Not a hair must fall from kukah’s head — Fani-Kayode warns Muslim Forum
Frontline Nigerian government critic and a former Aviation Minister, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode has given a strong warning to the Muslim Forum saying any attack on Bishop Hassan Kukah would spiral out of control and beyond anyone's expectation if not properly managed.
I only told witch doctor to tie my husband, woman tells court
A Customary Court sitting in Mapo in Ibadan, on Thursday dissolved a 15-year-old marriage between a mother of two, Olubunmi Faseyitan, and her husband, Kolawole, over ”witchcraft” suspicion.
Onwards and upwards!
Let’s not deceive ourselves! By DONU KOGBARA HAPPY 2021 my dear Vanguard readers. You are hearing this New Year greeting from me for the first time in the middle of January because this column has only appeared sporadically in recent weeks. I hope you will forgive me for this lamentable lack of consistency because there […]
Two police inspectors, 1 other die in Kogi accident
Three persons, including two police inspectors, on Thursday, died in a motor accident on Ajaokuta-Ojodu-Ayingba road in Kogi. The Sector Commander of Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in the state, Mr Solomon Aghure, confirmed the incident to newsmen in Lokoja. He said that the victims were travelling in an ambulance van to Ayingba when the […]
Coronavirus: Africa to receive 270 million vaccine doses — Ramaphosa
South African president and African Union (AU) Chairperson, Cyril Ramaphosa, on Thursday confirmed that the African Vaccine Acquisition Task Team (AVATT), which he established, has secured a provisional 270 million vaccine doses for the continent. At least 50 million COVID-19 doses supplied by Pfizer, Johnson & Johnson and AstraZeneca will be available between April and […]
How will Africa remember Donald Trump? Here is how
By Azu Ishiekwene US President Donald Trump may have lost re-election but he would be escorted out of the White House on Tuesday night with a special prize: Africa’s worst friend in modern times. Not that it matters to Trump one way or the other. We can only hope that after four years of spite, […]
