The All Progressives Congress in Oyo state has said that there is no space for the Governor, Engr. Seyi Makinde to join the party.

THE Arewa Youth Assembly, AYA, has claimed that activities of Aboki FX, were designed to ruin the federal government’s efforts at stabilising Naira.

EBONYI State Government, the weekend, began the closure of illegal mining pits/sites as five suspected illegal miners were said to have been arrested so far in the State.

AS the clamour for the next President of the country gathers momentum in the South-East geopolitical zone, many groups and individuals in Ebonyi State are currently carrying a campaign that Governor David Umahi has what it takes to change the present narrative of the country in 2023.

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Saturday tasked governments at all levels to deliver on their roles on provision of basic education for the benefit of all Nigerians, especially the girl child. Osinbajo made the call as the special guest at the Mallpai Foundation 2021 Literacy Day, with the theme: “Promoting Literacy for Better Education in […]

Police in the FCT say they have arrested two suspects in Abuja over “one chance’’ con trap, rescued a female victim and recovered N401,000

By Obadiah Mailafia Nigeria is dying. A dying elephant,encircled by vultures and hyenas. Waiting to feast on the carcass. A fractured, broken nation. The ghost continues to limp aimlessly in the shadows. The question is: Who will bury it? Every nation is born with a peculiar glory. Britain isn’t the most powerful nation on earth; […]

Gunmen on Sunday attacked the ECWA church in Okedayo – Kabba and abducted three persons, Vanguard has gathered.

Police in the FCT say they have arrested two suspects in Abuja over “one chance’’ con trap, rescued a female victim and recovered N401,000. Police Public Relations Officer in the FCT, DSP Josephine Adeh, made the disclosure in a statement issued in Abuja on Sunday. “One chance’’ is a crime in which assailants pose as […]

The Comrade Lucky Ighoyota Foundation has urged the National Association of Okpe Students (NAOS) to remain focus in their studies, noting that education is still the only way out of poverty. The foundation coordinator led by its national coordinator Engr. Samuel Eghele Iyeni attended the National Association of Okpe Students (NAOS) 2021 Cultural Day celebration […]

By Obadiah Mailafia Why do states fail? In this Column, we have tried to meditate on the concept of state failure in relation to theNigerian predicament. As a reminder to my much-cherished gentle reader, the indicators of state failure include: mounting democratic pressures; refugees or internally displaced persons resulting in complex humanitarian emergencies; legacy of […]

Another batch of 10 abducted students of Bethel Baptist High School, Maraban Damishi, in Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna state, have regained their freedom, bringing the total of those released to 100

Ace Vanguard columnist and public intellectual, Dr Obadiah Mailafia, is dead. According to a source, the 64-year-old former deputy governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) died at the National Hospital Abuja. Dr Mailafia who was born on 24 December 1956 in the village of Randa, Sanga Local Government Area of Kaduna state served […]

When Joshua’s marriage crashed after 22 years, she was so wrapped up in the aftermath of her divorce she paid little attention to her first daughter

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, SERAP, has urged the leadership of the National Assembly to reject the fresh request by President Muhammadu Buhari to borrow $4 billion and €710 million until the publication of details of spending of all loans obtained since May 29, 2015, by the government.