AS Henry Longfellow once said “Lives of great men all remind us, we can make our lives sublime, and, departing, leave behind us, footprints on the sands of time”. These words aptly encapsulate what King Sunny Ade, born Sunday Adeniyi, 71 years ago, in Ondo State, means to the music world, not only in Nigeria but all over the world.

The Lagos State Government has recovered N13 million paid into accounts of dead colleagues and overpaid salaries of staff in its ministries and parastatals.

NIGERIANS are obviously outraged by allegations of a deliberate arrangement by marketers to foster fuel scarcity, during major public holidays, especially the year end festivities. Indeed, low and stable pricing and the elimination of scarcity were campaign platforms of the current administration.

FOR Governor Seriake Dickson, coming into office as Governor of Bayelsa State in 2012 was not the best of times as it was a tumultuous moment to lead a state that was bedridden with militancy and a decadent educational system both at the primary and secondary levels

President of the Nigerian Council of Registered Insurance Brokers, NCRIB, Mr. Shola Tinubu in this interview discusses efforts of the Council to build capacity for members

Miracles happen in politics, and it may not be impossible that he could be talked into returning to the Senate after a reconciliation with Ganduje.

Fishermen in the Niger Delta region on the platform of Artisanal Fishermen Association of Nigeria, ARFAN, have lamented the loss of their source of livelihood to the Bonga oil spill.

THE Vanguard Businessman of the Year is conferred, not just on any rich man, but specifically, on one with impact and imprint on the industry he/ she operates in, as well as creating diversified value in the industry value chain and the society at large. In 2017, Alhaji (Dr.) Muhammadu Indimi (OFR) fits the several measures employed by Vanguard Editors in selecting one out of the so many qualified Nigerians. 

President of the Nigeria Football Federation, Amaju Pinnick has expressed the satisfaction of the Federation with on-field and off-field results for Nigerian Football in the outgoing year, while expressing conviction that the year 2018 will bring forth more honours and even greater global recognition for the Nigerian game.

In 2018, Nigeria’s healthcare system witnessed series of unpleasant events. Alleged corruption, industrial action, poor allocation and delayed release of budgeted funds, to infrastructural decay in primary healthcare centres and low access to good medical care were the mainstay of the sector.
There were disease outbreaks and the high casualties recorded from the incidences were linked to poor emergency response, poor disease surveillance, and absence of infectious disease centres in most States nationwide. Chioma Obinna spoke to top medical practitioners about Nigeria’s health sector performance in 2018. The experts are unanimous in their verdict that Nigeria is still far from achieving Universal Health Coverage, saying government’s continued lip service to health. Excerpts: