By Lasisi Olagunju, Ph.D You just got the job of the Chief Executive Officer of a government establishment with a bad reputation and had your head pounding with questions. You were very clear on why you were chosen for that job. It was a rescue mission. But you also knew that a big issue waiting […]

By Evelyn Usman They had all retired to their respective beds, looking forward with great expectation to resume the next day’s activities. Then, an incident that changed the course of their anticipation occurred, with the disturbing noise from what was later discovered to be an excavator.  Time was 2 am. Sleep eluded them. Some of them […]

US rapper Lil Wayne pleaded guilty Friday to possession of a firearm by a convicted felon over an incident dating back to last year, US media reported — a federal offence that could see him sentenced to up to 10 years in prison. The 38-year-old artist, whose real name is Dwayne Michael Carter Jr, was […]

Johns Hopkins, the celebrated philanthropist who supported the abolition of slavery and whose wealth allowed him to found the prestigious US university that bears his name, owned slaves, the Baltimore-based institution confirmed Friday. The revelation by the university, which boasts a long tradition of inclusion, comes as the United States continues reckoning with its own […]

By Muyiwa Adetiba I once had an interview with a Miss World. I asked her why she felt she was beautiful enough to be considered the world’s most beautiful girl. Her answer was a flippant ‘mirrors don’t lie’. To which I responded ‘mirrors could be deceptive. They reflect what you want from them depending on […]

A motorist struck about half a dozen people taking part in a protest in New York City on Friday, causing injuries but no deaths, police and eyewitnesses said. A spokesman for the New York Police Department told AFP that the vehicle hit “multiple” people in Manhattan’s Murray Hill area at 4:08 pm (21:08 GMT). “An […]

By Jimitota Onoyume The Delta   state Police command has confirmed the death of a mobile Policeman allegedly shot dead by suspected armed robbers   on Jakpa road , Uvwie local   government area yesterday. The command’s spokesperson, Deputy Superintendent of Police, DSP, Onome Onovwakpoyeya told  Vanguard on phone that she received information on the death, adding that […]

By Francis Ewherido A nuclear family comprises father, mother and the children, while an extended family comprises nuclear family (ies), grandparents, uncles, aunts, nephews, nieces and others. The transition from being a member of a nuclear family to a member of an extended family is so swift that many people, especially in this part of […]

By Onozure Dania Lagos- A counsel to the #EndSARS protesters, Mr Adesina Ogunlana has urged the Lagos State Judicial Panel of Enquiry and Restitution for Victims of SARS related abuses and other matters to summon Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu and 12 others. He made the request in a December 9 application to panel […]

US authorities on Friday carried out their 10th execution of the year, the last in a series of capital punishments that President Donald Trump’s administration has carried out before he leaves office. Alfred Bourgeois, a Black man sentenced to death for the murder of his two-year-old daughter, was executed by lethal injection at a prison […]

…Investigation reveals origin of feud …There’s understanding now, party chieftain claims By Demola Akinyemi The recent dissolution of party executives at all levels by the national leadership of the ruling All Progressives Congress ( APC) had signified a death knell to one of the two warring factions in Kwara state until the announcement came shortly […]

By Lasisi Olagunju, Ph.D   You just got the job of the Chief Executive Officer of a government establishment with a bad reputation and had your head pounding with questions. You were very clear on why you were chosen for that job. It was a rescue mission. But you also knew that a big issue […]

…Calls for Federal, Regional, State, Local Govt Police outfits …Says States should control electricity,  Railways, Water Resources …Yoruba in diaspora want Oduduwa nation By Dapo Akinrefon FORMER President Olusegun Obasanjo and the Aare Onakakanfo of  Yorubaland, Iba Gani Adams, were reported to have met recently in the home of Pa Ayo Adebanjo to reconcile and […]

By Moses Amadi The rate at which Nigerians are unsuspectingly consuming foods that are prepared with harmful substances is disturbing. Restaurants, eateries, and households in the bid to make cooking faster, use injurious items referred to as tenderizers such as paracetamol, nails, kerosene, tyres, potash, detergents or cleaning agents (to boost fermentation of cassava or […]

The US green lighted the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine late Friday, paving the way for millions of vulnerable people to receive their shots in the world’s hardest-hit country. President Donald Trump immediately released a video on Twitter, where he hailed the news as a “medical miracle” and said the first immunizations would take place “in less […]