D’Tigers Head Coach, Mike Brown has announced his final 12 man roster for the 2021 FIBA Afrobasket holding in Kigali, Rwanda. Daniel Utomi who plies his trade with Vichy Clermont in France will be joined by Ikenna Ndugba, Emmanuel Omogbo of Apoel BC of Cyprus and Benjamin Emegolu (Rouen Basket Metropole, France) after days of […]

Embarking on Hijrah was a tough task for the earliest Muslims. Having been going through all kinds of persecution, harassment, assaults killings, the believers had to leave Makkah. Even the migration itself was done in utter secrecy. Many of the companions and other believers left Makkah in unannounced. However, the story behind leaving Makah or […]

By Temisan Amoye Arsenal have confirmed the signing of Norwegian midfielder Martin Odegaard from Real Madrid on a five-year deal for a reported 30m. The Gunners have been locked in discussions with Madrid over Odegaard who spent the second half of the 2020-21 season at Arsenal where he impressed. The playmaker made 14 league appearances […]

By Chinonso Alozie The Imo State Police Command on Friday commenced an investigation into the allegations of arrests and extortions of students of the Imo State University, IMSU. The Imo State Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, Mike Abattam, disclosed this to Vanguard in Owerri. Abattam responded to the allegations by the students living in Olive […]

Global Youths Initiative is a non-governmental organisation established to tackle societal problems by building a generation of excellence through inculcating moral qualities into the lives of youths. This organisation was masterminded by Okolo Great Joshua on 8 June 2018, after observing that bad leaders and corruption, which happen to be the major problems faced in […]

By Ugochukwu Alaribe The Inspector-General of Police, IGP, Intelligence Response Team, IRT, attached to the Aba Area Command, Aba, Abia State has arrested some members of a kidnapping gang that killed a 37-year-old businessman Uzoma Daniel, after collecting N700,000 from his wife. Daniel was said to have been abducted as he was driving into his […]

By Joseph Erunke THE Federal Ministry of Education, Friday, announced the reappointments of Professor Ishaq Oloyede and Professor Abubakar Rasheed as the Registrar/Chief Executive of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, and the Executive Secretary of the National Universities Commission, NUC, by President Muhammadu Buhari. A statement to this effect by the Director of […]

A group, the North-Central Youth Amalgamation (NCYA) has tasked the people of the North-Central to support the military in its efforts to tackle all forms of security challenges confronting the region. In a press release signed Thursday by its president Brown Longjohn and Vice-president Aminat Bako, the group said the recent Chief of Defence Staff […]

By Johnbosco Agbakwuru PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari arrives at Yola International Airport, Adamawa at 10:44 am President Buhari is in the state to pay a condolence visit to the family of the late super Permanent Secretary, Ahmed Joda who was Chairman of the Transition Committee in 2015. ALSO READ: Buhari threatens to rejig security heads, says […]

Europa League kings Villarreal have announced the signing of Arnaut Danjuma from the English Championship side Bournemouth. After two seasons at Dean Court, the 24-year-old winger joins the Yellow Submarine on a five-year deal for an undisclosed fee. With this move, Danjuma – who is eligible to represent Nigeria at the international level – will […]