Concerning the video making the rounds on social media and speculations that His Eminence HRM Alhaji Saad Abubakar, the Sultan of Sokoto, snubbed the Governor of Lagos State, His Excellency Babajide Sanwo-Olu at an event, I don’t think that’s what really happened.  The Sultan I know does not insult or disrespect people in any way. […]

By Egufe Yafugborhi, Port-Harcourt Rivers State Executive Council (SEC) has approved over N5Billion to revive failed Prof Kersley Harrison Hospital and the Dental and Maxillofacial Hospital, both located in Port Harcourt. The State Commissioner for Health, Prof Princewill Chike disclosed this as a fallout of Wednesday’s Rivers SEC meeting presided over by Governor Nyesom Ezenwo […]

Ankara Textiles are textiles from various locations and cultures across the African continent. Across Africa, there are many distinctive styles, techniques, dyeing methods, and decorative and functional purposes. These Ankara textiles hold cultural and historical significance as documents of African design.

The event which marks a memorable night of glitz and glamour for the outgoing French Ambassador saw a display of affection and warmth as the business mogul, Abdulsamad Rabiu, his friends and associates went all out to celebrate the ambassador along with some very formidable industry leaders.  In his introduction of Sijibomi Ogundele to the […]

By Donu Kogbara OUR erudite Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo, recently expressed the view, in the September/October edition of a distinguished international publication – The Foreign Affairs Journal –  that banning fossil fuel investments will crush Africa. I agree so strongly with His Excellency that I requested permission to share his thought-provoking article with Vanguard […]

By Boluwaji Obahopo – Lokoja The Kogi State House of Assembly has called on the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) to apologize to people and governor of Kogi State over the N20 billion loan scandal levelled against the state government. The House made the resolution following a motion raised by the Speaker of the […]

Dr Oluleye Adigun, a US-based Nigerian, says he will soon introduce electric and solar-powered cars into the Nigeria and Africa markets to boost revenue drive and create job opportunities for youths. Adigun told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday in Ibadan, that Nigerians would have alternatives to combustion engine cars through the introduction of […]

By Tony Eluemunor The Rivers State Government recently taught us a meaningful lesson; that our idea of constitutional and legal provisions grows through court interpretations. It is not every change that depends on a constitutional amendment. Just when you thought that you had heard all the absurdities, a Federal Inland Revenue Service official came to […]

By Peter Duru – Makurdi At least four persons were in the last 48 hours reportedly killed in a bloody rival cult clash at the Gbar-Mkar area of Gboko East in Gboko Local Government Area, LGA, of Benue state. A source in the area who spoke on condition of anonymity said members of the rival […]

PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari’s one-day official visit to Imo State on Thursday, September 9, 2021, was more of a visit to the South East zone as a whole.  Outside election campaign times, it was his first visit to that part of the country as an elected president. He was received by a cross-section of the Igbo […]