Tasks Igbo leaders on commitment, zeal Says Igbo Presidency would end IPOB agitation By Dirisu Yakubu & Victoria Ojeme A political pressure group, Igbo for President Solidarity Congress, IPSC, has called on Nigerians of all walks of life to rally behind the Igbo ethnic nationality to produce the nation’s President in 2023. This is even […]

By  Chioma Obinna The world’s health professionals have called on governments to support healthcare workers who are on the frontline to combat the novel coronavirus ravaging countries across the world. The World Health Professions Alliance (WHPA), which represents 31 million healthcare  professionals stands in solidarity with all healthcare workers across the globe who are on […]

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday announced a coronavirus task force with the aim of helping control the virus which as at today had affected two persons. “This action is in preparation for the unlikely but probable major outbreak of the disease in the country which will require a multi-sectoral inter-governmental approach as advised by […]

Lagos, March 10, 2020 – The Africa Leadership Initiative -West Africa (ALI-WA) recently hosted African Fellows to its 2ndbiennial Africa Impact Forum (AIF) at the Labadi Beach Hotel in Accra, Ghana.  

By Chioma Obinna As the World marks this year’s World Glaucoma Week, a medical expert, Dr Abia Nzelu has said that despite the fact that vision is the most valuable of all human senses, every five seconds one person in the world goes blind even as she said that over 1 million blind adults live […]

Late Governor of Kano State, Abubakar Rimi in an interview with veteran journalist, Lekan Alabi, in 1982 said the Emir is a public office holder, paid with public funds, appointed for the pleasure of the state governor and can be removed anytime. Rimi, apparently reacting to the feud between himself and the then Emir. ALSO […]

…Says Boko Haram insurgency may last for 20 years By Tordue Salem Your constituency is called Donga/Ussa/Takum special development areas federal constituency. What is the special area all about? In 1997, Ussa Local Government Area was created out of Takum Local Government Area. A few months after the creation of Ussa, the military government came […]

By Gabriel Olawale The Minister of State for Health, Senator Olorunnimbe Mamora has said that the Federal government may soon change its approach towards preventing, detecting and treating coronavirus. Mamora who spoke on Monday in Lagos at the Nigeria Institute for Medical Research, NIMR, said the approach had become necessary following the 2nd confirmed case […]

Outgoing Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Edo State, Chief Dan Orbih, who has been in the saddle for 12 years, and whose tenure will end this month spoke to Vanguard on Edo politics, chances of the PDP in the forthcoming governorship election and how the party would utilise the crisis in the […]

Distance learning traditionally has focused on non-traditional students, such as full-time workers, military personnel, and nonresidents or individuals in remote regions who are unable to attend classroom lectures. However, distance learning has become an established part of the educational world, with trends pointing to ongoing growth. A recent survey shows, more than 5.6 million university students were enrolled in at least one online course or the other.