edition of the African Championships.

She left her country, the Republic of Togo, 17-years-old, for a better living condition in Lagos , Nigeria. Having gone through the thick and thin associated with finding one’s feet in a mega city like Lagos, she final got entangled in a relationship that produced three children.

It is no longer news that the 21st edition of the African Senior Athletics Championships is currently being staged in Asaba, Delta State. The 100m is usually one of the major highlights of any Athletics competition, and it was no different at the ongoing championship. The men and women’s 100m finals were decided on Thursday at the Stephen Keshi Stadium.

WOMEN under the auspices of Women Advancement for Economic and Leadership Empowerment in Africa, WAELE, plan to assist 160, 000 families affected by crisis in English speaking part of Cameroon.

Major stakeholders in Kwara State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), comprising the Elders Forum and One Umbrella Project, yesterday pledged their loyalty to the Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, and the state governor,  Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed.

ATHLETES and spectators, Thursday scampered for safety when the giant water tank behind the main bowl of the Stephen Keshi Stadium, Asaba, Delta state, venue of the ongoing 21st African Senior Athletics Championships, tagged “Asaba 2018”, collapsed.

The eighth best scorer at the Russia 2018 World Cup, Ahmed Musa of Nigeria has secured his anticipated transfer from Leicester City to Al-Nassr, the Saudi Arabian club said.

On day three of the African Athletics Championships, Nigerians had plenty to cheer as Ese Brume, Chioma Onyekwere and the women 4x100m quartet featuring Blessing Okagbare-Ighoteguonor all won gold to increase Nigeria’s tally so far to five.

THE National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Comrade Adams Oshiomhole was yesterday received at the Benin Airport by a huge crowd of party faithful where he vowed to continue his  style of leadership.According to him, there is need for a change in leadership style in the party and the country to get a different result.

Alhaji Mumakai Unagha, a lawyer and Second Republic politician of the defunct   National Party of Nigeria (NPN) is from Delta state.

DAMATURU – Rice Farmers Association of Nigeria , Yobe State Chapter, is set to capture the data of another 10,000 rice farmers in the state .The Chairman of the Association in Yobe State , Hon. Baba Gishiwari, disclosed    this to Vanguard at the venue of the training of over 2,000 ad-hoc staff in Damaturu Thursday .

Floyd Mayweather Jr has told Manny Pacquiao to get in touch so he can work with him, not fight him again.

The Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has said his administration created the Ward Development Committees to spread developmental projects and improve the wellbeing of the people so as to discourage human trafficking and irregular migration.