Ethiopia’s Prime Minister and 2019 Nobel Peace Prize winner, Abiy Ahmed enjoined the United States President, Donald Trump to direct his complaints about not winning the Nobel Prize to the Awards committee. US President, Trump has earlier stated that he deserves the 2019 Nobel Peace Prize Award since he saved Ethiopia and not the country’s […]

A 28-year-old woman, Bidemi Olugbade, on Wednesday appeared before an Ota Magistrates’ Court in Ogun, for allegedly threatening her landlady with a broken bottle. Olugbade, who lives at No. 50 Awayeserere St., Ijigun Agbede,Ota, is facing a two-count of conspiracy and threat to life. The defendant, however, pleaded not guilty. The Prosecutor, Insp. Abdulkareem Mustapha, […]

Ex-England women’s striker Eni Aluko, who accused a former national football coach of discrimination, announced her retirement from football on Wednesday. The 32-year-old, who won 102 international caps, left Juventus last month after nearly 18 months with the Serie A champions and had been tipped to return to England’s Women’s Super League. “My dear friend […]

A Cherubim and Seraphim Nigerian pastor based in the UK, Michael Oluronbi,  who sexually abused children and adults for over 20 years, has been convicted of raping members of his congregation. The 60-year-old Birmingham based pastor and self-styled Nigerian prophet were found guilty of 15 counts of rape against seven victims, five of whom attended […]

…Another group makes counter move By Chinonso Alozie – Owerri Some members of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the Imo state House of Assembly have started the moves to establish contact with the incoming governor of Imo state, Senator Hope Uzodinma. But Vanguard gathered on Wednesday in Owerri, that another group of lawmakers have […]

Hours after the sack of Emeka Ihedioha and of course declaration of Hope Uzodinma as winner of March 9, 2019 Imo gubernatorial election, the Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the last general elections, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has called on his party members to accept the judgment passed by the Supreme Court, noting that they are destined to restore democratically ‘what has been lost’.

Says it’s one doctor to 10,000 patients in Lagos By Chioma Obinna Medical doctors under the employ of Lagos State government on Tuesday raised the alarm over increasing acute shortage of medical doctors in the state hospitals, noting that one doctor currently attends to 10,000 patients in the state. The doctors under the auspices of […]

Prince Ned Nwoko has returned to Cape Town in South Africa after completing his ‘ending malaria’ campaign to Antarctica. He was accompanied on the expedition by a team of scientists from Russia, India, China, the USA, and the UK. See photos below…   READ ALSO: No mercy for traffic law offenders any longer ― LASTMA VANGUARD

By Demola Akinyemi – Ilorin Kwara State police commissioner, Mr Kayode Egbetokun on Wednesday paraded a suspect one, Jamiu Suleiman, a truck driver based in Lagos who allegedly killed his friend, ’’Baba Oyin’’ because he wanted to possess his truck since he doesn’t have one. Jamiu in an interview with Vanguard at the premises of […]

By Gabriel Ewepu – Abuja A support group, Imo Diasporas Support for Senator Hope Uzodinma 2019, on Tuesday, hailed the Supreme Court over its judgment declaring the Governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in the 2019 Governorship Election in Imo State, Hope Uzodinma, as the duly elected Governor of Imo State, as it […]

By Charly Agwam – Bauchi Following reports that the governor of Bauchi state, Bala Mohammed is bedridden in a London hospital, the media aide to the governor, Mukhtar Gidado has debunked the report, saying that the rumour is being peddled by ‘mischief makers’. In a press release made available to newsmen on Wednesday, the media […]

President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday in Abuja presided over the wreath-laying at the National Memorial Arcade to mark the end of the 2020 Armed Forces Remembrance Day Celebration (AFRDC). The president, who arrived at the venue of the event at about 10.06 a.m, led Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, the leadership of the National Assembly, and […]

By Emmanuel Okogba Charles Oputa popularly known as Charly Boy has questioned the authenticity of Rev. Fr. Ejike Mbaka’s prophecy that tallied with the Supreme Court’s declaration of Senator Hope Uzodinma as the winner of the Imo governorship election. Vanguard reported that the Supreme Court sacked Emeka Ihedioha of the PDP and declared APC’s Hope […]

By Rasheed Sobowale Nigerian Lawyer and human rights activist, Mike Agbedor Abu Ozekhome, SAN, said the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has failed the nation. Ozekhome in a press statement made available to the media was reacting to the recent verdict by the Supreme Court that Emeka Ihedioha should vacate the office of Imo Governor […]

Justice Sikiru Oyinloye of a Kwara High Court in Ilorin has sentenced a man, Abdulwahab Adebayo, to two weeks in a correctional facility for receiving phone calls during court proceedings. Abdulwahab was in the court for a hearing and was repeatedly picking up his calls. Justice Oyinloye said the convict distracted the court and when […]