Juventus head into  today’s Serie A showdown with Roma holding an eight-point cushion at the top of the standings, with Portuguese star, Cristiano Ronaldo raring to shoot down the team from the capital.

Ilorin- Kwara State High Court, sitting in Ilorin, on Wednesday recognised the executive committee of the Ishola Balogun-Fulani faction of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state.

The last  LaLiga  weekend of 2018 sees  Barcelona  looking to stay ahead of chasing  Atletico Madrid  and  Sevilla, with opportunities also for teams towards the bottom to send their fans happily into the winter break. Leaders Barça are at home to Celta today, with five goals in his last two LaLiga games having pushed blaugrana captain Lionel Messi to the top of the league goal scoring charts.

In this concluding part of the conversation with a surviving soldier in the recent attack on Nigerian Army 154 Task Force by Boko Haram insurgents which resulted in the death of many soldiers, he told Vanguard that the awareness that Nigerian troops lacked functional equipment was responsible for the manner the insurgents attacked in succession. He lamented that the situation has not changed.

THE crises ravaging the All Progressives Congress, APC, across some states appear to be eating into President Muhammadu Buhari’s 2019 re-election campaign.

Few Presidents in history have been castigated as much as President Mohammadu Buhari, sometimes unfairly.  Some charge that he introduced a fractious religious divide into Nigeria.

A household equipment brand, Binatone rings a bell in an average home in Nigeria and beyond. The brand started operation in the United Kingdom in 1958 and just like yesterday, company is celebrating its 60th anniversary this year.

A very moving Christmas story came my way via WhatsApp this week. It was the story of an old man who couldn’t find a reason to celebrate Christmas since his wife died. He didn’t hate Christmas. Just was indifferent. In his mind, Christmas is supposed to be celebrated with loved ones and since his loved one had died, that was it. So as usual, this Christmas eve found him in his small office at his gas station.

PASTOR (Mrs.) Helen Oritsejafor, the beautiful wife of the immediate past president of the Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, His Eminence, Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor and mother of three is the TV host of ‘Mama Helen and You’, a talk show that deals on marriage, relationships and society.

Anyone reading this piece must have heard of the story of a man bathing at a river during which his clothes were taken away by a mad man, a situation that leaves the victim torn between the devil and deep blue sea.

WHAT unbridled passion could make a woman seduce a lad? Isn’t every gangling boy’s fantasy, luring a matured woman to bed for his first and subsequent sexual experiences? Ironically,there are women out there who find unfettered lads attractive.

Jos-Residents of Plateau State were last Wednesday treated to a political drama as members of the state executive of All Blending Party, ABP, abandoned their own gubernatorial candidate, Mr Samuel Kyarshik and adopted the candidate of another party, the Action Democratic Party, ADP, General Jon Temlong.

Artists do not come of a harder hue than light-skinned sculptor, painter and poet Chidi A. Okoye. A firm believer in the creative enterprise, Okoye has applied his art diligently in Nigeria, Canada and the United States, surmounting all kinds of institutional obstacles. He remains undaunted in his quest for excellence, daring all odds.

TWENTY one year-old Afolayan Abayomi Azeez was born with Sickle Cell Disorder. The 400 level Chemistry undergraduate of the University of Lagos who hails from Abeokuta North Local Government of Ogun State is currently volunteers for Genotype Foundation.

Gusau, Zamfara State Government has awarded N657 million contracts for the renovation, reconstruction and supply of equipment to 30 Primary Health Care Centres across the state.